Add Score Points on Slide Enter

[Mike36446302upbe]

Hope all is well.

Can I ask if it is possible to add a point on slide enter? I'm planning to add a point at the end of a module and there will be no button at all, so when they enter the last slide, it will score a point and mark as complete.

The reason for this is, on some of my training modules, I have a mouse scroll effect (continues to the next slide) and also place a shortcut that jumps to the end of that scroll (incase a learner doesnt have a mouse wheel). If the learner uses the shortcut, I just realized that it misses few slides. Therefore, they cannot achieve 100% slide completion and giving an issue unable to proceed on the next module. If I made it like 90% but a learner didnt use the shortcut,  lets say on slide 90 out of 100, they will already received a notification on the LMS that they completed the training (releases certificate)

I bit of confusion for me, So I was thinking instead of counting the slides, I will just put a score point at the end and make the module requirement (Quiz is Passed) when they reached 1/1 points. Hopefully I've explained it well. thank you.

[RodWard]

Which specific version of Captivate are you using?

If you are using Captivate 12 I do not know of any way to use screen events to add points to the quiz, other than by having a scored button that the user must click.

However, if you happen to be on Captivate 2019 then there is a solution (not free) that uses the Infosemantics CpExtra widget.

https://www.infosemantics.com.au/about-cpextra/

https://widgetking.github.io/cpextra/variables/command.html#xcmndscore

With this solution you still have to add a scored interactive object such as a button to the project, but the user does not have to click it in order for the score to be recorded and added to the quiz.

[Mike36446302upbe]

I'm using captivate classic, thanks for letting me know RodWard. I will have a look and check on this. 

So do you mean, lets say I have a restart button at the end of the slide. but they dont have to click on that. once they reached that slide it will score a point as soon as they enter? How would I do that let say I have cpextra, should I change the advanced action into xcmndscore or create a variable first with the xcmndscore? Sorry I'm not that experienced with the captivate.

[RodWard]

I will get Tristan the WidgetKing who created this to respond to you and explain it.

[Widget King]

Hi Mike!

If I understand you correctly, what you want to do should be possible with CpExtra.

After purchasing CpExtra and installing it, please follow these steps:

1.  Go to Project > Variables and create a new variable called xcmndScore. Do not assign it a value.
2. Somewhere in your project add a button by going to Interactions > Button.
3. Select the button, and in the properties panel change its name to "scorebutton".
4. With the button still selected, in the properties panel open the Actions submenu. At the bottom select "Include in Quiz". The default settings off adding one point should work fine.
5. Find a way to hide the button so it is not visible to the learner. The easiest way is probably to click the eyeball button next to the name field in the properties panel.
6. Navigate to the slide where you want the 'scoring' to happen. Ensure nothing is selected so the properties panel will display slide properties. From there, open the Actions sub-menu.
7.  Open the On Enter dropdown menu and sellect Assign. From the Assign dropdown select "xcmndScore". In the With field enter: scorebutton, 1
   
8.  Test the project and see if it works as you expect.

I have included in the link below a Captivate project set up as explained above. With CpExtra installed headlessly you should be able to run it yourself and see it working.

https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/dq1o3mnn500ttja85bgql/xcmndScore_demo.cptx?rlkey=jsr4trgqbj0klsxbvp2f... 

Feel free to let me know if you have any further questions!

Tristan