Adding values with drag and drop

[Ncalesaric]

Is it possible in Captivate to assign number values to drag and drop sources, then create a target that has a set capacity. The target would accept any combination of sources, as long as the sum of the source values is equal to or less than the target's capacity?

Here's an example:

Source A - 1 point

Source B - 2 points

Source C - 3 points

Target X - capacity of 5

Acceptable answers for Target X include (but aren't limited to)

5 Source A's

2 Source B's and a Source A

1 Source C

As it stands, I'll be building the targets to accept multiple combinations as correct, I was just wondering if things could be built to automatically determine correct/incorrect this way.

[Lilybiri]

You don't tell if the D&D slide is used as a question slide, with reporting a score?

[Ncalesaric]

Sorry about that! Yes, the D&D slide would be used as a question slide, it would then provide a correct/incorrect prompt upon submission.

[Lilybiri]

Tthat complicates the setup. Sorry, have some idea how to accomplish this, but lacking time to test it out. I don't want to provide an answer until I'm sure about its usefulness.

[Ncalesaric]

Nuts, thanks for responding though! I think we're actually going to explicitly account for varying combinations, as that'll prevent users from submitting something like 5 Source A's and getting a correct response. For the use of this tool that wouldn't be a practical real life application of the components.

[Lilybiri · Accepted solution]

You should use the Object actions, and track the result with a user variable. However this means that you'll have to find a workaround for the scoring and the feedback messages but it is possible.