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lizd92216036
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March 7, 2017
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Adobe Captivate Advanced Actions - Multiple Choice Scenario

  • March 7, 2017
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Hello!

I'm attempting to use conditional advanced actions to create my own multiple choice question in Captivate. Let's say I have a question with four possible answers. All of these answers will be assigned different point values ranging 1-4. However, I want my learner to only be able to select one answer. You cannot use the multiple choice question slide, because to have partial scores, you must select the multiple answers option. So I'm building it from scratch...I also want the condition to be true that if Learner Joe selects answer A, that he could change his mind and select answer B.  Essentially I want the statement to be true that "If A is selected, B is not" I'd want this to be true for C and D as well. Here's my outline below.

A= 2 point; B=3 points; C=4 points; D=5 points

Example of Conditions for A: If A is selected, the LearnerScore = 2; If A is selected, B is not selected; If A is selected, C is not selected; if A is selected, D is not selected.

Variables:

V_num_score (the value of the learner's score starting at 0)

SelectedAnswer_A (variable to show if A has been selected. If the variable = 1, then the answer has been selected, if the variable is = 0 then it is not selected)

So, I've worked out to do a standard advanced action to assign the points to my score variable, but I cannot figure out how to make it conditional that if I've selected answer A then the rest will be deselected thus nulling any points they could account for. And I don't know how to correlate my SelectedAnswer_A variable with the button to choose a in the first place.

I hope this is clear, any help is appreciated!

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Correct answer Lilybiri

I'll try this and see if it works. I'm not sure if i'll be able to use a clear button, because we were hoping to just have it so that if you click A then B becomes deselected, but this is a good work around.

I am still curious about combining the standard and conditional action! let me know if you have an answer for that. and thank you so much for all your help!


That is what will happen, but the user cannot change his mind in that case before submitting.

If you use the radiobuttons widget, only one option can be chosen. In that case the score has to be attributed with the Submit button and you'll need a conditional action with 4 decisions.

I have tons of examples on my blog about combining a standard with a conditional action. The standard action is one decision with a condition that is always fulfilled (no need for an ELSE part):

   IF 1 is equal to 1

       Do this

Here is the link to one example on the blog:

Custom Failure Messages/Attempts - Drag&Drop - Captivate blog

You'll see that the first decision is a standard action with that type of condition.

Beware: the sequence is very important in conditional actions.

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Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Brainiac
March 7, 2017

Will this score be transmitted to a LMS? I warn you: if you have 4 different scores for this question slide, the total score that will be included in the quizzing system variables (like cpQuizInfoTotalQuizPoints) will be the sum of the scores you defined:

  2 + 3 + 4 + 5 = 14 pts

That total score is used to calculate the percentage acquired by the user. If you need to report the score, this is the real problem. I could help you with the other issues, but want first to be sure that you don't need that score to be included in a reporting score.

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lizd92216036Author
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March 7, 2017

I think that I'll just manually show them their score at the end of the activity, and the activity can be "graded" on a completion basis. By saying "manually" I just mean I'll have a text caption that says "Final Score: $$v_num_score$$" to show their final tally.

I'd love your input on the other issues if you think you can help!

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
Brainiac
March 7, 2017

It depends how you want to let the learner choose an answer. That could be using the checkboxes interaction, or just by clicking a shape filled with the answer. The last scenario could be the easiest. I strongly recommend to add a Submit button, so that the user will be able to change his selection before clicking the Submit button.

  1. Create 4 shapes with the answers, and set them to be used as buttons; I will label them SB_answer1, SB_answer2....4.
  2. Nice bonus would be to add a custom state to the Inbuilt states (normal, rollover, down) which I will label 'Selected', to allow the user to see which answer is selected at this moment. That can simply be a color change for the shape and/or the label. If you check the option 'Retain state when returning...' this will also be frozen when the user comes back, keeps its answer.
  3. For the shape buttons create a shared action:
    1. Change state of SB_answer1 to Selected     the shape button and the state are parameters
    2. Assign v_score with 2        the literal (2) is a parameter
  4. Assign this shared action with the appropriate parameters to the 5 shape buttons
  5. For the Submit button: you will only have to freeze all shape buttons, which is done in Captivate by the Disable command:
         Disable SB_answer1
          Disable SB_answer2
          Disable SB_answer3
          Disable SB_answer4

    I'm sorry, disabling is not (yet) possible for a group, hence the 4 necessary commands

If you want several questions of this type, let me know, because in that case there will be a need for an extra variable and the need for a conditional action, but in this scenario no need for conditions.

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