Best way to display selected resources

[vweagle]

I am in search of advice on the best way to handle this functionality: 

Early on in a project (Captivate 9) I have a slide where I want individuals to select specific categories. (They can select more than one).  I then want that to inform which resource links show on a later slide.  So for example, they choose "English Langauge Learners" on slide 3 and then when they get to slide 13 resources related to that demographic show up.

I think the best way to do this will be to have their actions on slide 3 assign values to a variable and then have the resources be tied to the value of that variable, my question is what is the best way to get the variables assigned on the early slide?  I'd like people to be able to select something, see that it is selected, but also be able to unselect it if they selected it in error.

Or if there is an alternative/better way to make this functionality happen that you know of please advise.

[Lilybiri]

You could use the radiobuttons interaction with three choices? It has an associated variable that will be populated with the choice made. You'll find an example in the movie in this blog post:

Tips - Learning Interactions - Captivate blog

[RodWard]

Lieve,

Vweagle wants the users to be able to select more than one option. E.g English Language Learner as well as Redhead from Spain.

So a radio button array won't do this.  He needs a checkbox interaction, probably several of them on the one slide, each tied to a different variable.

[Lilybiri]

Sure, if more than one option can be selected. I discussed both radio buttons and checkboxes in several blog posts. The work flow is different, a checkbox interaction has a variable for each value, why do you think he needs several checkbox interactions? Several radiobuttons interactions, one for each possible choice I can understand, but not why you need several checkbox interactions?

[RodWard]

It would depend on what he needs to set up.

If the checkbox interaction plugs a value into a separate variable for each checkbox, he only needs one. If the interaction becomes more complex and different actions elsewhere in the module call for checkboxes with different formatting to be displayed on the same slide, then he may need more.