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[shay1204]

Hello,

I want students to be able to drag words onto a picture and just leave them.  The idea is for them to make their best guess on where each item falls onto a picture.  There is no right or wrong answer.  I just want them to move the object and leave it where ever they want on the page.  Does anyone have any suggestions on how to make this happen?  I have googled it and there is either not an answer or I am using the wrong search terms.  Thank-you in advance for any feedback.

Shannon

[Lilybiri]

Which version do you use? I'm asking this because CP9 has states, which could perhaps make this possible.  Normally a D&D slide is reset if it is not part of a quiz, when you re-enter the slide. Or is it OK if this just happens on the slide itself?

[shay1204]

Thank-you for the reply.  I am in CP9.  It is fine if it resets when they leave the slide.  I just want them to be able to interact with the slide by moving the words around the page.  I feel like I have done it before, but it may have been in another program.

[Lilybiri]

The most important limitation that you'll encounter will be that you cannot have any overlap of objects, neither drag sources, nor drop targets. That means that if you have one big drop target, its bounding box has to be totally separate from the bounding boxes of the drag sources.

Do not define correct answers at all. Target object should Accept all. For the snapping behavior change the default to 'Absolute', which means the dragged object will remain where it is. You could add a Clear and a Reset button.

[shay1204 · Accepted solution]

Lilybiri,

I really appreciate all of your help.  I am going to check out the absolute suggestion.  However, I came up with a plan "B".  I knew I had done this once before, but it took a good nights sleep to come back.  I thought I would share in case anyone else runs into the same obstacle.  I set a tiny little box in a space that no one will drop to as my target. I used the drag and drop interaction to set up my process.  I set the words as the drag items and the little box as the drop target.   I then went into options and turned off "Send drag source to original position" and turned on "redrag the dropped source".  I then drug the drop box and the submit button off of the screen.  Now the words can be drug all over the slide and placed anywhere.  Hope this helps someone else too.

Shannon

[Lilybiri]

Thanks for posting that workaround, great idea!