Forward and back buttons disappear when previewing the quiz

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January 6, 2022
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I'm using the built in fill in the blank Master Slides. When I am working in the editor there are forward and back buttons on each question but when I preview they disappear. In the quiz options section I can click "back" under buttons but I'd prefer to have these buttons that are already there show up. What can I do?

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Paul Wilson CTDP

Community Expert

The arrow buttons are only when you are reviewing the quiz. If you wish to give your learners forward and next buttons that are available during the quiz you can check the Back and Skip options under the buttons section in the QUIZ panel. If you like the arrows instead of the words Back and Skip you can replace them the same arrows from the other buttons on the master slide.

The delay in moving from the question slides your learners are on when they "Click anywhere or press 'y' key to continue" is caused by the default Actions for Success or Last Attempts. Change the Actions on the QUIZ panel for On Success from Continue to Go to the next slide. Similarly change the Last Attempt from Continue to Go to the next slide.

This will make the "Click anywhere or press 'y' key to continue" action instantaneous. When it's set to Continue the slide plays the rest of the slide before moving on. While that's only 1.5 seconds, many learners think something isn't working correctly because of the delay.

Paul Wilson, CTDP

StephanieBogDogAuthor

Known Participant

Thanks Paul, I tried to change the settings in the Question go to next slide and then I changed it to go to next slide in the global quiz preferances but they still aren't advancing.

Lilybiri

Legend

Since I have seen the screenshot of the Timeline of the quiz slides, changing Continue to Go to Next slide (which Is also mentioned in the blog post I linked to) makes not much sense, since 1.5 secs is very short. Moreover it could cause issues when transferring data to a LMS over a slow connection, or when used by multiple users. If the quiz slide is longer (due to added slide audio) this could speed up the response but a safer solution in that case is to move the pausing point closer to the end of the quiz slide (not completely at the end for the same possible slow connection issue). Also in that blog post.

Lilybiri

Legend

The buttons you are referring to are those who will appear during Review only, they are called the Review Mode Navigation buttons. At least if it has been set up that way under Quiz Preferences, Settings.

When in quiz mode, you have the Submit button, which will release the play head after the second step in the Submit process. Forward button is not necessary. Having a Back button on a quiz slide can be chosen under Quiz Preferences, Settings. However I would not recommend to do so, because answers on a quiz dslide are blocked when the learner leaves the quiz slide. If you really want to give them free navigation throughout Quiz slides you need to choose the feature Submit All under Quiz Preferences, Settings.

Understanding the Submit Process and how to set up Preferences is important when you are using any kind of quiz or Knowledge Check slides. I could offer some links to blog posts I wrote for basic quiz creation, but not sure if that is what you want?

StephanieBogDogAuthor

Known Participant

I'm having an issue where the user submits the answer and then the correct or incorrect message is shown but then when you click anywhere that message disappears and it doesn't advance to the next slide.

Lilybiri

Legend

And now I went to my other quizzes which were already done, multiple choice in different modules, and they aren't advancing anymore either.

MCQ and FIB use the same quizzing master slide, this would point to the master slide editing as cause.

You have deleted the Back, Clear and Skip buttons on the master slide. Whatever theme you use, they should be present on that master slide, along with the Submit and the Review buttons. For the quiz slides only the buttons which are activated in Quiz Preferences, Settings will appear.

Problem with using a powerful, multifeatured tool like Captivate is that you cannot just dive in. Sorry about that comment. Quizzing is perhaps the aspect which raises the most questions everywhere. My personal blog also indicates the same, all quizzing blogs get a lot of views.

The last screenshot is about the setup of Pass/Fail for the quiz, not for a question. A screenshot of those Preferences, but the Settings part would have been more interesting. By default the Skip, Back and Clear button appearance is unchecked in those Settings. But you never should delete them from the master slide.

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