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April 22, 2022
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Multiple text box entries

  • April 22, 2022
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I have an image of an excel spreadsheet in which I need to have multiple text box entries over cells, for participants to input set information into. I am unsure of the best way to go about this, any suggestions would be much appreciated...

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    Lilybiri
    Brainiac
    April 22, 2022

    Some questions before being able to give you a more efficient answer:

    • Do you need to validate the entries in the Excel cells? Do they need to be scored and have the results transferred to a LMS?
    • Are those entries limited to numbers or do you also need to have the learner input calculated cells?

     

    Here are some first ideas:

    • Quick solution could be to insert some software simulation slides, in Assessment or Training mode. A lot of the work can be taken out of your hands in that case. Text Entry Boxes will be added, and they will be of the validated type. Scores can be added as well.
    • Another solution would be to add Text Entry Boxes manually, and you can have the choice to validate or not. That will be more work but you get more control. If a score is not necessary, or you want only a final score after all cells have been filled, you could also replace the TEBs by Scrolling Text Interactions.

    I don't know if these links could be clarifying:

    http://blog.lilybiri.com/text-entry-boxes-back-to-basics

    http://blog.lilybiri.com/scrolling-text-interaction-to-replace-text-entry-box

     

    CaptivatePro
    Participating Frequently
    April 22, 2022

    Thank you for the reply, I would need to verify the answers input in captivate (to ensure participants understand what they're doing). No calculated cells are needed as they just need to input a few words into each box. I was also wondering if there is the possibility of having one submit button linked to all the entries?

    Lilybiri
    Brainiac
    April 25, 2022


    As I told, I have some ideas to set this up but it would take me a couple of hours to test if it works and that is IMO bit beyond the idea of a forum. I would use the TEB funcitonality as much as possible and multistate objects for your correct/wrong checkmarks.