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pjliberman
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February 5, 2017
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Partial scoring in Captivate drag-and-drop interactions?

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 What is the best way to collect partial scores (i.e. the number of correct matches) in D&D interactions, rather than a fixed, all-or-nothing number of quiz points per interaction, for use in assessments. I'm using Captivate 9.

 

I know how to create and increment a user-defined variable that follows the number of correct matches, but not how to report out this variable to be used as an alternative, more granular quiz score. I saw a 2013 forum posting by someone from InfoSemantics describing how their Interactive Master widget that could do this. I don't mind buying an add-on like that, but wonder if there is a simpler solution, that would minimize the authoring time and complexity for partial-score interactions. It would really be a useful feature for future versions of Captivate!

 

I would be grateful for any up-to-date recommendations on the best way to do this, even if it is still InfoSemantics' Interactive Master widget.

 

Thanks!

 

Peter

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Correct answer Lilybiri

Did you post this already once? Please, no double posting.

Like most default type of questions (exception are the MCQ) D&D has no partial scoring. The quizzing system variables are read only, from within Captivate you cannot change them, even though it is pretty easy to create a custom score with partial scoring using the object actions in D&D. Those quizzing system variables are used to transfer result to a LMS.  Maybe it is possible with JS, but cannot help you with that.

InfoSemantics has indeed very good D&D widgets, but those are only suitable for SWF, not for HTML output.

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Lilybiri
LilybiriCorrect answer
Brainiac
February 5, 2017

Did you post this already once? Please, no double posting.

Like most default type of questions (exception are the MCQ) D&D has no partial scoring. The quizzing system variables are read only, from within Captivate you cannot change them, even though it is pretty easy to create a custom score with partial scoring using the object actions in D&D. Those quizzing system variables are used to transfer result to a LMS.  Maybe it is possible with JS, but cannot help you with that.

InfoSemantics has indeed very good D&D widgets, but those are only suitable for SWF, not for HTML output.

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pjlibermanAuthor
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February 6, 2017

Thanks Lilybiri!

Can partial scoring be summed across multiple interactions using a custom score (I assume, a user-defined variable incremented using object actions) within a given project? If so, how would one transfer the resultant custom score to a LMS?

(Sorry for the similar post on adobe forums. I only discovered the elearning.adobe.com site after that one, and will stick to this one moving forward!)

Lilybiri
Lilybiri
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February 6, 2017

Questions from the learning portal automatically get into these 'old' forums. It is a bit annoying to get double quesitons, but I understand the confusion. It should be clarified.

You can store a custom score in a user variable, but have to find a programmer to transfer those variable values.

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