"choose" entry in dropdown menu of missing word quiz

[enniom88722738]

hello

when I insert a missing word quiz slide (or fill in the word slide) with dropdown boxes, on the first one there is no default text in the dropdown box, on the second one and the following ones there's always written "select" as default text. I would like to make it identical on all slides, how is this possible?

kind regards

ennio

[Lilybiri · Accepted solution]

It depends on the width of the FIB field: only the wider fields have that default text Select. The width depends on the first entry in your list, to be recommended to put the longest 'word' on top. You can add some spaces before the word to force a wider field.

Personally I never use the FIB default quiz slide, but prefer creating a custom slide with TEB's. Each TEB can be scored, which means that your FIB custom slide has automatically partial scoring which leads to a better user experience. Of course, you have to be a bit acquainted with user variables and advanced/shared actions to create all the functionality (feedback, review...) of the default FIB slide.

[enniom88722738]

Thanks for the quick response. Is it possible to change the default-text? Our eLearning is in english, but my system-language is german. The default-text is always german which looks weird..

The solution with the TEB's sounds ok, but is it possible to add dropdown-functionality to TEBs? I didn't see this option so far..

[Lilybiri]

I have been trying to combine dropdown with fill-in fields but didn't succeed, at least not for HTML output.

Dropdown only is possible with the dropdown widget, have a look at:

Dropdown Interaction - tips - Captivate blog

The issue with that widget is that it is static, you cannot attach a score as easily as for a TEB.

Localisation is always a pain (have been creating courses in 3 languages with an English version). I succeeded with a lot of pleading in having improvements, but I'm not sure where to find that word 'select' in a strings file. I would have to look it up. Will be back when I find it.