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Mischu2
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February 19, 2014
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Want Different hint captions to appear

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I am creating a knowledge check of various step by step simulations.  When a user clicks incorrectly the first time I want a text caption to come up that says Try again.  When the user clicks incorrectly a second time, I want a second caption to come up that says Click here.

I'm new to Captivate 7. I've done this type of thing in Storyline but can't figure it out here.  I'm also new to using variables and actions so if you know how to do this. PLEASE give me easy instructions to follow.

Thank you so much. 

Mischu

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    Correct answer Lilybiri

    You didn't tell what has to happen when user is stubborn and continues clicking wrongly after second attempt, so I supposed same second hint has to appear.

    1. Create a user variable v_attempt with a default value of 0
    2. Add a click box CB_False (my label in the Timeline) that covers the whole slide, Infinite Attempts, Success action will be a conditional advanced action (see further)
    3. I labeled the click box over the correct spot CB_OK. It had 3 attempts for me (don't know how much you want). Success action = Go to Next Slide. Last Attempt action = No action. This click box has to be on top of the previous one in the stack!
    4. Create two Text containers (Tc_Hint1/Tc_Hint2) for the two Hints, that are initially hidden, I put them in exact the same location. If that is not possible, you'll have to hide the first Hint in the conditional action. Here is a screenshot of the timeline:

    The TargetShape was just for me, so that I could see where to click on the correct spot.

    The conditional advanced action will need two decisions. Here is the screenshot of the first Decision:

    You'll see that this is the second hint appearing. Because actions in Captivate are always totally evaluated, this sequence is important. As I told before, if the second Hint is not in the same location as the first, you'll have to add Hide Tc_Hint1 to the Actions region. There is no Else action necessary.

    Second decision:

    This will show the first hint AND increment the counter v_attempt, so that for the second click v_attempt will be 1 and the first decision will result in Correct, second hint will be made visible.

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    Lilybiri
    Lilybiri
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    February 19, 2014

    If you are talking about question slides, you can have different Failure captions by setting Failure levels. If you are talking about interactive objects like click boxes, you'll have to set up a conditional advanced action and use a variable to track the number of clicks, and show previously hidden text containers. But click boxes have already Hint and Failure captions, are they not sufficient?

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    Mischu2Author
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    February 21, 2014

    OK, the simple solution that I thought would work isn't so now I am back to your suggestion.

    My problem is - I don't know how to write those conditional actions and variables.  I can struggle and do it in Storyline but using that software is not an option as its not available. We don't necessarily have to use "Failure captions" as defined by Captivate. We can use regular captions if that's easier.

    I need the following to happen:

    1. User clicks incorrectly.

    2. Hint 1 appears to guide them.

    3. User clicks incorrectly again

    4. Hint 2 appears to give them an explicit instruction.

    5. User clicks correctly (check box) to advance slide.  Slide doesn NOT advance until user clicks correct spot.

    Suggestions?

    Thanks so much

    Lilybiri
    LilybiriCorrect answer
    Legend
    February 21, 2014

    You didn't tell what has to happen when user is stubborn and continues clicking wrongly after second attempt, so I supposed same second hint has to appear.

    1. Create a user variable v_attempt with a default value of 0
    2. Add a click box CB_False (my label in the Timeline) that covers the whole slide, Infinite Attempts, Success action will be a conditional advanced action (see further)
    3. I labeled the click box over the correct spot CB_OK. It had 3 attempts for me (don't know how much you want). Success action = Go to Next Slide. Last Attempt action = No action. This click box has to be on top of the previous one in the stack!
    4. Create two Text containers (Tc_Hint1/Tc_Hint2) for the two Hints, that are initially hidden, I put them in exact the same location. If that is not possible, you'll have to hide the first Hint in the conditional action. Here is a screenshot of the timeline:

    The TargetShape was just for me, so that I could see where to click on the correct spot.

    The conditional advanced action will need two decisions. Here is the screenshot of the first Decision:

    You'll see that this is the second hint appearing. Because actions in Captivate are always totally evaluated, this sequence is important. As I told before, if the second Hint is not in the same location as the first, you'll have to add Hide Tc_Hint1 to the Actions region. There is no Else action necessary.

    Second decision:

    This will show the first hint AND increment the counter v_attempt, so that for the second click v_attempt will be 1 and the first decision will result in Correct, second hint will be made visible.

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