Creating Question Slides


In many respects a Question slide can be regarded as a test embedded into the Captivate movie. The addition of Question slides provides you with:

  • The ability to quickly add single-choice, multiple-choice, matching, and true/false quizzes to your movie. You can even have a variety of these quiz types throughout the movie.

  • The use of radio button responses for single responses or check box responses for multiple correct answers.

  • The flexibility to determine the actions that occur based upon the user's decisions. This could include going to a slide if the answer is correct and going to a completely different slide if the answer is incorrect.

  • A student feedback mechanism.

  • Integration of the scoring features of Question slides with your LMS. This includes the number of attempts, the number of correct and incorrect answers, and the ability to send the pass/fail data to the LMS.

Keep in mind, though, that the inclusion of Question slides in the movie means the student must complete the entire movie if the scoring is going to be sent to your LMS. You might want to include a message such as, "This movie includes a number of questions that will have to be answered. You must complete the entire movie." A great location for this would be the first slide of the movie or a blank slide at the start of the movie.

To add a Question slide

1.

Open a Captivate movie in either the Slide View or Edit View panel, and select Insert > Question Slide (Figure 11.16).

Figure 11.16. You can add Question slides using the Insert menu.


The Question Types dialog box opens (Figure 11.17).

Figure 11.17. There are six types of Question slides that you can create.


2.

Choose the question type:

  • Fill in the blank

  • Likert

  • Matching

  • Multiple choice

  • Short answer

  • True/false

3.

Click OK.

Depending upon your choice, the appropriate dialog box opens.

4.

Create the questions and answers based upon the requirements of the dialog box.

5.

Click OK to accept your choices.

The dialog box closes, and the data that you entered appears on the slide (Figure 11.18).

Figure 11.18. A typical Question slide.


6.

To edit the questions and answers, click the Edit button in the upper left corner of the Question slide.

The relevant dialog box opens.

7.

Make your changes and click OK.

Tip

  • A Question slide is no different from any other slide in the movie. If you have a slide selected, the Question slide will be added after the selected slide.


To "link" the Question slide answers to your LMS

1.

Click the Reporting tab of the Question options panel (Figure 11.19).

Figure 11.19. You can link the responses in Question slides to your LMS.


2.

Enter an objective ID and interaction ID (if needed).

3.

In the Weighting text entry box, enter the mark assigned to the question.

For example, if the question is worth five marks or points, enter 5 here.

4.

Click OK.

Tips

  • The objective ID is used with an LMS and is a fairly advanced feature. There is a concept in many LMSs called an objective set. If you create a quiz question in Captivate that is part of a defined objective set in the LMS, then enter a unique objective ID for the quiz question. This associates the quiz question with the appropriate objective in the LMS. The objective ID is an optional parameter and does not have to be set for the quiz question to work properly in Captivate.

  • The interaction ID is another piece of communication between Captivate and an LMS. If you want a quiz question to send tracking information to a server-side LMS, then each quiz question needs an interaction ID. This ID will be used in the LMS reporting. The interaction ID should be unique and should correspond to the correct interaction ID in the LMS.


Creating a fill-in-the-blank question slide

A great way to test knowledge is to actually have the student enter missing words or phrases, or select from a list of words the missing word in a statement. This is the purpose of a fill-in-the-blank slide.

To create a fill-in-the-blank question slide

1.

Select Insert > Question Slide.

The Question Types dialog box opens.

2.

Select "Fill in the blank."

The "New fill-in-the blank question" dialog box opens (Figure 11.20).

Figure 11.20. The "New fill-in-the-blank question" dialog box.


3.

Enter a slide title and a description of what needs to be done.

4.

In the Phrase text entry box, enter the phrase, including the word to be entered by the student.

5.

Highlight the word that the student must enter, and click the Add Blank button.

The Blank Answer dialog box opens (Figure 11.21). There are a couple of choices to be made here. You can enter a series of words or phrases that the student must match, or you can provide the words or phrases from which the student can then choose. You can add these by clicking the Add button or remove them by selecting the word or phrase and clicking the Delete button. You can also decide whether or not the word to be entered is case-sensitive.

Figure 11.21. The fill-in-the-blank answer is determined. You can have multiple answers.


6.

When you have finished adding the words or phrases, click OK.

You are returned to the "New fill-in-the-blank question" dialog box.

7.

Select the Options tab to open the fill-in-the-blank options.

8.

Indicate whether the questions are to be graded by making a selection in the Type pop-down menu, and enter the text and select the event for success and failure.

9.

Indicate which buttons, if any, will appear.

10.

Select the Reporting tab to enter the appropriate eLearning data.

11.

Click OK.

The "New fill-in-the-blank question" dialog box closes, and you can view the slide in the Edit View panel (Figure 11.22).

Figure 11.22. A fill-in-the-blank slide.


Tip

  • You can change the wording of the captions by double-clicking a caption to open the Caption dialog box, or by clicking the Quiz button in the "New fill-in-the-blank question" dialog box to open the Quiz Manager. Select the Quiz Manager's Quiz tab and change the text. You can also change the size of the buttons to a uniform size by right-clicking a button and selecting Size from the context menu to open the Size menu. Select Custom Width and Custom Height, and enter the width and height (in pixels) of the button.


Creating a Likert questionnaire

If you have ever been approached by a polling organization doing any sort of consumer or other research, the odds are you have completed a Likert questionnaire. These questions don't look for precision; rather, they ask you to rate your response using, in most cases, a five-point scale. A typical Likert question would be:

Captivate is one seriously cool tool.

Strongly agree___ Agree___ Neutral___ Disagree ___ Strongly disagree___

To create a Likert Question slide

1.

Select Insert > Question Slide.

The Question Types dialog box opens.

2.

Select Likert and click OK.

The "New Likert question" dialog box opens (Figure 11.23).

Figure 11.23. Likert questions use a scale of responses.


3.

In the Title text input box, enter a title for the slide, and enter the instructions to the user in the Description text input box.

4.

In the Questions text input box, enter the statement.

5.

Click the Add button to add more statements, or select a statement and click the Delete button to remove it.

6.

In the Answers area, select the columns to be labeled.

7.

Select the Options tab to open the Likert question options, and indicate what occurs after the survey is completed and what buttons, if any, will appear on the slide (Figure 11.24).

Figure 11.24. Likert questions don't have Success, Failure, or Hint captions.


8.

Select the Reporting tab to open the Likert question reporting options, and enter the eLearning information.

9.

Click OK.

The "New Likert question" dialog box closes, and you can view the slide in the Edit View panel (Figure 11.25).

Figure 11.25. A Likert Question slide.


Tip

  • If the categories seem to be somewhat "squashed," remember they are objects. You can select them and drag the handles to spread out the categories. The radio buttons attached to them move also.


Creating a Matching Question slide

When using a Matching Question slide, the viewer is presented with a question and is asked to match the best possible answer from a list to the item being questioned. When the user is viewing the slide, he or she can either enter the answer into the text input box or drag the choice into the input box. Depending upon the choice, the appropriate message appears. As well, you can use the responses to these slides in your eLearning application.

To create a Matching Question slide

1.

Select Matching Questions.

The Matching Question dialog box opens (Figure 11.26).

Figure 11.26. The Matching Question dialog box.


2.

Select the Question tab.

3.

Enter a name for the question.

This name will not appear on the slide.

4.

Enter the question into the Question text input box.

5.

Click in the text input box in Column 1 and enter the answer.

6.

Click in the text input box in Column 2 and enter the first matching item.

7.

Press the down arrow, click the Add button at the bottom of the column, or click once in the second line of Column 2, and enter the second matching item.

8.

Repeat step 7 until you have entered all of the items in the list of potential matches.

9.

Select the answer in Column 1 (the "item" column) and the correct match in Column 2 (the "answer" column), and click the Match button.

A line appears that links the item to the correct answer.

10.

If you have made a mistake with the match, click the "Clear matches" button to remove the link.

11.

Select the Options tab (Figure 11.27) and indicate the type of test you are administering. If there are right and wrong answers, select Graded from the pop-down. If you are just surveying knowledge, select Survey.

Figure 11.27. Use the Matching Question dialog box's Options tab to indicate the event and the matching caption.


12.

Select the events for the correct and the wrong answers.

13.

Select the button type to be used for the slide's buttons.

14.

Select the Reporting tab (Figure 11.28) and, if the answers are to be part of a report, assign objective and interaction IDs.

Figure 11.28. You can have the question responses sent to an LMS.


15.

In the Weighting text entry box, enter the mark assigned to the question.

For example, if the question is worth five marks or points, enter 5 here.

16.

Assign a time limit, if any, to the slide.

17.

Click OK.

The Matching Question dialog box closes, and you are returned to the Edit View panel.

To link the Matching Question slide to your LMS

1.

Open a Matching Question slide in the Edit View panel and click the Edit button in the upper left corner of the slide.

The Matching Question dialog box opens.

2.

Click the Quiz button.

The Quiz Manager dialog box opens (Figure 11.29).

Figure 11.29. The Quiz Manager can be accessed directly from the Matching Question dialog box.


3.

Select the Reporting tab and set the reporting options.

4.

Select the Quiz tab to open the quiz settings (Figure 11.30).

Figure 11.30. A number of the actions based on response are set in the Quiz area of the Quiz Manager.


5.

Assign a name to the quiz.

6.

If there are user requirements, choose them from the Required pop-down list.

There are four options (you can choose only one):

  • Optional Allows the student to skip the quiz.

  • Required Does not allow the student to move forward in the movie without completing the quiz.

  • Pass required Does not allow the student to move forward without passing the quiz.

  • Answer all Does not allow the student to move forward without answering all of the quiz questions.

7.

Select "Allow backward movement" if the student can move backward in the quiz.

8.

If the student will be able to review the answers, select "Allow user to review quiz" and click the Settings button.

The Review dialog box opens (Figure 11.31).

Figure 11.31. The student can review the answers submitted.


9.

Enter the appropriate messages and click OK.

The Review dialog box closes, and the messages you added to it appear in the gray review area on the slide when the movie is playing. Double-clicking this gray box opens the Review dialog box. (The gray color is strictly to let you know where the review will appear on the slide; it will not appear when the movie plays.)

10.

Back on the Quiz tab, if the student will be able to see his or her score, select "Show score at end of quiz" and click the Settings button.

The Review dialog box opens (Figure 11.32).

Figure 11.32. The student can be shown the score results at the end of the test.


11.

In the Messages area, enter the pass and fail messages.

12.

If the results are to be emailed, enter the text for the button used to send the email.

13.

In the Score area, indicate how the score will be displayed.

Keep in mind that although you can select each of the three choices, you might consider using only one. Having three scoring responses could be confusing to the user.

14.

In the Background area, indicate the background color of the caption used to display the results, or assign a background image to the caption.

15.

Click OK.

You are returned to the Quiz Manager dialog box.

16.

Select the Options tab to open the Quiz Manager options (Figure 11.33).

Figure 11.33. You can determine the events, button text, and Hint captions in the Options area of the Quiz Manager.


17.

Select the pass or fail events from the appropriate pop-down lists.

18.

In the Buttons area, enter the buttons' text and the event associated with the buttons.

19.

Click OK.

You are returned to the Matching Question dialog box.

Editing objects on a Matching Question slide

When the Matching Question slide appears in the Edit View panel, you can select and edit everything in that slide (Figure 11.34). This means you can change the layout, fonts, words, colors, and any other property of the objects in the slide. You can even, as shown in Figure 11.34 add an image to the slide.

Figure 11.34. You can select and edit everything in a Question slide.


To edit the objects on a Matching Question slide

1.

Double-click any object on the slide to open the relevant properties dialog box (Figure 11.35).

Figure 11.35. Double-click an object on a Question slide to change its properties.


2.

Make any necessary changes and click OK.

If you have a number of Matching Question slides, select the "Apply properties to all 'questions' in the movie" check box to apply the change to all objects to which the change applies. This makes life easier for you, because you have to make the change only once to have it applied globally to the movie.

3.

Double-click the grey Review Area box that appears on the slide as shown in Figure 11.34.

The Review dialog box opens.

Creating Multiple-Choice Question slides

Multiple-Choice Question slides are quite robust. In fact, they are used for more than multiple-choice questionnaires. They can be used for single-choice questions, true/false questionnaires, and yes/no questions. This section focuses solely on the use and application of Multiple-Choice Question slides. All of the other options and so on used by these slides match those of the section on Matching Question slides, above.

To create a Multiple-Choice Question slide

1.

Select Insert > Question Slide and, in the Question Types dialog box, select Multiple Choice.

The Multiple Choice Question dialog box opens (Figure 11.36).

Figure 11.36. The Multiple Choice Question dialog box.


2.

Enter the answers to the quiz in the order in which they will appear.

3.

Select the check box or boxes beside the correct answer or answers of the answers you entered.

4.

From the Style pop-down menu, select Multiple Answers.

5.

From the Numbering pop-down menu, choose a numbering scheme.

6.

Click OK.

The dialog box closes, the questionnaire appears on the slide, and the correct answers are checked (Figure 11.37).

Figure 11.37. A Multiple Choice slide.


Tip

  • You can change the order of the answers by dragging them to different locations on the slide. This will not affect the ordering of the answers in the dialog box. In this way, you can put the correct answer in the same position for each slide in the dialog box but have it appear in a different location in each slide.


To create a single-choice slide

1.

Select Insert > Question Slide and, in the Question Types dialog box, select Multiple Choice.

2.

Enter the answers to the quiz in the order in which they will appear.

3.

Select the check box beside the correct answer.

4.

From the Style pop-down menu, select Single Answer.

5.

From the Numbering pop-down menu, choose a numbering scheme.

6.

Click OK.

The dialog box closes, the questionnaire appears on the slide, and the correct answer is checked.

Creating a Short-Answer slide

A Short-Answer slide requires the student to enter a short phrase into a text box as the answer to the question. That answer is then compared to a list of possible answers, and the appropriate Success, Failure, or Hint captions are displayed.

To create a Short-Answer slide

1.

Select Insert > Question Slide and, in the Question Types dialog box, select Short Answer.

The "New short answer question" dialog box opens (Figure 11.38).

Figure 11.38. The "New short answer question" dialog box.


2.

Enter a slide title and the question.

3.

Select "Compare answer with the list below" if the answer is to contain a specific phrase.

4.

Enter the correct response in the text input area beneath the "Compare answer with the list below" check box. If there is more than one correct response, click the Add button and enter the next response. If you make a mistake or want to remove a response, select the answer and click the Delete button.

5.

If the spelling or phrase must be exact, click "The answer is case-sensitive."

6.

Select the Options tab (Figure 11.39).

Figure 11.39. The "New short answer question" dialog box's Options tab.


7.

From the Type pop-down menu, select Graded or Survey.

8.

Indicate the events that occur if the answer is correct or incorrect.

9.

Select which buttons will appear on the slide.

10.

Select the Reporting tab and enter the eLearning information.

11.

Click OK.

The slide appears in the Edit View panel.

To create a True/False slide

1.

Select Insert > Question Slide and, in the Question Types dialog box, select True/False.

The New Multiple Choice dialog box opens (Figure 11.40).

Figure 11.40. The True/False Question dialog box.


2.

In the Question text input box, enter the statement.

3.

From the Style pop-down list, select "True or false."

4.

In the Answers area, select whether the statement is true or false.

5.

In the Numbering pop-down list, choose a numbering scheme.

6.

Click OK.

The dialog box closes, the question appears on the slide, and the correct answer is checked (Figure 11.41).

Figure 11.41. A True/False question shows you the correct answer on the slide. It won't be visible when the movie plays.


To create a Yes/No Question slide

1.

Select Insert > Question Slide and, in the Question Types dialog box, select True/False.

The True/False Question dialog box opens (Figure 11.42).

Figure 11.42. True/False questions can be yes or no questions.


2.

In the Question text input box, enter the statement.

3.

From the Style pop-down list, select "Yes or no."

You will be asked if you want to change the style to "Yes/No."

4.

Click OK.

5.

In the Answers area, select whether the answer is Yes or No.

6.

In the Numbering pop-down list, choose a numbering scheme.

7.

Click OK.

The dialog box closes, the question appears on the slide, and the correct answer is checked (Figure 11.43).

Figure 11.43. A Yes/No Question slide.




Macromedia Captivate for Windows. Visual QuickStart Guide
Macromedia Captivate for Windows. Visual QuickStart Guide
ISBN: 321294173
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Year: 2003
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