I am currently working on a project to create a gamified “knowledge dump” eLearning. In a nutshell, I have a game map where movement about the map will take place as the learners attempt to accomplish the goals of the game (goal of the game portion will be to explore a geographic location and collect as many game items as possible in the given timeframe). Players will be directed away from the game map and into a question/answer scenario at many various points. I am looking at using Quiz slides for the Q&A interactions because I would like to be able to use the built in Question Bank functionality if possible to ease my workload in development.
My questions –
- If I am using a Question Bank, do I just constantly direct them to 1 slide that will display random questions as they are directed there?
- OR – Do I need a separate Quiz Slide for each incidence of directing them to a question to be answered?
There will be no LMS reporting in this project, and no Quiz Scoring per se either (the result of their answer to the question will either be an accumulation of game items toward their game score if answered correct, no accumulation of game items if their score is incorrect, and potentially deduction of accumulated game items if the answer is incorrect on a “random event” generated question…all accomplished with Advanced Actions and JS random number assignments to user Variables).
I am also weighing whether I need to create my own 100-question “bank” of 100 custom question slides, directing the learner to each one based on random number generation and assignment with JS code in order to avoid the crappy default Captivate formatting of Quiz slides (crappy because of the lack of pizazz of the default text formatting and overall appearance since I want to use custom background images and legible and appropriate text/button styles).
Thanks in advance for relevant input from the Forum.
Ron
Hi. I like the idea. Is it possible when learners answer the question incorrectly to take them back to the map in order for them to acquire the correct knowledge? More like adaptive learning. In other words, answering the questions take them on a separate learning path.
Yes, all is possible with Captivate provided you have necessary skills. It is an amazing tool, with its easy point-and-click system for setting up advanced and shared actions. I never create a linear course, it will always have branches.
Link about question pools Do’s and Dont’s
http://blog.lilybiri.com/random-questions-dos-and-donts
Soon I will continue my Quizzing articles with Tweaking tips.
A lot of questions. I would be perfectly able to design such a project, but it is not the goal of this forum to do so.
Just one answer, and will post a link in a next comment (needs moderation waiting time): you will need a random quiz slide for each of the questions you want to generate from the question pool (which is the official Captivate term, not ‘bank’).
You can style the quizzing master slides as much as you want. It is either creating a custom question slide and spending more time, or use the inbuilt functionality of quiz slides and work faster.
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