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Quizzing tricks and tips
The quizzing functionality in Adobe Captivate is flexible and gives you many design options as
you create projects that contain e-learning content. For example, quizzes can be simple and
straightforward or more sophisticated with detailed branching. Following are a few tricks and tips
to try when adding quizzing:
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If you want to give users the opportunity to skip a question and return to answer it at a later
time, add a Skip button. This button is optional, but can give users greater navigation control
as they work through quizzes.
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When creating a matching question, use drag and drop to add items to the columns.
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Add feedback messages to communicate with viewers.
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There are many options for when users answer questions right and when they supply incorrect
answers. Experiment with branching to customize projects for different types of users.
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In Edit view, you can write custom pass and fail messages, customize the slide with background
colors, edit the quiz result slide, and choose how to display the quiz score.
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To view and edit all interactive objects in your project, open the Advanced Interaction dialog
box. To open this dialog, go to the Project menu, and select Advanced Interaction.
Creating a new multiple choice question slide
Select this option to create a question that users must answer by selecting one or more correct
answers from a list.
To create a multiple choice question slide:
Open an Adobe Captivate project.
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Select the slide before where you want to insert a question slide. For example, if you want the
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new question slide to be slide 7 in the project, click slide 6.
From the Insert menu, select Question Slide.
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The Question Types dialog box appears.
Select Multiple choice and then click either Create Graded Question or Create Survey
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Question. (You can change your choice on the Options tab if necessary.)
Accept the default Name of the question or type new text directly into the text box. The name
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appears on the slide in the project.
Tip: If you are creating many of the same type of question in a single project, enter unique names
for each so that they can be distinguished from one another easily.
In Question, type the multiple choice question, exactly as you want it to appear on the slide,
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into the text box.
Enter a number or use the arrows to give the question a point value. Maximum is 100 points,
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minimum is 0.
In the Answers area, click Add and enter possible answers. If necessary, click Delete to remove
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an answer from the list.
Tip: Click the white space in the Answers area to add a new question.
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