Open the Flash file that you saved in the second lesson (if it's not already open). To the left of the stage is a component called Quiz Options. This component contains Parameters that control aspects of your quiz, including presenting random questions to your users. In the next demonstration you'll learn more about setting these parameters.
Watch the Demo: Configuring the Quiz Options [running time 01:43 min.]
Summary
That wasn't too hard, as long as you're not using a learning management system (LMS). Because various LMSs work in different ways, you'll need to work with your LMS administrator to pass the results of your quiz to the LMS. Randomizing the questions wasn't too hard to do, was it?
Procedure
Select the Quiz Options panel to the left of the stage.
Select Window > Component Inspector.
The Component Inspector has three tabs: Parameters, Bindings, and Schema. In this lesson we will only use the Parameters tab.
Click the Randomize checkbox if you want the questions to appear in a random order.
Enter a number in the Questions to Ask box. The default is “0” which tells the quiz to use all of the questions. If you enter a number larger than the number of questions available, the quiz uses all of the questions and doesn’t re-use any of them. So if you have ten questions and you enter “20” in this box, it’s the same as entering “0”. However, if you have ten questions and you’ve checked Randomize and enter “5” in this box, only five random questions will be presented to the user.
The Login File URL is only used by AICC-compliant LMSs. We will ignore this field in this lesson.
The Activity ID and Activity Name fields are identifiers that are passed to the LMS. Follow the naming conventions for your LMS. If you’re not using an LMS, you can leave the default values or delete them.
The Show Results Page checkbox indicates whether the final results should be shown to the user. This is checked by default; click to uncheck it if you don’t want your users to see the results of their quiz.
Examine the Interactions layer in the timeline.
The first frame is Welcome; the last frame is Results. Each frame in between is a single interaction.
Each interaction frame in the quiz template contains a different type of interaction:
Drag and Drop
Fill in the Blank
Multiple Choice
True or False
Hot Objects
Hot Spot
In this lesson we worked with the most complex interaction, the Drag and Drop. Once you understand the concepts and processes for creating a Drag and Drop interaction, you will be able to apply your knowledge to customize the other types of learning interactions.
Preview
Now that you've configured the quiz options, you're ready to configure the Drag and Drop Interaction. In the next lesson you'll configure some basic options for your quiz.