Adaptive testing

Question

Hello Everyone
How can i accomplish  adaptive testing using adobe captivate 5.5. I mean when a student does not get a question correct instead of giving the test taker the next question a difficult one, the test produces a question with a lesser difficulty of the same type.
A ->B-> C-> D->
When B is not correct
A->B->B1->B2->B3->C->D->
Thank you.

Answer 1

In practice this isn't all that easy to do.  Captivate's quiz scoring mechanisms are based on the expectation that the learner will be required to answer all questions in the quiz.  If you have extra questions included as part of the quiz and these questions are also scored, then your strategy of offering remedial questions (if those questions have scores attached) would penalise the more competent learner.
It means that if you have one learner answering four questions and another answering seven questions in the same quiz, the learner who answered only four questions will get a lower score than the other, even though technically they showed greater mastery.   If you do NOT score the remedial questions, then the learner that was forced to take the remedial path cannot make up for the ones they got wrong.
The only way around this impasse (that I have found) is to include questions that are not created using the standard quiz question slides.  In short, you use interactive objects such as clickboxes, buttons, and interactive widgets to create scored interactions.
Until recently, there was no way to alter the Captivate scoring variables via Advanced Actions.  But now the Interactive Master Widget allows you to design complex interactions using clickboxes, buttons, text entry boxes, and widgets, and then override the scores assigned to these objects to achieve dynamic scoring possibilities based on Advanced Action logic and user-defined variables.  This particular widget is VERY challenging to use and many Captivate developers struggle to get their head around what it can do.  So I recommend you download the trial version and experiment before considering a purchase.  Once you understand it, there's a whole world of new possibilities for Captivate quizzing behaviour.