Branching in Assesment Simulation

Hi,
I need to allow the student to take any of 3 different
actions during an assesment simulation . All three are valid, and
need to be available as it shows some of the flexibility of the
product.
Any ideas?
Thank you.

Well, the drag-and-drop is "right out", as Captivate doesn't
provide that sort of functionality. So unless you want to resort to
Flash to accomplish that third action, you are left with two.
I would think from this point it would be fairly easy. Just
have one area where the user clicks. The click would then go to a
slide where the item appears highlighted. The next click would look
for the Add button click to proceed.
On that initial slide, perhaps a different spot would be set
up to receive the double-click and proceed accordingly from there.
Or....
You could simply insert a multiple choice question slide at
this point listing the possible methods and asking which to choose.
If you are using Captivate 2, you could then assign a different
action for each answer.
Just thoughts... Rick

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fennisdembo
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I want to simulate PXIe 8115 module without hardware.Is it possible?If Yes Can I add the device in simulated NI DAQmx device or modular Instrument?
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Hm, these are several very basic questions.....
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Create a branching quiz

How do you create a branching quiz using the quiz slides?
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Branching Does Not Work

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I am doing a software simulation course of Audacity (audio editing app) and was wondering if anyone had any ideas regards events that are somewhat less common while creating Captivate simulations. For example, I want the user to move 4-5 sliders to a certain value. My first and only idea was to so into full motion recording using the shortcut for the parts that use the sliders and then use text-entry boxes in the assesment section.
Another situation is when editing audio, the user must drag-select a portion of the audio and delete it or apply and effect to it. The only thing I could think of was to simply put a click box over the portion of audio that the user is supposed to drag-select and then when they do it in the assessment they won't actually drag but it will trigger that portion of the full motion recording and then they will just have to press DEL to delete it.
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Hi all,
I'm a newbie to Captivate but I've created software
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(prehistorically) Demoshield.
I need to build a simulation with several options on a single
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Click Box 1 - Adds a checkmark to one checkbox in a list of
items.
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of items.
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Looks like you have it mapped out correctly. If you are only
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something in Flash that might work for it. Assuming you have Flash
available and are comfortable using it. At the moment, it's a bit
out of my reach, but I plan on fixing that as soon as I'm able.
Something else to consider is submitting an enhancement
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clicking
here.
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Je pense que mon problème serait lié au remplissage d'une mémoire cache du genre mémoire de la carte ou RAM
mais je n'en suis vraiment pas sûr... Enfin bref j'aimerais savoir s'il est posible de faire un vidage du cache mémoire
ou si vous avez quelques remarques diverses sur mon programme enfin de le corriger.
Le programme acquiert 4 entrées analogiques, dont une est également branchée en PFI0 et sert de trigger au scope.
si vous voyez une raison potentielle de ce bug n'hésitez pas à poster.
Par avance merci
Message Edité par Illuyanka le 05-03-2010 07:47 AM
Attachments:
Oscillo Beta.vi ‏40 KB

Translation
Hello
I created a small program simulating an oscilloscope LabView via a NI PCI-6251
via tools DAQmx.
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I think my problem is related to filling a cache type memory card or RAM
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or if you have any comments on my various program finally fix it.
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I'm using a Lenovo laptop with Win 7.
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