Who'd like to test a new Drag and Drop Interactive Widget?

It's taken about 6 months of every spare minute we could find but we're finally ready to do a round of Alpha testing for our new Drag and Drop Interactive Widget for Cp4 and 5. This post is to ask for a handful of volunteers to test the new widget over the next week creating drag and drop interactions in both Cp4 and Cp5.
If you've already tried our well-known Drag and Drop Lite Question Widget, but were a bit frustrated by the limitations that the quiz question format placed on your creativity, we think you'll be blown away by what this new Interactive Widget can do. It does everything the current question widget does, aside from the aspects that are unique to question types (Review Area, Retake Quiz, etc) plus a whole lot more. Due to the extra functionality, this widget has twice as much code as our last one.
Some of the features:
You can have as many widgets as you want on a single slide and each can be addressing a different drag and drop scenario.
You can reference the same drag and target objects from different widgets to create different.
Since they are interactive widgets, you can use the widget success/failure criteria to trigger Advanced Actions. This opens up a lot of possibilities for game interactions.
You can score each widget differently so that OnSuccess they will each report different scores for dragging the same objects. This means you can have Conditional Scoring and more than one correct answer for a given problem.
You can set one of the widgets to have its Preferences be used for all widgets on the slide so that you don't need to set all widget preferences individually, thus saving a lot of time.
You can set Preference Priority for each widget to configure which widgets will have "right of way" if there is a potential conflict in preferences. For example, if one widget wants one type of snapping behaviour on an object but another widget wants the same object to snap differently, the widget with the higher Preference Priority will dominate.
You can nominate other interactive objects (including clickboxes or other widgets) to act as Submit button and Clear button to create a simulated quiz question.
Since this widget is an Interactive widget, it also has the same advanced Pausing override behaviours we built into our Event Handler widget (http://www.infosemantics.com.au/eventhandler) So you can have users stay on the same slide playing with the drag and drop interaction for as long as they like without progressing to the next slide until they want to.
Plus other stuff I can't think of right now.
If you decide to volunteer to participate in this Alpha testing, please don't use this widget for any production Captivate projects you may have. The Alpha and Beta versions of the widget will be time-bombed to stop working after a couple of weeks so that we don't have buggy versions running around later.
As I said at the beginning, we only need a handful of testers, we need people using either Cp4 or Cp5, and you need to do this testing over the next week so that we can then address any issues you find and release a debugged Beta version for more testing.
Anyone wanna play?
If you do want to volunteer, send me a private message on this forum with your email address so I can send you a widget and instructions. We'll only be taking the first dozen or so people that are willing to contribute time and feedback.
Cheers,
Rod Ward

Hi Sandy,
If you hover the mouse over Rod's avatar, there is an e-mail address visible. For a private message; double-click on his avatar and you'll find the button private message in that dialog box,
Lilybiri

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Hello,
I'm fairly new to Captivate 7 but very familiar with Flash. I'm tasked with a project that I would like to do with the drag and drop interaction widget from Captivate 7. Basically, we need our learners to identify the locations of our resorts on a map. Select the name of the resort, drag and drop it in the city/state or country where located. My question is can Captivate handle this task? To me, it seems as a large task for Captivate to handle, and so I was thinking of coding it in Flash.
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var matchingTargetName:String =(event.target.name).substring(0, 1);
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on (release) {
_root.gotoAndPlay ("photo1");
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onRelease/stopDrag methods to container_mc.
a second way is to load into container_mc (like you're
currently doing), wait until loading is complete (ie, use the
onLoad method of an mcl listener) and then assign your methods to
container_mc.

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Hi-
I've created a drag and drop interaction for a quiz with four
objects. Each object has to match up to the correct spot in order
for the user to get the answer correct. I've done this type of
interactions before successfully and not had a problem with
scoring.
But this time .. the only thing I can see that's different
about this quiz is that I'm not assigning any points in the "Score"
field - I am instead using the Status of Correct Response alone.
I've found that this interaction scoring works perfectly for my
other quiz interactions but there seems to be a problem with the
drag and drop - when the user moves the objects around and
temporarily places an object in the wrong (or maybe even correct)
spot, each of these movements is being racked up as correct in this
interaction So, if there's an ambivalent user they're going to get
many more points than is even supposed to be possible.
I can't see anything different that I've done with this
interaction other than the scoring. I changed to correct response
scoring because it was the only way I could figure out how to reset
the quiz score after the user leaves and comes back. (using
TotalCorrect)
Anyway, I'm open to ideas - even if it's not the scoring -
any help would be appreciated!
Thanks -
Cammia

Don't use the quiz knowledge objects and code yourself...?
You'll find many on here who can help you with hand coding
and probably none
who know much about implementing those KO's who can answer
questions. The
reason is if you know enough to be able to answer questions,
you know enough
to know that these KO's are a short term crutch that cause
long term
problems.
HTH;
Amy
"Cammia" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:e8jm2u$77e$[email protected]..
> Hi-
>
> I've created a drag and drop interaction for a quiz with
four objects.
> Each
> object has to match up to the correct spot in order for
the user to get
> the
> answer correct. I've done this type of interactions
before successfully
> and
> not had a problem with scoring.
>
> But this time .. the only thing I can see that's
different about this quiz
> is
> that I'm not assigning any points in the "Score" field -
I am instead
> using
> the Status of Correct Response alone. I've found that
this interaction
> scoring
> works perfectly for my other quiz interactions but there
seems to be a
> problem
> with the drag and drop - when the user moves the objects
around and
> temporarily
> places an object in the wrong (or maybe even correct)
spot, each of these
> movements is being racked up as correct in this
interaction So, if
> there's an
> ambivalent user they're going to get many more points
than is even
> supposed to
> be possible.
>
> I can't see anything different that I've done with this
interaction other
> than
> the scoring. I changed to correct response scoring
because it was the only
> way
> I could figure out how to reset the quiz score after the
user leaves and
> comes
> back. (using TotalCorrect)
>
> Anyway, I'm open to ideas - even if it's not the scoring
- any help would
> be
> appreciated!
>
> Thanks -
> Cammia
>

AS2 Drag and Drop Interaction help

I am trying to create a reusable template for a drag and drop interaction.
There are 7 drag objects, 7 targets.
Based on a scenario we develop (which of the 7 services [drag objects] are the best solution, for example), I would like to create interactions where some of the drag drop combinations are correct answers and dragging/dropping other combinations would result in an "incorrect" answer.
I am having issues with designating the correct and incorrect responses in the AS code, as well as how to provide the positive (correct answers) and negative (incorrect answers) feedback after a submit button is selected.
Additionaly, I have a reset button that does not function the way I expected - move the drag objects back to the start position and allow the user to resubmit an answer.
I am using Flash CS5, but need to use AS2 as the swf file is going to be inserted into an Articulate Presenter project (Articulate does not support AS3 yet).
Thank you for any assistance or suggestions!
Source file: https://www.dropbox.com/home/AS2%20D&D#:::68035214
Current AS2 code:
function dragSetup(clip, targ) {
clip.onPress = function() {
startDrag(this);
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clip.onRelease = clip.onReleaseOutside=function () {
stopDrag();
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this.onTarget = true;
_root.targ.gotoAndStop(2);
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_root.targ.gotoAndStop(1);
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clip.myHomeX = clip._x;
clip.myHomeY = clip._y;
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clip.myFinalX = targ._x;
clip.myFinalY = targ._y;
clip.onEnterFrame = function() {
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if (!this.beingDragged && !this.onTarget) {
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this._y -= (this._y-this.myHomeY)/5;
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this._x -= (this._x-this.myFinalX)/5;
this._y -= (this._y-this.myFinalY)/5;
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dragSetup(drag2,drop2);
dragSetup(drag3,drop3);
dragSetup(drag4,drop4);
dragSetup(drag5,drop5);
dragSetup(drag6,drop6);
dragSetup(drag7,drop7);
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resetBtn.onRelease = function (){
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drag1._x = drag1.myHomeX;
drag1._y = drag1.myHomeY;
drag2.onTarget=false;
drag2._x = drag2.myHomeX;
drag2._y = drag2.myHomeY;
drag3.onTarget=false;
drag3._x = drag3.myHomeX;
drag3._y = drag3.myHomeY;
drag4.onTarget=false;
drag4._x = drag4.myHomeX;
drag4._y = drag4.myHomeY;
drag5.onTarget=false;
drag5._x = drag5.myHomeX;
drag5._y = drag5.myHomeY;
drag6.onTarget=false;
drag6._x = drag6.myHomeX;
drag6._y = drag6.myHomeY;
drag7.onTarget=false;
drag7._x = drag7.myHomeX;
drag7._y = drag7.myHomeY;
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var groupID:Array = [0,0];
var incorrectFeedback:String = "That isn't correct.";
var correctFeedback:String = "Excellent good work.";
var answerGroup:Array = [
                                                             [drag1,drop1],
                                                             [drag2,drop2],
                                                             [drag3,drop3],
                                                             [drag4,drop4],
                                                             [drag5,drop5],
                                                             [drag6,drop6],
                                                             [drag7,drop7]];
//Enable all the stage items
resetBtn.onRelease = function()
          resetAll();
submitBtn.onRelease = function()
          if(evaluateAnswers())
                    feedbackTxt.text = correctFeedback;
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                    feedbackTxt.text = incorrectFeedback;

Here is an alternate link to the source / .fla file - orig link was not to my public dropbox!
https://www.dropbox.com/home#:::68035214
or
https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=bb539b6eff0afbf5&sc=documents&id=BB539B6EFF0AFBF5%21124#

Drag and Drop Interaction - Incomplete

Hi
I have began using the Drag and Drop Interaction which is working really well. I have one issue that I cannot see how to do, I hope there is a possible solution somewhere.
All other questions have an incomplete caption that appears when you click submit but have not selected any options or selected any hotspots. Is there a way to make this happen with the D&D interaction? I use this as part of an assessment and would like it that the user cannot skip until they have at least attempted to drag an item.
Can anyone assist?
Thanks

I suppose it is a validated D&D since you are talking about a question. If not everything is done, it is clearly a Failure, which means that you can use the Failure event to trigger a conditional advanced action that checks if all drag actions have been done that were expected. For that reason you'll have to track the drag actions, maybe by using the Object actions and a counter...
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I have a drag and drop interaction with one drop target and multiple drag objects. Only one drag object is the correct answer. When a learner drags an incorrect drag object to the drag target I would like a failure caption -- that's pretty straightforward. However, I want a different failure capture for each of the wrong drag objects so that there is a different explanation of why each object is wrong. Then I need a success caption for when the correct drag object is dragged to the drop target.
Is this possible?

Hi Jay,
Yes, could create such a scenario, but the Submit button is not used in that case, because the feedback will appear immediately when a drag object has been placed on the target. Is that OK?
Here the work flow:
Besides the object, create all the feedback text containers that you need, correct and incorrect and label them so that they are easily recognizable. I labeled them FB_1, FB_2... because my objects were Drop1, Drop2...
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Lilybiri

1 Success Caption for Multiple Targets in a Drag and Drop Interaction

I see how I can add success captions to each target in a drag and drop interaction, but can you apply only 1 success caption multiple targets?

The boundaries of smartshapes were overlapping with each other. For example, the smartshape on 1st line was overlapping with the one on 2nd line. Due to this, every time you place the text caption "Investment" on the smartshape on 2nd line, it automatically moved to the smartshape on 1st line. As a result, you could never get the answer right, and hence you never saw the Success Caption.
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On Reject caption not appearing in Drag and Drop interaction

Hi
I am playing around with drag and drop interaction to understand its functionality.
I noticed that we can set Accept, Reject, and Hint captions to individual drop targets. When I tested it, I got the Accept and Hint captions as expected. But I am not getting the Reject caption even when I place the wrong source on the target.
What am I doing wrong?
Sreekanth

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Thanks,
Nimmy Sukumaran.

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Hi all,
I am reasonably new to Captivate. I have a subscription to Captivate 6.1 which now has the new Drag and Drop wizard.
My question is:
If I include a drag and drop interaction in my .cptx file, save it and then give the file to person X to review/edit, but they DO NOT have the drag and drop feature in their version of Captivate (they have Captivate 6), can they:
a: view it?
b. edit it?
c. even if they can't view or edit, could they still publish the file from their end and the drag and drop will work fine and not be affected?
Thanks!
Veronica

Hi Veronica,
Although there is now compatibility between 6.01 and 6.1, which means that your colleagues will be able to open your file, I don't believe they'll be able to edit the interaction at all. And of course publishing will not be possible either. Because I have still 6.01 installed on my laptop and 6.1 on my desktop PC, I can try it out if you want to be totally sure, but for the moment I'm in college and only have laptop with me.
Lilybiri

Adobe Captivate Help | Drag-and-drop interaction (for subscription and Adobe Software Assurance customers only)

This question was posted in response to the following article: http://helpx.adobe.com/captivate/using/drag-and-drop-interaction.html

Yep. But it will only likely get to you in the next version released for NON subscription or ASA customers. With 6.1 Adobe was giving a preview of the functionality they would be including in your next release. Either way, whether you upgraded to the subscription edition or waited for the next paid upgrade, you were always going to be paying something to get this new functionality. 6.1 users just got it earlier than everyone else. That was Adobe's decision. It certainly hasn't been a popular one.

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Hello,
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askes each dropable if it is the last one to be answered, and when answered correctly, will show the "smiley"
checks if all other dragables have been placed correctly
Since I lack the basic coding knowledge, I am having a hard time trying to figure this one out. Thanks for the help, again!
-Nik

Hi Jay,
Yes, could create such a scenario, but the Submit button is not used in that case, because the feedback will appear immediately when a drag object has been placed on the target. Is that OK?
Here the work flow:
Besides the object, create all the feedback text containers that you need, correct and incorrect and label them so that they are easily recognizable. I labeled them FB_1, FB_2... because my objects were Drop1, Drop2...
Make those feedbacks initially invisible and group them in Gr_FB
Create the drag&drop in the normal way with one correct link
Select the target and in the in the D&D panel, click on the Accept button, change the settings like this
The advanced actions are pretty simple, standard, with two statements: Hide Gr_FB and Show FB_n (with the appropriate feedback container - you cannot use Shared actions in this dialog).
In the D&D panel, choose Infinite for the number of attempts and uncheck the Failure caption.
Lilybiri

Resetting a drag and drop interaction

Hi
How do I reset a successfully completed drag and drop
interaction, so I can redo the drag and drop interaction?
If I try and move the objects back to their original location
it just snaps back to the completed location
Currently I have to move to a different page, then go back to
the page containing the drag and drop interaction in order to reset
the interaction
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Jon

Try this:
Put all the daggable objects in one map. I'll call it
"Container."
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repeat with x := 1 to IconNumChildren(@"Container")
EraseIcon(ChildNumToID(@"Container", x)
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end repeat
HTH;
Amy
"webacity" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:e68vbf$cpe$[email protected]..
> Hi
> How do I reset a successfully completed drag and drop
interaction, so I
> can
> redo the drag and drop interaction?
> If I try and move the objects back to their original
location it just
> snaps
> back to the completed location
> Currently I have to move to a different page, then go
back to the page
> containing the drag and drop interaction in order to
reset the interaction
> Thanks in advance
> Jon
>

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