Multiple Feedback Text for Non-Scored Question

Thank you so much for the response! The company I work for has decided to upgrade to version 11 so I'll be starting over again. It looks like there's a simple option for additional feedback.

Kris

Hi! I've started working with making my own feedback to questions as well.

Yes, you will need to work with variables. I've made a 'check' button that the user clicks to test if their answer is correct. When that is clicked, you increase the variable (make a variable like question14_tries). Add a second action that runs an action group.

1. First, when you tell it to increase the variable, what you do is when creating the action set it to 'modify variable'. In the target click the 'new variable' button. Give it a name like question14_tries. Then under that, set the 'value' to 1 and the 'modification type' to 'Add to variable'. This is now a counter that will keep count of how many times they click 'check answer'

2. An action group is a group that has actions in it. What happens when the user/student clicks 'check' depends. So we have to make actions for each possibility. We will use an action group to group them all together. Click add->group and name it "actions-Check Question" or something. With that done, now you can go to the 'check' button and add a second action to it: set it to 'run action group' and select the action group you just made.

Next you will have to create actions in that action group for each eventuality.

a. Create an action that tests if they got it right. You will need to check the variable (the associated variable name when you look at the properties of the question). So in the action set it to show the initially hidden text box saying 'correct'. Then in conditions you must check 'Perform action only if...' and select the variable, change the relationship to is correct. (Also, in 'else' tell to hide the 'correct' text box.)

b. Create an action that tests if it's wrong. Make it show the first incorrect feedback text box. Just like above but the condition is is not correct. But click 'multiple conditions' and add another one: that the question14_tries variable is equal to 1 (first try). And the else is to hide the first incorrect feedback text box.

c. Create another action, just like the above, but the condition should be the variable is greater than 1. Then it should show the 'too many tries' feedback text box.

That should just about do it. I know variables can be hard to grasp. It's one of the trickiest concept to teach programming students.