All-New Adobe Captivate - Every Quiz Setting

[@EMiller500]

Thank you, Paul! It's really helpful to have an overview like this for the new Captivate. I'm interested in options for xAPI--namely, getting more information about how learners interact with a course, beyond their numerical scores. Have you ever had a client ask for this? I'm thinking about data such as whether they click on external links, how long they spend on various questions, how many times they view a particular slide, etc. I realize this requires an LRS, apart from the LMS--what are the options for this?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I've only used xAPI for standard publishing. Check out Jeff Batt at Learning Dojo for the more advanced xAPI stuff.

[@lisalei659]

Hello Paul, thank you for the amazing video. Is there a way to set "no right answer" to a quiz on Captivate? It is more like a survey/ temperature check that I'd like students to do prior to entering a new module. There's really no right or wrong answers

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Use a knowledge check where, even though you don't count the points, you could edit the feedback captions to something more neutral. If you need to report it, just make it a graded quiz where the question has no points (0), and on your results slide, hide the correct answers and only show the score.

[@lisalei659]

@@CaptivateTeacher Thank you so much!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

@@lisalei659 Good luck with your project.

[@Guilla4Life]

Is there a way to branch quizzes in this new version??

[@CaptivateTeacher]

No branching yet.

[@aliciawilton6577]

Hi Paul, this and your other videos have been extremely helpful, thank you!! My question is: right now, when I include the option to show a retake button, I test it out and fail purposely, at which point I click "retake quiz" and it takes me back to Question #1 and lets me choose another answer (good!) -- but then when I click Next after re-taking question #1, it takes me to the next slide (boo!). I want it to take me to the next quiz question on the retake pass, not the next slide. Is this a setting somewhere that I am just missing? I can't seem to figure it out. TIA!

[@CaptivateTeacher]

That's a great question. One thing that isn't available with advanced actions in Adobe Captivate 12 is conditional actions on question slide success or failure actions. Why that's important is that you could set the action of a question slide to be based on a condition such as the value of a user variable that could be assigned a value based on whether this was a retake quiz or not. You might be able to build something with a custom question slide that could accomplish this, but the standard question slides won't do this for you. You might want to click on the Help dropdown menu, select Provide Feedback, and let Adobe know you would like this. I found an entry that someone has already made requesting this feature called "Pass/Fail actions in Quiz: allow condition." You can vote up this feature (as I just did), and hopefully, if enough people agree with us, this will be something Adobe adds to a future release.

[@MaríaPerera-l5q]

Help Paul! Buttons added to my quiz are not appearing when file is executed in LMS. Because of this, learners are not able to complete the quiz and mark the course as completed. When getting to the Results page, the "Continue" botton is not working and does not show, so it marks the quiz as not completed.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I'm not sure why you might be missing buttons. I would send an email to [e-mail] for technical support.

[@liorohayon8222]

Hi Paul, is there an option to add image as a part of the question?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Only if you build a custom question slide. If there is a feature you would like to see in the future. Click on your *Help* dropdown and select *Provide Feedback* to inform Adobe about your needs.

[@liorohayon8222]

@@CaptivateTeacher How build a custom question slide? thanks for you help

[@CaptivateTeacher]

@@liorohayon8222 That's a little more complicated than what I can explain in the comments of a video. If you want to purchase an hour from my website, I would gladly walk you through it in an online meeting. Here's the link: captivateteacher.com/how-i-can-help/p/1on1-training

[@ValJones-r4p]

Hi Payl! The one thing I can't figure out is how to disable the 'hint' message. Can you help me?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

The hint caption only appears if you have two or more attempts. Set your question slide to one attempt to have it go away.

[@chennaibong]

Hi Paul, I am at a loss. In the new Captivate how do you access the Quiz Timer widget? How do you display a timer for each quiz slide time?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Captivate 12 doesn't have a Timer Widget but you can set a time limit on each question slide in your project. You will find this option in the *Properties Inspector* under *Question Properties.* When the time has expired, the caption for timeout appears, and the ability to select an answer and submit becomes locked. The learner can only navigate from this slide to the next slide. I don't presently know of a way of displaying this countdown timer to your learners, but we can each reach out to Adobe and ask for this as a feature enhancement for a future release: adobe.com/go/cp_user_voice

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Please ask me in the comments If you have simple questions about Adobe Captivate. For more complex questions or if you need a full tutorial about Adobe Captivate, you can purchase one-on-one time with me through my website: captivateteacher.com/how-i-can-help/1on1-training

[@timucinpusat3518]

Hello. When I hover the mouse cursor over a word on the test I have prepared, I want the translation of that word to appear and disappear when I move the cursor. How do I do this. But please tell me very simple step by step. I will use the program for the first time.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Adobe Captivate 12.4 does not have a built-in tooltip option that can be directly added to words within text components.

[@benjaminringrose6973]

Thank you for your resource videos! Not sure how simple this question is, but here goes...I'm trying to design a quiz that passes/ends based on a points threshold. For example, I want a user to answer 10 questions about a subject correctly. Can I build a quiz with a 50-question bank, and the user answers one question after another until they answer ten correctly, at which point the quiz ends?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I have an idea how this could be done but I’m about 5,000 km away from my computer this week. I would like to test out my theory when I get home and I’ll update my reply to this comment then. By the way, there is no need to ask questions in the comments of multiple videos. This doesn’t make me respond faster or more likely.

[@johnleggett5054]

Great video, Paul! Just wondering whether there is any option to add a button to play audio on a quiz slide? The rest of my course has navigation buttons and a button to play audio in each footer. Clearly, all options are greyed out when it comes to adding blocks or components to a quiz slide.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

I think the only option here is to create a custom multiple choice questions using your own components. A bit of work but it could be done.

[@arlenelogan8825]

Hi Paul, where do i set the passing score for the quiz?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

go to 14:42 in this video to see that.

[@arlenelogan8825]

Thank you Paul!@@CaptivateTeacher

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You're welcome and thanks for watching.

[@timucinpusat3518]

I understand, Paul. Thank you for your answer. One more question: I want to assign fractional points for each correct answer, but it does not allow me, I want to assign 1.25 points for each correct answer, but it does not accept. Because in the exam I am preparing, there will be 80 questions and each correct answer should be 1.25 points so that a student who gets them all right can get 100 points. Also, for every 4 wrong questions, I want one correct answer to be deleted as a penalty, that is, to lose 1.25 points. Finally, after publishing the test in html form, I want the texts to be selectable, copyable. Lastly before I forget:) I coudn't see to export option to pdf or office word. Is it possible to do these things?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Adobe Captivate allows for points to be in whole numbers only. Perhaps there is a solution where you assign 5 points per question and then later divide that by 4 to get 1.25 points per question. Captivate won't allow you to modify the scores in this way but perhaps this could be done with JavaScript. Again, for each 4 wrong answers you want a penalty of one wrong answer. Again, Adobe Captivate doesn't offer this functionality but perhaps you could do something with JavaScript on the back end. The only option for downloading to PDF is the certificate widget. Under the slide's Settings you will see the option to download the certificate of completion as a PDF (no office options).

[@timucinpusat3518]

@@CaptivateTeacher Thank you once again Paul for your quick response. I saw the certificate download button, but I want to download the quiz I prepared. You say there is no such option. We can't give fractional points. We can't assign a deduction for wrong answers. We can't copy the html file we published. Really, this is a very dumb software. It's 2024 and this backwardness is too much. Another problem I encountered: When preparing a multiple choice quiz, we can justify the text to the right or left in the heading section. But this is not possible in the options section. I'm working with a language written from right to left, but I didn't see an option to start the text from the right. Is this possible for the answer choices?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

@@timucinpusat3518 I think you are missing the point of what Adobe Captivate is used for. Its function is to create elearning on the web, specifically a learning management system. Downloading a quiz is something you would not do with traditional eLearning. I have been developing in Adobe Captivate for about twenty years. I have never found the items from your original question to be something I needed to accomplish in all my time. Perhaps you should go and look at what iSpring or Articulate offer if you feel Captivate is not cutting it for you. Please also remember that I'm just another user of the software and I don't work for Adobe.

[@AngelaL-pn8iu]

Paul - How do you add the text to multiple choice questions? (It says Option 1 goes here, but I can figure out how to put my answer into the option)

[@AngelaL-pn8iu]

I readded the multiple choice slide and I was able to add answers to that slide, not sure why the answer boxes were locked on the previous slide.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Just chalk it up to weirdness.

[@redhatpub]

Great video as always. Is there a way to make multiple choice "picture" questions in Adobe Captivate 12.3?

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Yes, take a look in the *Design Options* section of the Visual Properties Inspector. You can select the last item and add images of your choosing.

[@redhatpub]

@@CaptivateTeacher Thank you, Still finding my way in the new captivate. I am trying to replicate what you showed in the video of 2019 Custom Multiple Choice Picture Question.

[@redhatpub]

Thank you, Still finding my way in the new captivate. I am trying to replicate what you showed in the video of 2019 Custom Multiple Choice Picture Question.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Custom solutions are still possible but I’m still working my way through the software as well.

[@JR_2606]

Can you save the background images from the assets

[@CaptivateTeacher]

If you publish a project that includes these images you can find the images in the published HTML5 folder.

[@GabrielleMcKayle]

I just installed the All New Adobe Captivate. In Quiz Review Mode, I do not see the options to View Answer, Next, and Back. Wondering if I may have some setting incorrect.

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Check with [e-mail] and see if they can help.

[@JR_2606]

Really useful as awaiting to upgrade to the new version from 2019

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Thanks Julie, glad you found it helpful.

[@mrahmedsaad4535]

Amazing

[@CaptivateTeacher]

You're welcome and thanks for watching

[@Guilla4Life]

I guess I should’ve watched the video before asking…lol

[@CaptivateTeacher]

Yes but that's okay.