Hi everyone, I am new to Active Presenter and need some urgent help with the following.
I am in the process of developing a gamification video. This is about showing the process of an electric vehicle charging process. I have the following concerns.
How to add a timer with HH:MM:SS format which I can configure it to start from a particular slide? I see it starts from 3 seconds and stops to 1 second. I need it to have the timer added for approximately 30 seconds per slide. How to achieve this?
I will be having a set of questions added in this game. For example, Multiple Choice Questions, Fill In the Blanks, True or False. When a person answers them correctly and incorrectly, I need the score to be displayed and updated immediately. How to achieve that?
Can I add a pause and play button for every slide where the person playing this game pause and play it the way they want to?
Kindly help with the above as soon as possible since this is urgent.
The timer matches the slide duration by default which is three seconds.
If you deselect the checkbox to match the object duration, you should see a selection box to specify your time.
Also - you can change the format. Do you really need HH:MM:SS if you’re only needing 30 seconds?
To display the score - you could use a shape with %apQuizScore% as the text for the shape. This will display the current score of the quiz and it will update automatically. Put it on any slide you want to display the information.
I always recommend building your own navigation. This is a great reason for that. If you’re able - I might suggest building the game all on one slide.
Get rid of the built-in player.
Generally speaking, I think you can do all you are looking to do but you may need to think creatively about navigation and game control. You can sometimes achieve the same outcome using different methods.
Thank you for your response Greg. Could you please help on how exactly to use the %apQuizScore%. Do you mean we could just add a rectangle and add “%apQuizScore%” in it. This maybe a basic question but still very new to Active Presenter. Kindly help on the same.
So, for every correct answer added, I need the slide to show + 10 points and the total score getting updated and for every wrong answer -10 points and the total score getting updated on the same slide. Can you please guide on how to achieve this?
On a multiple choice answer - for example - you can set the points to Partial.
Then you can set the value of each response so that the correct choice grants 10 and the wrong choices grant -10
Thanks for the response. Is there a way, I can add a multiple choice question the way I want and not use the format Active Presenter provides? I noticed Active Presenter does not provide the Score and Reporting option if I add the question in a format that is not provided by Active Presenter by default.
So, if I understand it correct, I will have to use JavaScript and Active Presenter to develop the gamification video? Or can do it entirely using Javascript? Kindly guide.
Well, I think it depends on the direction you want to go.
It sounds like you want to make more custom interactions rather than use the built-in ActivePresenter ones.
That’s fine but if you go custom - it will mean more scripting as it is the advanced option. Using the native tools will simplify things greatly - especially if you wish to report to an LMS.
That’s correct. I am looking to make more custom interactions which possibly needs Javascript and coding rather than the custom ones Active Presenter provides.
I am in the process of developing a game that has the following:
An animated video showing truck driver driving on a highway suddenly notices battery low indication and rushes to a nearby charging station. On reaching the charging station, the driver will play a game which will have a set of questions which could be multiple choice, fill in the blanks and so on. However, I need the look and feel of these questions the way I want and not use what Active Presenter provides by default which is more from a learning content standpoint.
This game must show the score as plus 10 on correct answer and minus 10 on wrong answer. There should also be a timeout feature added wherein the person will have a specific timeline within which they can play and answer the questions.
Kindly guide with the options to achieve this and if this can be achieved using Active Presenter considering the number of customizations I need.
Basically, from your description, this game can be achieved using built-in features in ActivePresenter with some detailed preparation, without having to use JavaScript.
An animated video showing truck driver driving on a highway suddenly notices battery low indication and rushes to a nearby charging station.
With this request, you will need to prepare the proper image assets and apply the effects or animation to make them appear properly.
You can refer to this tutorial:
However, I need the look and feel of these questions the way I want and not use what Active Presenter provides by default which is more from a learning content standpoint.
This is also achievable in ActivePresenter. Just make sure you do some research and watch the tutorials, which we have produced in both written and video ones publicly.
This game must show the score as plus 10 on correct answer and minus 10 on wrong answer.
With this request, you can follow Greg’s suggestion, using the Partial points settings.
Can I avoid using the question types that are inbuilt in Active Presenter? I noticed that on adding a textbox with a question, the Grading and Scoring option is not available in the Properties panel. Is there something that I am missing here or is it not available for questions created that are not available by default in Active Presenter?
The main point here is you will need to know how your game will work so that you can apply what the apps have to turn it into practice.
My suggestion is you will try creating a game in our above playlist first to understand how to create a game in ActivePresenter in general.
Then, you will start designing your own game, applying the interaction objects, interactive quizzes, and JavaScript if needed. You can always ask questions here when you get stuck on any phase.
I need some more clarity on how to set plus 10 and minus 10 scores for the questions. For example, I cant seem to find the option to add a minus 10 score after selecting Partial. Am I missing something?
