You can use the Question Object to create your own custom questions or even to score tests and simulations which do not involve questions but which you want to assign a score to or check for a pass threshold.
We have provided a Custom Question Gallery for your convenience or you can create your own sets of galleries as you would any other Component gallery (see Component Gallery Overview)
The existing question templates can be edited just like any other Opus object and you can add or delete other objects or change the properties.
Alternatively you can start with a completely blank question.
With a blank question you can use any other content to decide an "answer" it does not have to be content in the question frame itself, or even a conventional answer at all. It could simply be the end result of a process which results in an action to set the answer of a question in order to record a particular outcome and score value.
To create a custom question you simply add a blank question of the appropriate type to your publication.
To decide on the format of question you need to decide if it has a single answer (Single Select) and whether it requires user confirmation (you allow the user to change their answers before submitting the question.
Select the Question tool from the Tools toolbar and chose the Blank question templates.
Select the format of question which matches your requirements. To decide on the format of question you need to decide if
it will be triggered by drag and drop or
requires text input or
requires a single response or
requires multiple responses
and then whether
answers are accepted immediately or allows the user to confirm when ready
This selection simply provides a visual alternative to the Format drop list box on the Question tab itself.
and if required you can change the format type via that drop down at any time.
Once you have selected your question format from the palette, simply click on the page at the position where you want the top left corner of the question frame and Opus will draw the question frame into place. You can then reposition or resize as required.
The blank template has a small piece of placeholder text included because a question must have some content, it may also have a submit button if confirmation is required. You can delete either of these if you wish but ONLY once you have added your own content.
To build your own questions simply add any content from the Opus Tool palette that you wish.
If you do not want the question to have any content or you want to build a test which is not a question at all then reduce the text to a word or two to remind you what the object is and then set the text (not the complete Question object) to be initially-hidden or 100% transparent so it does not appear to the user but is still visible in the editor.
Open the Properties for the Question object and set the answers values just as you would for any preset question. score values for the answers and or the text to search for if appropriate. At its simplest you can simply set one answer as the correct answer and give it a score.
Now you can set any standard action on any object (whether in the question frame itself or not) to use Set User Answer As to register an answer in the question object which represents the end result of that page and thereby store a score and progress information in the automatic system.
Thus you may have a final frame/page at the end of the simulation which checks to see that everything has been done correctly and then uses Set User Answer As to record the user’s result as being (Answer 1) completed successfully (Answer 2) only 50% complete (Answer 3) only 20% completed successfully.
In this way you can use the Opus Question Object to record progress and scores for any other activity and integrate it with the automatic scoring system.