Ideas Needed for a Sorting Task

[kstatom]

I'm hoping someone out there can offer some tips or suggestions for how to build an interaction I have in mind.

How can I get the user to sort information on the screen into two different categories (hazards and consequences) and then check their accuracy? I need them to be able to see the hazards leading to a central event that causes the consequences (bow tie diagram).

Thanks!

[@robkennedy3]

You can probably use the matching drag and drop question option in Quizmaker. You can follow Jeanette's concept here: Using Images on a Matching Drag & Drop to separate things. So you can prob have an icon to represent each or you can have the words Hazards and Consequences on some of the puzzle pieces and your info on the other pieces. Another option is to create a graphic that has two columns with headings Hazards & Consequences. You can then hide some of the matching pieces under a layer so that when the user drags the info to their intended column, it stays in place. Let me know if you understand what I am saying or you need a little demo of some sort. Hopefully, Jeanette's screenr is helpful to you though and gets the brain turning a bit.

[Jeanette]

Hmm, sounds like a cool project!

Do you have Quizmaker? Rob's idea is an interesting one... but I think the challenge with a matching drag/drop is that each pair has to be unique. i.e., you wouldn't be able to match several items to just two matches.

But maybe you could use a multiple-response question that looks something like the one below. Learners would need to mark only the hazards (or only the consequences, depending on how you design the question). Unfortunately it's not quite as interactive as a drag/drop idea... but perhaps it would fit your needs?

[Jeanette]

Just thought of one more thing. James Kingsley did a blog post awhile back where he offered a sorting solution - maybe this would work for you?
Brainstorm and Sort in Articulate

[@robkennedy3]

Good Catch Jeanette! It made sense in my brain when I thought about it :-). Guess that's why there's not just one person answering these things ;-).

[kstatom]

Thanks for the ideas! I think I can make the multiple response idea work for me if I tweak it right.

[Jeanette]

Cool - glad that might work for you. The only downside with a MR is that you're limited to 10 answer choices. I'm attaching the .quiz file of the sample above, in case you might find it helpful.

@rob - LOL, yeah it would actually be a great enhancement to have a matching drag/drop work in the way you described (i.e., to sort the list to just two matches rather than require discreet pairs). In fact because of your idea I'm on my way to submit a feature request right now, so thanks for bringing it up!