To access this dialog box: Open a Captivate movie. From the Insert menu, select Question Slide. Select a question type and click OK. Click the Options tab.
Use this dialog box to set question slide options—that is, how the movie responds to user interaction. The options in this dialog box are divided into two categories: what happens when a user supplies a correct answer and what happens when a user supplies an incorrect answer.
Type: Specifies the type of question being asked. Select from Graded and Survey.
Jump to: Specify what should happen after a user supplies a correct answer.
No action: Select this option to have no action take place when the user clicks inside the click box.
Go to previous slide: Select this option to have the movie return to the previous slide.
Go to next slide: Select this option to have the movie proceed to the next slide.
Jump to slide: Select this option to have the movie jump to a specific slide.
Open URL or file: Select this option to have the movie jump to a specific URL on the Internet or to a local file. Click the drop-down arrow next to Continue to select the window in which the URL should appear; choose from Current, New, Parent, and Top.
Open other movie: Select this option to have the movie begin playing a different movie.
Send e-mail to: Select this option to open the default mail browser.
Execute JavaScript: Select this option to run a specific piece of JavaScript.
Go to next slide: Depending on the option you selected for Jump to, this box changes to let you specify an exact destination.
Show correct message: Specifies that a text message should appear when a user supplies a correct answer. If this option is selected, the user must click the message button to advance. Clear this check box if you do not want to give any feedback for a correct answer.
Allow user [ # ] attempts then:
Use the arrows to select the number of attempts a user can
make before the question is deemed incorrectly answered and another action
takes place.
Infinite attempts: Select this option to give users an unlimited number of attempts.
Jump to: Specify what should happen after a user supplies an incorrect answer.
No action: Select this option to have no action take place when the user clicks inside the click box.
Go to previous slide: Select this option to have the movie return to the previous slide.
Go to next slide: Select this option to have the movie proceed to the next slide.
Jump to slide: Select this option to have the movie jump to a specific slide.
Open URL or file: Select this option to have the movie jump to a specific URL on the Internet or to a local file. Click the drop-down arrow next to Continue to select the window in which the URL should appear; choose from Current, New, Parent, and Top.
Open other movie: Select this option to have the movie begin playing a different movie.
Send e-mail to: Select this option to open the default mail browser.
Execute JavaScript: Select this option to run a specific piece of JavaScript.
Go to next slide: Depending upon the option you selected for Jump to, this box changes to let you specify an exact destination.
Show error message: Enter a text message to appear when a user supplies an incorrect answer (final). If this option is selected, the user must click the message button to advance. Clear this check box if you do not want to give any feedback for an incorrect answer.
Show retry message: Enter a text message to appear when a user supplies an incorrect answer—but there are remaining attempts available.
Show clear button: Select this option to display a button labeled "Clear" that users can click to clear their answers and select new answers.
Show back button: Select this option to display a button labeled "Back" that users can click to move back one slide in the movie.
Quiz: Click to open the Quiz dialog box, which contains options for managing all of the question slides in the movie.
OK: Click to accept changes made in this dialog box.
Cancel: Click to cancel changes made in this dialog box.