I'm fairly new to Captivate 3,but already I don't like it. Quizzes in
particular are either broken or they don't behave intuitively. Just using a
wizard-generated quiz, the "skip" button does skip questions, but often (not
always) when I go back to answer the question, it gives me a message about not
fully answering the question, which is fine, but at the same time, it disables
all quiz interfaces and the "submit" button so I cannot answer the question.
Also, if I answer a question, hit the back button and then return to the
question, I'm told I already answered the question and the interface is
disabled. I can "skip" at this point (which isn't intuitive as a "click
anywhere to continue," but whatever) but sometimes "skip" then disables all the
remaining questions with that same "you didn't answer this question completely"
nonsense, even questions it hadn't previously displayed at all! Remember, I
haven't modified this quiz at all; it's what the wizard built for me.

Am I missing something, or are quizzes just buggy to broken?

A common problem area. I think that Adobe could have better default settings
for this problem. There are solutions and it's all about setup here.

Go to the Quiz Preference from the Quiz Menubar and select Settings and then
use the REQUIRED setting to set user Must Answer ALL Questions to continue

On the actual Quiz Slide go to settings and the Options Tab.
Select -- Graded - There are right and wrong answers

You can play around with these settings a bit, but this should set you
straight.

Once you figure out what you want, make a template from scratch (don't use an
existing presentation because the deleted items get orphaned inside the CP file
- they are working on that fix for the next version of Captivate if all goes
well). Your blank template should have the following elements:

You'll need to experiment with on Success Go to Slide X
on failure Go to Slide Y

I generally set the Quiz Settings to end on the Quiz Review Slide for Pass or
Fail, but the actual Quiz Slide or Quiz Pool can be set to go where you want it
to go.

General Cover Slide if you use one - name it Cover
General END slide if you use one - name it END
Guiz Pools or Quiz types that you use
Settings for the Quiz module per the above
Quiz Summary at end of presentation
Default fonts
Default button styles if you use buttons
default progress bar if you use progress bars
Etc.

Basically a blank slide set with your setups for buttons, navigation, color
schemes, Etc. and then you are good to go.

As you make new presentations from the template and you spot things that you
like to have, then just add them to the master template and it will get smarter
for the next one. Your Quiz style will be all set and defaulted to your needs.

ENJOY!

Joe C.

canonsburg, several of us have discovered that if the user navigates backward
anytime prior to reaching the first quiz slide, then all the quiz slides become
disabled and display the INCOMPLETE message even though the user has yet to
visit any of the quiz slides. This is a MAJOR BUG.

I've played with this a bit just now and have a workaround.

Make the first slide in your presentation a survey quiz slide. Delete all the
quiz captions you can. Captivate will not allow you to delete certain captions
and buttons nor will it allow you to force them behind other objects, so you
must reduce these to the smallest possible size, change the font color to match
your background and/or hide them behind your navigation bar.

canonsburg, several of us have discovered that if the user navigates backward
anytime prior to reaching the first quiz slide, then all the quiz slides become
disabled and display the INCOMPLETE message even though the user has yet to
visit any of the quiz slides. This is a MAJOR BUG.

canonsburg, several of us have discovered that if the user navigates backward
anytime prior to reaching the first quiz slide, then all the quiz slides become
disabled and display the INCOMPLETE message even though the user has yet to
visit any of the quiz slides. This is a MAJOR BUG.

canonsburg, several of us have discovered that if the user navigates backward
anytime prior to reaching the first quiz slide, then all the quiz slides become
disabled and display the INCOMPLETE message even though the user has yet to
visit any of the quiz slides. This is a MAJOR BUG.

I've played with this a bit just now and have a workaround.

Make the first slide in your presentation a survey quiz slide. Delete all the
quiz captions you can. Captivate will not allow you to delete certain captions
and buttons nor will it allow you to force them behind other objects, so you
must reduce these to the smallest possible size, change the font color to match
your background and/or hide them behind your navigation bar.

I've played with this a bit just now and have a workaround.

Make the first slide in your presentation a survey quiz slide. Delete all the
quiz captions you can. Captivate will not allow you to delete certain captions
and buttons nor will it allow you to force them behind other objects, so you
must reduce these to the smallest possible size, change the font color to match
your background and/or hide them behind your navigation bar.

I've played with this a bit just now and have a workaround.

Make the first slide in your presentation a survey quiz slide. Delete all the
quiz captions you can. Captivate will not allow you to delete certain captions
and buttons nor will it allow you to force them behind other objects, so you
must reduce these to the smallest possible size, change the font color to match
your background and/or hide them behind your navigation bar.