RE: FLASH: Need help on Flash CBT project

[Andrew Timberlake]

To start with your question about timing. That is what Flash does! Flash is

entirely engineered around the timeline!

All you will need to do is extend the timeline for as long as you need to

before giving the next command.


In order to display correct/incorrect answers, I would use a movie clip on a

layer above the questions with 3 states.

1. Blank

2. Correct

3. Incorrect

Label these keyframes as such and insert the appropriate imagery


When a user clicks on the correct answer, use tell target to send the movie

clip to label "Correct", if he clicks on the wrong answer, tell target

"Incorrect"


Don't use scenes with goto actions as the user will then have to wait for

the entire movie to load before he could begin. The above will start as soon

as the first question and answer clip are loaded!


Don't use scenes, use one movie and label your keyframes!


@ndrew


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Sent: 25 October 1998 09:10

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Subject: FLASH: Need help on Flash CBT project



Hi Folks,


I need some advice on a project that I just started. I have

been tinkering with Flash for the past few months and I am

just starting to get the hang of it.


Here's the project - I am developing a very basic online

training program that uses "Yes/No" and "True/False" questions.

I want to make it so than when the user clicks the correct or

incorrect answer, a screen will pop up showing whether they selected

the correct question. I was thinking about using "Go To" Scene,

but Iwondering if there is a better way to do this.


<Note that I will be using some sound and small animations for this

project, otherwise I would have used JavaScript rather than Flash.)


I was also wondering if there is a way to use time responses in Flash.

For example, if the user selects the correct question, I want a screen to

pop up, telling them that they got the correct answer, and then a few

seconds later, I want them to be transferred to the next question (either

on another scene or URL). I have looked at the Flash documentation, and

didn't see anything about timing. I wonder if there is an FC command that

could do this.


And one last question - This project has 10-12 questions. All the artwork

will be created in Flash, so the files should be small. Do you suggest

using a scene for each question - creating one file or create an

individual movie for each question and linking them together on a series

of pages? The majority of the test takers will be connecting with

28.8 modems.


Thanks for your time.


Regards,


Stephen Britton

sbrittonwestnet [dot] com

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