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Adaptive Content: Source Interaction > Open Answer

Source Interactions can be thought of as links to Interactivity pages with instructions to record performance on them in specific ways. It is possible to add several Source Interactions to an Adaptive Content page to create the effect of a dashboard.

The Open Answer Interaction Type (selected from a drop-down list - see table below) displays responses to open-answer tasks on Model Answer pages, by the learner and all other learners.

New Source Interaction > Open Answer: Core Properties

Property Description Type Additional information
Title Title for this Source Interaction Text
Introduction Text that is displayed before performance data Text+
Interaction type Select Open Answer from the drop-down Drop-down
URL of Xerte source installation The URL of the Xerte installation from which the data is retrieved - you need to end this with a forward-slash (e.g. https://xerte.org.uk/). URL
ID of Xerte learning object The ID of the Xerte project from which the data is retrieved - this can be the same learning object or another one within the same installation Number The ID is automatically generated when the project is created, and can be read from the Project Details.
Tracking Label of source This makes a link between the Interactivity page, whose data you want to display, and this Adaptive Content page. You need to a) add a Tracking Label on the Interactivity page, as an Optional Property and b) enter the same Tracking Label in the Source Interaction properties. You must use unique labels, with underscores, numbers and letters, but no other types of character. Text It is a good idea to use short, but meaningful, Tracking Labels, because these are also displayed to learners on the Results Page.

Source Interaction > Open Answer: Optional Properties

Property Sub-property Description Type Additional information
'Open answer' extra options Show user id Shows a user ID with each open answer, if that information is available Tick box
Show date Shows date of entry Tick box
Sort order Determines the order in which answers are presented {Newest first / Oldest first } Drop-down
Filtering Filter on group from URL Filter on groupname, where the groupname is extracted from the URL (group=groupname). Tick box

Filter group name Use this groupname if the groupname is not specified on the URL (group=groupname). You will need to filter on group from URL as well. Text
Filter on LTI context Filter on LTI, where the LTI context is retrieved form the the LTI launch or the URL (lti_context_id=id). Tick box
Show nr of participants Shows the number of learners for whom scores are recorded Tick box

Source Interaction > Open Answer: Language Options

Some of these relate to the text used to introduce scores, number of questions on an Interactivity page, and numbers of learners completing the page. Others relate to labels on graphs and their axes.

Sub-property Description Type Additional information
Score text Text introducing learner's score. Text Default - 'Your score is {0}'
Answer text Text introducing learner's answer. Text Default - 'Your answer is {0}'
Summary Title Text for heading above summary of data Text Default - 'Summary'
Average Score Label Text introducing average score for learners completing this Interactivity page Text Default - 'The average score is {0}'
Nr of Participants Label Text introducing number of learners completing this Interactivity page Text Default - 'The number of participants is {0}'
Nr of Questions Label Text introducing number of questions on this Interactivity page Text Default - 'Total number of questions {0}'
Nr of Correct Questions Label Text introducing number of correct answers for this learner Text Default - 'Total correct {0}'
Questions Specification Title This only applies to the Based on Groupings Source Interaction Text Default - 'Specification'
Advice Title Text on heading above any advice displayed (through the Interaction Blocks:?:) Text Default - 'Advice'
Correct answer label Text introducing a correct answer Text Default - 'Correct'
Incorrect answer label Text introducing an incorrect answer Text Default - 'Incorrect'
Passing percentage The percentage set as the pass mark, only for Bar graph for combined received marks or Horizontal Bar graph for combined received marks. Text Default - '75'
X-Axis label of answer bargraph If Bar graph for given answers is selected from the Graph type drop-down, the label on the X-axis Text Default - 'Answers given'
Y-Axis label of answer bargraph If Bar graph for given answers is selected from the Graph type drop-down, the label on the Y-axis Text Default - 'Number of answers'
X-Axis label of marks bargraph If either Bar graph for received marks, or Bar graph for combined received marks or Horizontal Bar graph for combined received marks is selected from the Graph type drop-down, the label on the X-axis Text Default - 'Score Range [%]'
Y-Axis label of marks bargraph If either Bar graph for received marks, or Bar graph for combined received marks or Horizontal Bar graph for combined received marks is selected from the Graph type drop-down, the label on the Y-axis Text Default - '% of Group'
X-Axis label of average mark linegraph If Line graph for average marks of others is selected from the Graph type drop-down, the label on the X-axis Text Default - 'Score Range [%]'
Y-Axis label of average mark linegraph If Line graph for average marks of others is selected from the Graph type drop-down, the label on the y-axis Text Default - '% of Group'
X-Axis label of own mark linegraph If Line graph for own received marks is selected from the Graph type drop-down, the label on the X-axis Text Default - 'Date'
Y-Axis label of own mark linegraph If Line graph for own received marks is selected from the Graph type drop-down, the label on the Y-axis Text Default - 'Grade [0-10]'
Average Graph Label If Based on 2D Opinion is selected, this is the label on the graph for the average of all attempts by all learners Text Default - 'Avg. of all attempts'
Personal Graph Label If Based on 2D Opinion is selected, this is the label on the graph for the individual learner's last attempt Text Default - 'Your last attempt'
Personal Average Graph Label If Based on 2D Opinion is selected, this is the label on the graph for the average for all of the individual learner's attempts Text Default - 'Avg. of your attempts'
Group Average Graph Label If Based on groupings is selected as Interaction Type, the text introducing the the group average on this Interactivity page Text Default - 'Group Average'
My Open Answers text If Open Answer is selected as Interaction Type, the text introducing the learner's response(s) Text Default - 'My answers'
All Open Answers text If Open Answer is selected as Interaction Type, the text introducing the responses for all learners completing this Interactivity page. Text Default - 'All open answers'

Interaction Blocks only have an effect on scored pages, so do not add them for an Open Answer source interaction.