Designing a "Pick Many" to Identify Countries in a Map

Do you have to create a shape for all of the countries?  Only if you want the students to select a country by clicking on it. For me, the numbers would be sufficient.  If you want to change the color of the ones answered, you would need individual shapes. I used the Visited state, because if they click it a second time, Selected goes back to Normal. For me, the filled in text box would be enough. 

Would this suffice as indentifying the geographical place? My first thought when I read “Identify the shape” and “identify the name” is that these are the same thing. It really is matching the name to the location. Identify the shape would require that there are no numbers on the map, and they pick a shape and also give its name (which may be what your prof wants). But doing that prevents you from limiting which countries they choose, although they could be limited to 20.

Can place all 20 numbers on the map and require students to click the drop--down where they compare the number to the drop-down answer?  This would seem the most logical way to do it, and that’s almost certainly how it would be done if this were a paper test. Electronically, it does present some problems, depending on your choices.

1. If you keep the drop down and fill-in for individual countries, you can vary the size and shape of the scrolling panel to fit in as many names as you wish, or you might opt for a selection of 10 or 12 random names. Just duplicate the triggers and layers. The magic of using variables is that to change country names, all you have to do is change the default value of the variable, and all the triggers still function. You could put the numbers off to one side, but each one would still require its own independent drop down list.

2. You might want to use a drag and match. Make the map smaller and put the drag and match on one side of the screen. There are drawbacks to this. Personally, I find Drag and Drop a very alluring option, but it is not always accessible, and sometimes problematic with touch screens (especially ipads, although they are getting better). Another problem is that I don’t know if they are flexible enough to accommodate 20 options, and if you can resize them enough to fit all 20 on the screen with the map.

3. However you select the answers, for scoring purposes, a Pick Many might be the best option, if it will allow 20 choices. You would need 20 off-stage shapes. Be sure they are not a set. The Submit button would check each answer, and select the appropriate state for the corresponding object. I used a custom submit button so I could put it on a layer. The built-in button and trigger Submit before the answers are all selected. The layer allows a slight delay before submission.

Any other questions, just ask.