Show Number of Remaining Tries in Questions from the Start

This page is a part of the "Gamification" complex.

1 Initial Problem

The default question feedback dynamically displays the number of remaining attempts, however, not when opening a page but only after checking one's answers.
In case a question only allows one try, users get the information too late.

This is a disadvantage when building gamification solutions where a user considers whether to answer a question or rather choose another way to go on.

2 Conceptual Summary

The number of remaining tries for questions in ILIAS learning module pages is dynamically displayed even before the question is answered (to be exact: before the answer is checked by the user).

3 User Interface Modifications

3.1 List of Affected Views

lm/content/content

3.2 User Interface Details

When the question has not been answered yet, the number is displayed on top left of the question paragraph, headed by a string "Tries Remaining: ".

The rest of the functionality doesn't have to be changed:
After unsuccessful tries, it is displayed in the default feedback below the question after checking one's answers.

3.3 New User Interface Concepts

There are two aspects:

• On top left of the question paragraph, a language variable has to be displayed.
• It has to be displayed dynamically as long as the question has not been answered yet.

4 Technical Information

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5 Contact

• Author of the Request: Suittenpointner, Florian [suittenpointner]
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7 Discussion

8 Implementation

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