Displaying a variable value in a text element

As you create a Project, you’re adding in all kinds of information like the Project’s name, the names of Pages it contains, or what the passing score is for a test.

A lot of that information is available as a System Variable that you can display in a text element.

This example shows how to set a text element to display the System Variable for the name of the Project.

These same steps apply to any of the other available System Variables.

Steps to assign the value of a Text Input box to a variable so it can be saved and used later in a course or other project.

In this example, we've previously added the Text Input box to the page.

dominKnow | ONE doesn't automatically create a variable and assign it to the Text Input box because we can't predict what your design intention is. You might wish to use a variable already created on another page in the same project, for example, or you may not even wish to save the typed-in text a...

Steps to edit text in a Text Element.

The changes you make are saved once you leave the Text Element.

Steps to use the Show Variables setting to display either the default {x} variable placeholder or the full variable string in a text element.

Steps to assign a Text Input box to a Variable to track what the learner types.

Steps to set an element to increase a Custom Variable by 1 when the learner clicks on the element.

In dominKnow | ONE, you create a Custom Variable as part of setting up the first action that will set its value. (You don't need to create the varibale first then create the action to set its value.)

In this example the action is set to fire only once so if the learner clicks on the element more than once, the variable's value isn't increased after the first time click.

After this first actio...

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You can display the value of variables in any text element

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