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How to Calculate Score with Questions

A Step-by-Step Guide to Adding Quiz Scoring in Cinema8

What the user need when the user prepare a video quiz is perhaps to show your viewers their total score. Let’s start with the first question.

Scoring configuration

Step 1: Add the First Question

Add a Single Select Question to the video timeline. Write the question and answers. Click the settings button at the right of the correct answer.

In the Set Variable area:

  • Label: score
  • Value: 10

This means when the viewer selects the correct answer, they earn 10 points. After completing the settings, click Save.

Step 2: Add the Second Question

Open the settings for the correct answer, just like before. In the Set Variable area:

  • Label: score
  • Value: ${score} + 10

This increases the existing score by 10 points when answered correctly. Click Save.

Step 3: Add More Questions

Repeat the same steps for each additional question. Continue using the ${score} + 10 format to accumulate the score progressively.

Step 4: Display the Total Score

At the end of the video, drag and drop the HTML widget from the Elements Panel onto the timeline.

In the HTML content editor:

  • Type your message, for example: Your Total Score:
  • Click the Dynamic Text button.
  • Select the variable score from the list.
  • Click Save.

When the user previews and answers the questions, they will see their final score at the end of the video.