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title: "Text Decisions"
slug: "decision-text"
updated: 2024-11-27T19:58:43Z
published: 2024-11-27T19:58:43Z
canonical: "support.beast-code.com/decision-text"
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> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Text Decisions

Select the Text type of Decision card in Beast Core 4 Courseware Editor when you want to give learners a choice between written (text-based) options. The learner selects from different Response Text options—each with a separate Flag operation and condition for completion.

## Text Decisions Card Editing

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1. Decision Type = **Text** (default selection).
2. Enter a message for the learner in the **Prompt** text box.
  - This **Prompt** displays on the learner’s screen
3. Click **+Add Response** near the bottom of the card.
4. Type a separate **Response Text** entry for each option available for learner selection.
5. Choose the associated **Flag** for each entry and set the condition.
  - Use the value **1** (not complete) in the far right text box

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## Associated Course Cards

Typical course card order when using a **Decision (Text)** card in a Lesson:

1. Environment (3D Viewer)
2. Load 3D Systems
3. Go To (Position)
4. Information
5. Loop
6. **Decision (Text)** - nested below the Loop card
7. Include Fragment 1 - nested below the Loop card
8. Include Fragment 2, etc. - nested below the Loop card
9. New (un-nested) Environment Card in the Main Lesson Track -
  - This **required** card resumes the Main Lesson after the learner completes the Loop (i.e., meets all **Flag** conditions)

> [!NOTE]
> **Decision (Text) - Use Case**
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> **Scenario**: You plan to add a Loop of Lesson Fragments to a Main Lesson. Since the Learner will choose the order in which to view these Fragments, the response options on the relevant Decision card must be the actual Fragment names.
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> 1. Add a **Decision** card immediately after your **Loop** course card.
>   - Add **Include Fragment** cards immediately after the **Decision** card
> 2. On the **Decision** card:
>   - Select the (default) **Text** option
>   - Type a question in the **Prompt** textbox that requires the learner to select a **Response** option
>     - Example: Which Component Group would you like to explore?
>   - Add a separate **Response Text** entry for each included Fragment name
>     - For each **Response**, choose the associated Flag and set the condition
>       - A selected Lesson Fragment will display in the learner view if the associated **Flag** value is **1** (not complete)
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Gives you an omnipotent bird's eye view of the workspace.

Used to switch between different viewers.

A sequence of cards that structures a lesson.

Allows a segment of the lesson to run on repeat until flagged objectives are met.

Lesson fragments are separate lesson tracks that can be inserted with fragment cards.

A group of components, controls, and other equipment that collectively form a function (e.g., power, cooling)

A named, mutable, stored value used for lesson routing based on learner interaction.