Previous answer

Enables individual follow-up for your entire group with the "Previous answer" function.

“Previous answer” allows you, as a content creator in Knowly, to retrieve answers from an open question or a rating question in the following micro training, enabling the participant to easily see their previous answer.

This feature if spot on if you want to create automated, yet individual, reflection where a series of questions build on each other for a longer period of time.

How "previous answer" works

Micro-training in Knowly consists of a number of slides, which in turn contain different elements, such as open questions and rating questions. The "previous answers" function then enables the participant to see his or her answer to one of the above in a following micro training further down the road.

To be able to use the "Previous answer" function, you must have previously sent out a micro-exercise that contains an open question or a rating element.

How to use "previous answer" in your learning journey

Step 1: Add an "open question" or "rating" in a micro training

Since "Previous Answer" builds on a previously sent open question, we’ll start by walking you through how to add an open question or a rating to your micro training.

To add an open question, you start by jumping into one of your micro training at the beginning of your learning journey. Then click on the slide where you want to add your open question and click “add”. Select “open questions” or "rating". 

Step 2: Retrieve the previous answer in a following micro training in your learning journey

When you want the participants to be able to see their previous answer from an open question or a rating in a micro training, it’s time to use the “previous answer” element.

Start by going into the following micro training and jump to the slide where you want the participant to see their previous answer. Click “add” and select the "previous answer”. 

Now it's time to pick the question. Press "Pick question to show answers from". Start by choosing which micro training you want to retrieve the question from. Once you've done that, a list with all questions added in that micro training will show up in the list to the right. 

Note that the question itself will not be shown to the participant, only their written answer to the previous open question you have chosen.

How will it look for the participant

For the participant who receives the micro-training containing "previous answers", it will look like this:

How it looks in "send test"-mode

When you use the "send test" feature for a micro-workout containing "previous answer", it will look like this:

Do you want to know more about how to use "previous answer" to create kick-ass individual follow-up? Just shoot us an email at help@knowly.com.