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Re: quick question: label for text input in the middle of a sentence

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From: _mallory
Date: May 21, 2016 11:14AM

Funnily enough, I had earlier in the year made a test page for
these. Anyone on the list can report how these felt for them:
http://stommepoes.nl/work/fill_in_the_blank.html

(the first two forms do nothing. The third one is supposed to
present the "correct" sentence after the user blurs the last
input of the sentence)

_mallory

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:02:09PM -0400, Mike Warner wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> maybe I'm not thinking straight today, since I got too little sleep, but
> I'm unsure as to the best solution. We've got fill-in-the-blank exercises,
> and the blank can appear anywhere in the sentence. Instead of having a
> series of underscores and then the text input at the end, we have the text
> input right where the missing word goes. Everything works great, and our
> students enjoy the layout, but I'm not sure where to put the label for the
> text input. The sentence could be as follows:
>
> The moon is made out of ____ cheese.
>
> Should the label tag be on the bit before, the blank, after the blank, or
> on the whole sentence? I'm thinking that it should be the whole sentence,
> but my tired brain can't decide.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mike
>
> Mike Warner
> Director of IT Services
> MindEdge, Inc.
> > > >