Adding a timer to my storyline file

Jan 21, 2020

Wendy Bouchard
By Wendy Bouchard

I have a client who has the requirement of their users to only do elearning for 5 hours per day. I wanted to add a timer that countdowns the 5 hours and then it prompts them to quit the course.

I know SL3 has a built in timer via the results slide that you can set for the entire course. This is awesome, except I need the timer to reset when a user resumes. So far the timer can only resume where it left off and I am struggling to figure out how to reset it.

I also found a timer from 4 years ago and I have modified it to add the hours (was originally minutes and seconds) but it is not subtracting the hours properly. 

How it should work is when the minutes get to zero then it resets to 59 and the hours should subtract by 1. So it works, but then when the minutes gets to 58 it starts subtracting the hours again.

I am desperate to find a solution for my client. They do not want any coding if at all possible.

Thanks in advance.

3 Replies
Wendy Bouchard
over 4 years ago01/21/20 at 10:54 pm (UTC)

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Thanks for your reply. I have looked at other options for a timer and I found one but I am having issues with the hours as it was originally created with just min and secs.
My client is a government agency and they have specific requirements and those include: no coding of any kind, the entire course is 20 hours and no longer than 5 hours per day.
I know it is an absurb requirement but it is what it is at this point. 
Thanks again

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