Adding Splash page - then having timer for course

Hi Tyler! 

On the results page settings I was able to change the start timer from "With first slide" to "With first question" When I did so I was able to put an intro slide and then include a question slide to start the times. You could even hide the question slide off-screen and change the navigation so the user has no clue. 

I attached a storyline file with this technique.

Thanks Broderick! I will try this. Unfortunately I wasn't able to open your example file since it was built in a newer version of Storyline than I have, but I think I can figure this out based on your instructions.

I'm still struggling a bit. I've added a question and did as you said but the timer is not showing in the player. I'm not sure what quiz I should be adding in this scenario. I just want a button to be displayed and when the user clicks it takes them to the first slide - starting the timer. Should this quiz have it's own results slide apart from the timer for the entire course?

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/3eaeef39-e44b-43d5-88c4-3cb7492c147f/review

I have to run out of the office for today, but I hope that this Peek video can help you out! I hope it can at least give you a starting place! Sorry for no audio, no mic on this computer but I tried to demonstrate the settings I used. 

THANK YOU! You're awesome! Great workaround that works amazingly. I tried it out and it works just like I want it to. Now time to add that final timer... I think I can repeat this method for the final review of 5 minutes.

Broderick, how would I add another timer at the end for 5 minutes? The way I have it set up now is as follows:

1. Splash welcome screen with button
2. 18 minute timer applied to all (well most) content. At timeout directs to results slide (instructions to review for 5 minutes). This should be another timer.

Should I redirect when users are brought to the results slide to another mock question? As I understand it I have to have a "fake" question slide plus a results slide that is linked to it for each timer. 

Yeah. I would have the results slide auto advance when the timeline ends for the results slide and move that on to the next slide. To make sure learners don't sit on the first results slide I'd get rid of the navigation on it so it auto advances to the second mock question to start your next timer. 

Hi Tyler, 

I am looking to add timer onto my course pages so that my students don't spend too long on a particular activity and are invited to move forward. How did you manage that? Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks

Hi Robert, I used the built in timer described through the instructions by Broderick above. The timer is in the player. I was able to make it a little bigger by adjusting the font size. In order to create timers like this I had to trick Storyline into thinking they were linked to questions (though they weren't). Broderick posted a helpful video above if you'd like to refer to that.

I thought I had it figured out, but no matter what I do the first timer always goes to the last results slide. I don't think it's possible to do multiple. I have another results slide and mock question, however it always skips it when the time on the first timer expires.