I want a lightbox pop-up to come up ever 15 minutes, no matter where the student is in the course. Is this possible? I already have the lightbox created, but how would I have it pop-up every 15 minutes? Is there some way to create a variable timed like that?
I did a quick test with a timer that I had developed for another project. The result is here. With the few placeholder slides and random content I ahd added, all seemed to work as expected. The timer sits on the slide master; for my test it was set to pop up a lightbox at 2:30min ( I could have set it to 15 min. but didn't want to wait around that long). I left the timer visible so that you can see how the clock is counted down, pops up a lkighbox at 0:00 and restarts once the lightbox is closed.
I'm not sure though if quiz slides, layers, templates or content with custom master slides would interfere with the timer.
Hi Brooke, creating a basic timer is not difficult, especially since in your case, you don't have to show the timer with correct formatting. I tried to clean up my test file as much as possible, see attached. The timer logic sits on a master slide called timer. Hopefully you can adapt and improve this basic setup for your project.
This is very cool! Tx for uploading the sample so we can see the logic and adjust accordingly. I also went into the master and "reshowed" the timer on the story - the copy I'm keeping in my toolbox for future reference. Your generosity is very much appreciated.
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I did a quick test with a timer that I had developed for another project. The result is here. With the few placeholder slides and random content I ahd added, all seemed to work as expected. The timer sits on the slide master; for my test it was set to pop up a lightbox at 2:30min ( I could have set it to 15 min. but didn't want to wait around that long). I left the timer visible so that you can see how the clock is counted down, pops up a lkighbox at 0:00 and restarts once the lightbox is closed.
I'm not sure though if quiz slides, layers, templates or content with custom master slides would interfere with the timer.
Michael, this is awesome and I perfect for what I am trying to do! Thank you! How did you create the timer? Is it difficult?
Hi Brooke, creating a basic timer is not difficult, especially since in your case, you don't have to show the timer with correct formatting. I tried to clean up my test file as much as possible, see attached. The timer logic sits on a master slide called timer. Hopefully you can adapt and improve this basic setup for your project.
Michael,
This is very cool! Tx for uploading the sample so we can see the logic and adjust accordingly. I also went into the master and "reshowed" the timer on the story - the copy I'm keeping in my toolbox for future reference. Your generosity is very much appreciated.
This is really awesome, Michael :)
Nice job!
Thank you Michael! I REALLY appreciate your help and the sample! Thanks for everything!!!
No problem Brooke. There is not much to the timer logic, but if it helps someone along or saves time, then I'm a 'happy camper'!
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