Displaying Time Taken to Complete a Quiz

Hi Mirren,

There isn't a built in timer for Storyline to determine how long a user spent in a course, although some LMS's, including Articulate Online will track that, although you could always submit it as a feature request. This thread, has a suggestion at the bottom about a Javascript timer which would not be supported by Articulate but we have a number of Javascript gurus in the community who could help you out. 

Thanks Ashley - I have my LMS Tech Team looking at it and they have asked whether Storyline records the time taken or if it is purely a feature of Articulate Online. I take it from your response that it is probably AO that has the feature?

Hi Mirren,

Storyline doesn't record the time spent (although you can look at total duration of the course, which only displays currently in the mobile player but it's an estimate based on slide time lengths, media, etc.) and there are some users who have set it up in Javascript. 

Hi Ashley, I am using Storyline to create a quiz and I want to make sure when they take the quiz in Articulate Online that the time spent is recorded. How can I set this up? Thank you.

Hi Vanessa, 

In Articulate Online reports, Duration describes how long a learner interacted with the content. Duration is based on the tracking option you selected when you published the course.

• If you're tracking by the number of slides viewed, the duration is calculated by adding the time learners spent on each slide.
• If you're tracking by an embedded quiz, the duration reflects how long learners spent on the quiz. Non-quiz slides are not included in the duration.

You'll find that Duration noted as a part of the reports, and it'll indicate durations for each time that they enter the course. At this time, within Articulate Online there isn't an option to summarize total duration by student, although this would make an excellent feature request!  In the interim, you might try exporting your report to CSV and doing the math in Excel.