I have made an exam and my client would like me to add a timer that when finished takes all the unanswered questions and grade them as incorrect.
The problem is that when the time is up, there's a pop-up that tells you the time is up, but when you click ok you can still take all the time you want and finish the exam.
I would like the pop-up to send you directly to the result slide how can i do that?
This is something our QA team is aware of and are looking into. Currently I don't have a timeline on when this will be updated. There is a nice timer created by Jeanette here that you could apply to individual questions.
Hi, I have found a way around that problem and do what I wanted.
Maybe you would like to distribute the knowledge or start with this idea and push it further.
- I created a custom slide master layout
- I created a number variable called %Timer%
- I created a Shape called Square_1 and gave it a duration of 1 second on the timeline (you can put a transparency of 100% if you don't want it to be visible)
- I added a trigger saying add 1 to %timer% when timeline start on object Square_1
- I copied and pasted Square_1 a 100 times or so with a offset of 1 second on the timeline
(so, basicaly what it does from now, is that my variable %timer% is equal to the number of second that have passed)
(From now on, you can add any trigger you want and use : when variable changes %timer% with a condition greater or equal and use the timer variable to trigger anything you'd like)
- After that I added a trigger on the timeline, jump to slide Result_slide_1 when variable changes %timer% with a condition greater or equal to 120 (2 minutes)
- So after two minutes, the exam finishes by itself and it jumps to the result slide with the result the candidates have accumulated so far.
Great solution, and thanks for sharing it here! The only piece I would add, is you could move these objects off the slide itself (they'll still be considered a part of the timeline) but that way you don't have to worry about setting them to 100% transparency. One less step hopefully?
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Hi Maxime and welcome to Heroes!
This is something our QA team is aware of and are looking into. Currently I don't have a timeline on when this will be updated. There is a nice timer created by Jeanette here that you could apply to individual questions.
Hi, I have found a way around that problem and do what I wanted.
Maybe you would like to distribute the knowledge or start with this idea and push it further.
- I created a custom slide master layout
- I created a number variable called %Timer%
- I created a Shape called Square_1 and gave it a duration of 1 second on the timeline (you can put a transparency of 100% if you don't want it to be visible)
- I added a trigger saying add 1 to %timer% when timeline start on object Square_1
- I copied and pasted Square_1 a 100 times or so with a offset of 1 second on the timeline
(so, basicaly what it does from now, is that my variable %timer% is equal to the number of second that have passed)
(From now on, you can add any trigger you want and use : when variable changes %timer% with a condition greater or equal and use the timer variable to trigger anything you'd like)
- After that I added a trigger on the timeline, jump to slide Result_slide_1 when variable changes %timer% with a condition greater or equal to 120 (2 minutes)
- So after two minutes, the exam finishes by itself and it jumps to the result slide with the result the candidates have accumulated so far.
Hope it can help some people.
Maxime
Hi Maxime,
Great solution, and thanks for sharing it here! The only piece I would add, is you could move these objects off the slide itself (they'll still be considered a part of the timeline) but that way you don't have to worry about setting them to 100% transparency. One less step hopefully?
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