setting timeframe to complete activity

Hi Kate

There are a few ways to implement a timer; using a results slide (with accompanying notes), a digital custom timer courtesy of a community user here and another one.

Hopefully those will give you some ideas.

If you're looking for something different then let us know and one of us will no doubt be able to create something. 

Hi Kate,

It looks like Simon has helped you out here, as there is not a built in Storyline timer for individual quiz questions but you can set up a timer for a whole quiz from the Results slide described in Step 4. 

Thanks very much Simon..I went through the steps of  your result slide suggestion...from what I gather the timer can only be set up for the whole quiz, and not individual questions...so if you use up the specified time on the first question, then the following quesitons cant be answered...In my scenario the user has 15 seconds to assess the rhythm, and if they dont do it in that time, the patient dies...so they cant access that question again, but can move to the next patient, with the same time constraints. I guess you could add a results slide after each question and set the timer...or is there another way??

Kate

Also there only appears to have minutes on the timer..not seconds.  In the activity the user only 15 seconds to save the patient

Hi Kate,

If it's only 15-20 seconds per slide, why not just create subtle visual graphic timer for the 15 seconds.

Here's a quick setup to demonstrate. The idea is to put the timer on a Master Slide. The benefit is each time a new content slide loads, the Master Slide's timeline begins again so you don't need to set each slide's properties to reset. Conversely, if you wanted to Resume Saved State, the Master Slide timer will remember "that" slides timer spot (Slide 2 in the attached example is Resume Saved State).

Simple. Elegant. And great for short timers. I've built several variants to this and have found 30 seconds to be about the maximum as it becomes too *busy* graphically after that length.

You can also assign variables to the Master Slide shapes to track a specific amount of time lapsed per slide when the user clicks Next or Submit. With those variables you could expand by showing the user's time compared to the overall allotted time on a Results slide and/or an average time per question slide.

Hope this helps.

thanks Kevin that sounds a good idea...but if the user doesnt click submit before the 15 seconds is up, does the slide than automatically move to the next question.  I wasnt able to check your example, when i tried to open it, there was an error message and it closed the application.

Yes, just set the slide to automatically advance when the timeline ends. The timeline is set to 15 seconds so if they don't make a choice the slide will jump to the next slide.

Yikes on the error message. Did you by chance remember what the message said? I just opened it again and it's fine on my end. Saved over it and attached here again. Hopefully this one will open for you.

Thanks Kevin for creating that example for Kate! I was able to open your first file just fine as well. 

sorry for delay in responding, have been away for a couple of days, thanks very much Kevin..yes it worked this time

cheers Kate

Thanks for the update Kate and glad Kevin's solution helped you out!