I have to set a countdown timer (10 minutes) on 1 slide within a course.-After 10 min. it will submit the answer automatically or the student can submit the answer before the clock runs out. The question (on this slide) will ask the students to type in an answer and the students will (at a later stage) have to view the answer they typed in again.
I use a standard text entry quiz question and a silent audio clip to act as the countdown (set to 10 seconds rather than minutes for this demo)
when the countdown variable reaches 0 the interaction is submitted, or when the user clicks the submit button
if the answer variable value is the default value when the timeline of a future/next slide starts the value will change to 'time up' to indicate the user didnt enter a response in time.
If they did answer then it will be held in the answer variable and this can be called further along the course.
You can enhance this further if needed, let me know if this helps you
What you could do is instead of having the text on slide 2 in a text box, insert a shape and 'add text' then paste the variable. See the attached revised .story file
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Hi Alison,
see my attached demo.
I use a standard text entry quiz question and a silent audio clip to act as the countdown (set to 10 seconds rather than minutes for this demo)
when the countdown variable reaches 0 the interaction is submitted, or when the user clicks the submit button
if the answer variable value is the default value when the timeline of a future/next slide starts the value will change to 'time up' to indicate the user didnt enter a response in time.
If they did answer then it will be held in the answer variable and this can be called further along the course.
You can enhance this further if needed, let me know if this helps you
This is going to help me loads. Thank you so much :)
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Hi Alison,
What you could do is instead of having the text on slide 2 in a text box, insert a shape and 'add text' then paste the variable. See the attached revised .story file
Thanks for all the help Darren. I really appreciate it.
Thanks Darren for popping in with those great tips! :)
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