3 minute countdown clock on a single slide

Hi Laurice,

I quickly put up something you can start and play around. Here's a simple demo. I've also attached the story file. I hope it helps. 

If you are trying to avoid Javascript....
Check this out and if it will work for you, the .story file is linked in the course resources.

Also, while it would seem like a simple thing, this actually takes some complexity to achieve.

1. I assumed you wanted this to look like a digital clock so that means you have to account for a leading 0 for single digit numbers. This means you need 4 text boxes, 3 of which will update as various variables update.
2. You need 4 variables: one for minutes, 1 for the 1st seconds digit, one for the 2nd seconds digit, and one for the overall elapsed time. (I added a text box to display this last variable so you can see it updating)
3. You need an off-screen motion path animation with a 1 second duration that repeats itself while the total countdown is above 0.  I left mine on-screen so you can see the mechanics.
4. You need a bunch of conditional triggers that adjust the variables as other variables adjust. (see the file)
5. You need some action that starts the count. I added a button to do this. 

Check it out and let me know if you have any questions.

https://360.articulate.com/review/content/5f5babff-4933-4f6a-8abf-b86f3e7d486d/review

Thank you both so much for your help! 

Owen, 

I was able to add your file to my course and it works perfectly. I think I understand all of the steps you took to build it, but you're right - it's much more complex than I thought. I would have never worked all that out on my own! I appreciate it. 

Hope you both have a great day! 

You would think it would be simple, but there isn't a numeric setting in StoryLine to include a leading zero for single digit numbers. Granted, it isn't required to do this, but it looks the way people expect to see a clock.

Glad you found my file useful.

Here's a very simple one using layers (and running only seconds which you can adjust to minutes.)

Basically you click the button, you see the second layer...it counts down with dots, but you could use numbers. The dots show up at certain times within the timeline. Then once the timeline is up on that layer it shows the next layer, all on a single slide.

Not as fancy as Owen's. More brute force. There are lots of count down examples in PowerPoint and this was taken from one of those examples. 

It doesn't give you the ability to pick the time since it's 'hard coded' in the timeline of the layers. 

This is awesome Cheryl - thanks so much for sharing!! 

HI Laurie,

Hope I am not too late for this reply.

I have attached a file for timer with 2:00 mins using layers and triggers. 

You can also find an timer example using JavaScript at https://matthewbibby.com/countdown/.

Hope any of this helps and ease your work.