This article outlines your options for setting a time limit for Exams.
How to add a timer for the entire exam
If you want to set up a time limit for an Exam, go to Exams > Exam title > Behavior > Time limit > Exam time limit and specify the maximum amount of time allowed in seconds.
How to add a timer per question
You can also set up a time limit for each question by choosing a Question time limit and entering how many seconds your participants have to answer each question.
It's not possible to add both at the same time. You can either add a timer for the entire Exam or add a timer per question.
What does the timer look like?
Timer bar
Display
When you have set a time limit for your Exam, a timer bar will automatically display for participants. A blue bar (by default) representing full-time will shorten as time progresses. The design of the timer bar is subtle, allowing participants to maintain their focus and attention while taking the Exam.
Participants can see the actual remaining time when they hover over the timer bar:
Permanently show the remaining time
If you want to permanently show the remaining time to participants, you must use custom CSS styling (available on an Advanced plan).
Go to Exams > Exam title > Styling > Custom CSS.
This is an example of code that you could use for this:
#timecontainer span {
display: block;
}
This is how it would look:
How to determine the start and end date of an Exam
You can allow your participants to access the Exam for a certain period of time, and have them take the test before a certain end date and time. To do this you need to set a start and end date for your Exam. Please find this option on the Access tab > When is the exam open for participants?
The times are in your account’s timezone. You can view or edit your timezone in your account settings. Read more on how to set up your timezone.
How to enable a time frame for all Exam attempts
You can also set up the total time a participant has for all attempts once they start the Exam. This feature is useful when you grant more than one attempt, and it works only with the Access setting A predefined group of participants. For it to work, you must specify the Maximum attempts per participant.
When the time has passed, the participants cannot start a new Exam session, but can finish an Exam session that they’ve already started.