Blog Post
Jonathan_Hill
5 years agoSuper Hero
Hello!
Timers and time limited activities in e-learning can be a tricky area to navigate. As Dr Ian Malcom said, "You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could include an animated timer, you didn't stop to think if you should."
My demo this week contains links to the sage advice of Zsolt Olah and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
COUNTDOWN CONUNDRUM
Demo: http://bit.ly/elhc298
Download: http://bit.ly/elhc298dl
Timers and time limited activities in e-learning can be a tricky area to navigate. As Dr Ian Malcom said, "You were so preoccupied with whether or not you could include an animated timer, you didn't stop to think if you should."
My demo this week contains links to the sage advice of Zsolt Olah and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
COUNTDOWN CONUNDRUM
Demo: http://bit.ly/elhc298
Download: http://bit.ly/elhc298dl
- KOsunero5 years agoCommunity MemberGreat design as usual, Jonathan :) The dynamite gave me Mission Impossible vibes.
- Jonathan_Hill5 years agoSuper HeroThanks Kimberly - the old Mission Impossible show was my inspiration for this demo. The font is also called 'Impossible - Self Destruct'.
http://fontsfree.net/impossible-selfdestruct-font-download.html
- MaressaMcCall5 years agoCommunity MemberHow fun! The music and the sound effects are a nice touch.
- Jonathan_Hill5 years agoSuper HeroThanks Maressa - I regularly donate to Freesound.org, where I got the sound effects and music from, as it's such a great resource.
- JodiSansone5 years agoCommunity MemberHaha, I posted my project before I took yours for a spin! I am not a fan of timers so I appreciated where you took this. Very inventive!
- Ron_Katz5 years agoCommunity MemberWow. How many questions were there. It seemed like I would never them done and that did create the level of excitement. Cool.
- KellyCook-8489a5 years agoCommunity MemberI got stuck trying to answer how I felt about timers, and then I started to panic as it was running down, lol. Very effective. How many questions were there actually?? Really great, Jonathan!
- Jonathan_Hill5 years agoSuper HeroI'm glad the theme resonated for you Kelly. There are between 4-6 questions, depending on your answers. There's a bit of branching involved.
Interesting it was that particular question which gave you most pause.- KellyCook-8489a5 years agoCommunity MemberI thought so too. And appropriate because it made me think about your point. I wanted there to be an "it depends" answer.
- KatelinJordan-25 years agoCommunity MemberExcellent! I love it. :)
- alexjinca5 years agoCommunity MemberThe pressure...less stressful when it's just a clock not life and death situation :)
- Ange5 years agoCommunity MemberSweet! It's a great idea for an engaging opener to a course. Interesting articles, thank you.
- DominikR5 years agoCommunity MemberGlad to see some scepticism :)
- JenniferPetr6195 years agoCommunity MemberExcellent! And I really appreciated the content.