Sections and Timers - Object Based Assessment

Sections allow you to create and manage subsets of pages in a survey. You can also add a timer to the section where a user is required to complete a section in a specific amount of time. Upon reaching the end (i.e. completing the last page) of a section, the completion action to take is also configurable.

1. Access the Questions tab or the Question Template List.
2. Mark the checkbox next to the page/template you wish to update and click Sections and Timers.

   

3. Table of Contents: Mark the checkbox to Generate a table of contents in the first page of the assessment and to Show participant response times in the table of contents.
4. Click on the Show progress with each section to include a progress bar at the bottom of each section.

Add a Section

1. Click Create Section.

   

2. Section name: Enter the name of the section.
3. Section page start: Select the page where the section will start from the drop-down menu.
4. Section page stop: Select the page where the section will end from the drop-down menu.
5. Display home button: Choose whether you would like the home button to show on the last page, all pages, or not at all.
6. Completion action: Choose where the assessor will return to after the section has been completed from the following options:
   • Go back to home page: The participant will be taken back to the table of contents. This option is available only if the survey includes a table of contents.
   • Go to the next page: The participant will be taken to the next page for the survey. If the survey does not include any further pages, the participant will be taken to the completion page.
   • No action: The "forward" button is not shown in the last page for the section.
7. Show timer to participants: Mark this checkbox to show the time taken to complete the section to the participant. If no maximum time is set, then the time shown will start at 0 and increase. If a maximum time is set for the section, and the timer increment is set to 'decreasing' then the time shown will start at the maximum time and decrease toward 0.
8. Set maximum time allowed: Mark this checkbox to specify a maximum time allowed to complete the section. The maximum time and the action to take when the participant uses all the time allowed are defined below.
9. Maximum allowed time (min): Enter the maximum time allowed to complete the section in minutes. Fractional times (e.g., 0.5 = 30 seconds) can be used, if necessary.
10. Timer increment: If the timer is shown to the participant and there is a maximum time allowed, you can specify whether the time shown will start at the maximum time and decrease toward 0 or start at 0 and increase toward the maximum time.
11. Timeout action: Select the action to take when the participant uses all the time allowed to complete the section.
    • Go back to home page: The participant will be taken back to the table of contents. This option is available only if the survey includes a table of contents.
    • Go to the next page: The participant will be taken to the next page for the survey. If the survey does not include any further pages, the participant will be taken to the completion page.
    • Go to the completion page: The participant will be taken to the completion page.
    • No action: No action will be taken when the timer reaches the maximum time and the participant will be allowed to continue answering questions in the section.

Edit a Section

1. Select the checkbox next to the section in the list and click Edit.
2. Edit the information as needed.
3. Click Save when finished.

Delete a Section

Select the checkbox next to the section in the list and click Delete. The section will be removed from the list.