Move to Next Block after Specific Time

Question

Hello,

I have a block with 20 questions.

After 4 minutes, I'd like for participants to move on to the next block (regardless of how many questions they saw in the current block).

To achieve this, I was able to use code from here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/47317718/how-to-use-automatically-move-respondents-in-qualtrics-with-global-timer-for-blo to automate the process.

The problem is that the code I used displays a countdown to the participants. I don't want participants to know the time remaining. When I try to remove bits of the code that display the timer to participants, the code breaks down.

Here's the code I am currently using. Note: I have an embedded variable called "timeRemaining" and for each subsequent question in the same block, I have a display logic that is set to "if timeRemaining > 0"

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Which lines/ bits do you think I can remove to avoid displaying the counter/timer to participants? Alternatively, can you provide a code that autoadvances to the next block when a timer is up without displaying the timer to participants?

Thank you!

sbsphd · Accepted Answer

Solved. Here's the code: Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function(){function startTimer(duration) {    var timer = duration;   var myTimer = setInterval(function() {     Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('timeRemaining', timer);   if (--timer < 0) {      clearInterval(myTimer);      timeOver();     }    }, 1000);   }  var timerSeconds = parseInt("${e://Field/timeRemaining}"); startTimer(timerSeconds);   var timeOver = function() {    $('NextButton').click(); }  });

tangofoxtrot · Answer

https://www.qualtrics.com/community/discussion/comment/22621#Comment_22621This was really helpful for me. 😃I adapted the code slightly to put the cursor in the box automatically and require 'enter' to advance rather than press the next button. I thought it was working perfectly but when I added the next block that also timed out straight away... what am I doing wrong?I don't know much about JS so any help appreciated. Here's the code:Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.addOnload(function(){function startTimer(duration) {var timer = duration;var myTimer = setInterval(function() {Qualtrics.SurveyEngine.setEmbeddedData('timeRemaining', timer);if (--timer

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