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  • May 26, 2020
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Hi
As one of my survey questions I am asking participants to write a narrative for 5 minutes. Can someone please advise how I set this up?
Advice much appreciated.

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Hi Rondev
I have done what you have recommended and it looks good and will work well. Thank you I greatly appreciate your help. 😀

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You can use Text entry essay text box type with question, with timing question on the same page and auto advance set to after 300 seconds.


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  • May 27, 2020

Thank you for your response, much appreciated. I would like the participant to ideally click on a stop watch within the question when they are ready to start writing, which would then count down from 5 minutes. I have seen this in another survey but not sure how to set it up like this?


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You need to use custom JS for this.
But, to avoid custom code - in previous page you can put the instruction as - the timer will start when you click next button, so when you are ready to write, click next button.


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  • May 27, 2020

Thank you very much, is it still then possible for the participant to see the timer?
What is JS? Apologies for the simple questions, I am new to Qualtrics..


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For method 1 - JS means Java script, so using java script coding we can put the button on the text entry question page to start a timer and auto advance when 300 seconds are completed.
For method 2- Yes timing question has the feature to show timer, check this resource


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  • May 27, 2020

Hi Rondev
I have done what you have recommended and it looks good and will work well. Thank you I greatly appreciate your help. 😀