Timed Assessments

You can add a timer to assessments to help keep students on track and focused. You can only add a time limit before students begin an attempt.

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Note: You can only add a timer to an assessment before students have begun an attempt. Also, any time limit you set will not apply to students with time limit accommodations.

Lastly, the time limit you enter is not applied to the assessment until you click “Save” in the Test Settings panel (Step 7).

1. Open the assessment and click the Test Settings icon to the right:

2. Click “Add time limit” under “Additional Tools”:

3. Type a time limit under “Add time limit”. Select a radial button under “Submission rules” to specify whether or not students can continue to work after the time limit expires:

4. Click the “X” next to “Time limit” to automatically save your time limit entry in the Test Settings panel. Note: Clicking the “X” in the red square next to “Test Settings” will erase your entry:

5. To edit the time limit after you set it, click your entry:

6. To delete the time limit, hover over your entry and click the trashcan that appears to the right:

7. Click “Save” at the bottom of the Test Settings panel: