Countdowns

[tmcq]

Is there any way to create automatic page turn effects without using the countdown timer, or is there any way to save different countdown times on different pages?

I want to have the first four pages of each of my flip charts turn automatically after a preset elapsed time...the problem is, the time will vary for each page.

While the countdown timer works...it is clumsy to constantly set different times and start it going.

[scaulfield]

Have you tried setting an action to open up the countdown clock? It should save the time that you have picked. So this way, you just click your action item, start the clock and don't have to mess with changing the times.

[BenPosner]

Scott (and everyone else),

I have noticed that when I do that, and pre-set the parameters, sometimes it will remember to automatically turn the page, and sometimes it won't. Is there a way to make sure to set the action object so that it will always remember to turn to the next page at the end of the countdown?

~Ben

[tmcq]

Have you tried setting an action to open up the countdown clock? It should save the time that you have picked. So this way, you just click your action item, start the clock and don't have to mess with changing the times.

I have tried this, and I still have to start the countdown...and I have to change the time if I choose to have two different times. Is there any way to start some action and have several pages turn automatically? What I want to do is display my daily warmup of three questions for about 5 minutes then automatically change to a page that says something like "pass your answers forward." Then, after about one minute, I want to have the three questions displayed with the correct solutions for about 2 minutes each. All while I go about the start of class routines like taking attendance, handing out missed work to students returning from absences, etc.