掲示板 Forums - Quiz Timer discussion

A few people have asked for this, so I wanted to flesh out the idea a bit before putting it in. Where do you think this option should be? I feel hesitant about putting it in the quiz setup page (for either regular or mastery) because it doesn't really 'fit' with the rest of the quiz options - it would feel like a bit of a kludge. It could be turned on once inside the quiz, maybe with a preference to keep it on once on? It could be an option in quiz settings: turn timer on for these question types: A, B, C (of course, with an option to turn it off during a quiz for that one quiz) I'm sure there are some other pitfalls, but I wanted to mention the big ones first.

Timers are a love'em, hate'em feature for me. If I knew my material, I'm sure they wouldn't bother me at all. They might even be fun, adding a bit of a gaming aspect to the quizzes. However, if I was struggling, having the added pressure of a timer would probably my teeth on edge. Cue panic attack (not really, but you get the idea). Therefore, while I love the idea of timers, especially for folks who [u]really[/u] like them, I'm hoping they'll be optional. If you (as in you, マイコー) have the ability to customise them such that they show up on an as-needed, as-wanted basis (quiz-by-quiz, question-by-question or style-by-style), that would be ideal! I'd definitely turn them on when I'm confident and keep them off when I'm not. Perhaps they could be introduced by level, so level 1-4 terms are untimed but higher levels get more and faster timers? My rationale is, by the time a term hits level 5, one should be fairly confident with it. Here is another question, piggybacking on this topic: Would they be count-up timers (the faster you answer [correctly, of course], the more points you earn) or count-down timers (you have x-seconds to answer)? Summing up: great idea, I'm looking forward to hearing more about it!

If I do add it, it will be optional, and I want it to have enough flexibility (counting up, down, etc) so that it is useful for more than a tiny subset of the users. I am not sure if I will get it in during the current beta round (heading back to the States for three weeks next month), but this definitely is an idea I want to stick with.