Course Minimum Time Requirement

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SCORM does keep the time in a session and there are function in Captivate's scormdriver.js to track and convert all of the time information.

SCORM_GetPreviouslyAccumulatedTime() returns time in milliseconds

SCORM_SaveTime(milliseconds) sets time using milliseconds as the argument and sets as  0000:00:00 format:

ConvertMilliSecondsToSCORMTime(intTotalMilliseconds, blnIncludeFraction) converts to 0000:00:00 format:

Example ConvertMilliSecondsToSCORMTime(2400000, false) returns 0000:40:00

ConvertCMITimeSpanToMS(SCORM time format), the argument would be  0000:40:00 and returns milliseconds.

There is a Captivate system variable called cpInfoElapsedTimeMS.

To accurately keep track of the time between sessions you need to figure out if this is the first time entering the course and can be done with SCORM_CallLMSGetValue("cmi.core.entry");

If it returns "ab-initio" it is the first time and you'll need to set the time, else you'll need to get the time and add the time of the current session time to it.

All of this can easily be done with JavaScript running behind the scenes keeping track of the time and setting the time to the LMS at specific intervals or when the window is closing.

You need to have script to show a next button to advance to the screen (last slide) that can set the completion criteria or just register completion. Or if they have spent to applicable amount of time, auto advance to that slide.

If you put this script in the head of your html it should of the trick, you have to name the vaiable to show the time on the slides to "showTime" and set the requiredTime variable in the script to the minimum milliseconds. When the time requirement is completed is sets a variable timeComplete to true, so you can read it when you want in JavaScript action with window.timeComplete.

<script>
var interfaceObj, eventEmitterObj, start, elapsed, runningTime, interval, timeComplete, requiredTime = 7200000;
var netConnected = location.protocol.indexOf( 'http:' ) !== -1 ? true : false;

window.addEventListener( 'moduleReadyEvent', function ( e )
{
interfaceObj = e.Data;
eventEmitterObj = interfaceObj.getEventEmitter();
initializeEventListeners();
});

function initializeEventListeners()
{ 
if ( interfaceObj )
{
  if ( eventEmitterObj )
  {
  
   if ( netConnected )
   {
    if ( SCORM_CallLMSGetValue("cmi.core.entry") !== 'ab-initio' )
    {
     if ( netConnected )
     {
      SCORM_GetPreviouslyAccumulatedTime();
     }
    }
    else
    {
     start = new Date().getTime();
    }
   }
   else
   {
    start = new Date().getTime();
   }
  
   eventEmitterObj.addEventListener( 'CPAPI_SLIDEENTER', function ( e )
   {   
    clearInterval( interval );
   
    if ( !timeComplete )
    {
     if ( netConnected )
     {
      SCORM_SaveTime( start + window.cpInfoElapsedTimeMS );
     }
    
     checkTime();
    }
   });
  }
}
}

function checkTime()
{
interval = setInterval( function()
{
  var getTimeMS = start + window.cpInfoElapsedTimeMS;
  var minutesSpent = Math.floor(( getTimeMS / 1000 / 60 ) << 0 );
  var minutesRequired = Math.floor(( requiredTime / 1000 / 60 ) << 0 );
  window.showTime = minutesSpent + '/' + minutesRequired;
 
  if ( getTimeMS === requiredTime )
  {
   timeComplete = true;
  
   if ( netConnected )
   {
    SCORM_SaveTime( start + window.cpInfoElapsedTimeMS );
   }
  
   clearInterval( interval );
  }
}, 1000 );
}
</script>

Be sure you check what your LMS vendor can support. Some LMS products may allow you to set the minimum time and track it for you (essentially just tracking the total amount of time from when the student launches the piece to the time they close it).

If the LMS doesn't provide that functionality then, yes, you can code it as Lieve suggests.

Yes, I have done this for a client. Sorry, rather complicated, certainly

not for a newbie.