Widgets for Inclusive Distributed Environments Resource

Touch Screen Timer

Description:
The ‘Touch screen timer’ is a widget that allows students to set an alarm for any situation where quick time management is required (up to an hour). The user can select a unit of time up to maximum of 1 hour, by dragging the timer bar slider in increments.

Scenario/Persona:
Chris likes to have afternoon nap before his evening class. As he works so hard during the day, he requires the quickest possible solution for setting his alarm-simply set the time he can nap using his touch screen device.

Any situation where quick time management is required and the student needs a warning for a task change.

How it works:
Select the amount of time you want to countdown using the timer bar slider.It can be operated either using the mouse or the left/right arrow keys on your keyboard.

Choose the display mode: "Clock" or "Digital" (screenshot 1)

Click the "Go !" button to start the countdown (screenshot 2 & 3)

When the countdown has finished, an audio alarm will alert the user.
(When using the digital display, the text colour will change to red for the last 5 seconds)

Type: Tools

Category: Time Management

Platform: Wookie

Keywords: countdown,time,management,timer,touch,screen

Download:TouchScreenTimer.zip (See How to for instructions) Preview
Number of Downloads: 126

Screenshots:

First screen where you setup the time

Clock-like countdown display

Digital countdown display

Additional information:
The clock display will only work in Firefox 3.1+ and Safari 3+ (and other modern WebKit based browsers like Google Chrome).
Link to Wiki page

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