Timed essay with additional instructions (case 8714)

[amitche2]

Hello,
I have an essay that participants need to respond to for 5 min. After 3 min I need additional instructions to appear and then participants be able to go back to what they were writing in the essay. After the 5 minutes is over the next screen should automatically appear. A timer indicating how much time is left on the task would also be nice, but not necessary for the study. Is there a way to do this on MediaLab?

[jason_reed]

Hi amitche2!

Unfortunately, MediaLab currently does not allow for people to start an essay response and later go back to add more to what they had written. Once a response to an essay item has begun, anything that a person wants to add must be done before leaving that essay item. You can give people as much time to respond to an essay item by using the duration parameter; see the Questionnaire Files > Parameters section of the MediaLab manual for more information on this feature.