cAdmin’s presentation timer is a tool configured in the session room settings used for onsite meetings to effectively manage presentation timing by giving instant feedback to presenters and production vendors. Five fully customizable timer phases display on any meeting production computer. Tailor your presentation timer phases with custom color sets, timer display settings, font style, and enforce program efficiency with skip to last slide or auto-close presentation.
To set up the timer settings:
– Make sure the Timer Settings is set “Enabled” ON
– Edit the Timer layout and what display screen (primary is the main screen and secondary is only the speaker screen)
The 4 “Actions” below are what happens at the start of the phase.
– Do nothing: no action (but color changes and messages can still be applied)
– Open first slide: first slide in the presentation auto-opens
– Open last slide: last slide in the presentation auto-opens
– Force close: presentation auto-closes (might be a 1 to 5-second delay depending on file size)
1. Above is an example. The first timer phase starts at the beginning of the presentation when set to 100%. The “Timer color” will show on the screen in green. Fonts are set to default and are configurable.
2. For the second phase above, at 60 seconds left, the timer turns yellow, and the configurable message on the screen, “1 Minute Remaining” prompts the presenter.
3. At 0s, the Action is set to “Do nothing,” but the timer color changes to light red.
4. At -30s, the action is “Open last slide.” The Timer color turns dark red, and the presenter gets a message that the presentation will auto-close in 30 seconds.
5. At -60s, the presentation is automatically closed. The “Action” is set to “Force close.” This may be delayed 1 to 5 seconds, depending on the presentation size. No message text is needed as presentation will auto-close.
Testing: Administrators will want to set up a test presentation of 2 minutes in length to test the timer settings in the Session Room.
Additional details: Remember to use either the label “s” or “%” after the number for “Starts at (% or s) before the end.”
Please note, if you set any percent or seconds left with a negative sign before the number (e.g., -30s), the presentation will stay up 30 seconds after the end of the presentation time. Meaning the presenter received an extra 30 seconds of presentation time.