Adding a clock in captivate

Hi all!
Im working on a tutorial with CP 3, and need to add some sort
of clock to it to see how long it took for the user to finish it.
Does anyone has a susgestion?
Thanx, Daniel

Welcome to our community, Daniel
Are you deploying your Captivate files using a Learning
Management System (LMS)? If so, I believe that is one of the
functions of a LMS. To track how long it took the user to complete
the course.
If you aren't using a LMS, perhaps consider implementing one?
There are some that are free to use. Moodle is one of those. It is
open source.
http://moodle.org
Cheers... Rick

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