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Home Help Guides Assessment Quizzes 11. Manage - Granting Special Access (dates, time, attempts) in Quizzes

Granting Student Special Access in Quizzes

When students received special consideration for an assessment, changes may need to be made to allow for an extension date or additional attempts. This guide shows you how to modify a Quiz to extend the submission time for one or more students, while the details for the rest of the class remain the same. To grant extra time for all quizzes, see Providing Students Extra Time Accommodations, for all Quizzes in a Unit Space.

Here are the steps to follow if you need to grant a student an extension in quizzes:

 

Watch: Granting Special Access for Quiz Time Limits

Step One: Go to your Quiz

1. In your VU Collaborate space from the navigation bar, select Assessments then Quizzes.

2. From your quiz (1), select Edit (2) from the drop-down menu.

click the dropdownmenu select edit

 

Step Two: Go to the Advanced Availablity settings

1. On the right expand the Availability Dates & Conditions panel (1).

expand availibilty dates and conditions

Scroll down and select Manage Special Access (2)

under special access click manage special access

Advanced Availablity settings

1. Select (1) Allow selected users special access to this quiz 
    Note: selecting Allow only users with special access to see this quiz, will mean that only the selected users will be given access.
2. Then click (2) Add Users to Special Access

select allow selected users special access to the quiz then add users

 

 

Step Three: Grant Special Access for individual students

Add Special Access to Quiz allows you to alter any individual setting. You can change:

  • Special Access Properties
  • Users and Groups: students who will have special access
    (a) Dates:     due date and availability date and times
    (b) Timing: the amount of time available to complete the quiz, and
  • Attempts: The number of attempts at the quiz the student/s can take. 

 

Users

1. To locate students, either search, scroll or view by class group to find and tick to select.

 

Dates and Time Duration

1. Enter the new due, start and end dates and times if required.

Select options to modify special access properties


2. If you wish to change the original time and duration settings select Override Time Limit

  • (1) New Time Limit: new quiz duration in minutes
  • (2) Multiplier: how many times more the new limit is than the original one (i.e giving a student double would mean 2)
  • (3) Extra Time: additional time in minutes
  • See Set Timing and Display for additional instructions.

3. Select Override behaviour if you wish to change what happens when the time limit is exceeded by the student.

There are a few options you can select: 

  • Automatically submit the quiz attempt
  • Flag as "exceeded time limit" and allow the learner to continue working
  • Do nothing: the time limit is not enforced

 

Select override time limit then set time limit for more options

Attempts

If the student needs an additional attempt to complete the quiz update the attempt settings.

1. Select (1) Override attempts allowed, select the (2) number of attempts, the click (3) Apply.

under attempts select ovveride attempts allowed to allow a student 1 more attempt at assessment change attempts to 2

2. Review the Advance Attempt Conditions and select if required.

 

Step Four: Save Changes

When ready save your special access requirement for your selected student.

1. Click Save to close the settings

2. Review the listed student's settings.

Select the (1) pen icon to edit the settings, or select (2) remove to delete the access.

CLICK PEN TO EDIT CLICK X TO REMOVE

3. Click Save and Close to return to the quiz editing view.

4. Click Save and Close to close the quiz editing view.

 

 

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