MyFIRE offers the option for instructors to allow students
special access to quizzes. Special access allows instructors to edit or extend
the date and time for when a quiz is due for individual students and/or grant
additional quiz attempts. This tutorial shows how to grant special access to
students on a quiz.
1. In the desired course, select Instructor Tools and then Course Admin in the navigation bar.
2. Locate and select Quizzes under the Assessment
category.
3. When the page refreshes, a list of quizzes that
are available in the course will be displayed. Locate the desired quiz and
select the drop-down arrow to the right of the quiz title.
4. Select Edit from the drop-down menu.
5. When the page refreshes, select the Availability
Dates & Conditions tab at the top right of the page.
6. Scroll down and locate Special Access. Select Manage Special Access.
7. A pop-up window will then appear with the
special access settings. Choose the desired type of special access that you
would like to grant.
a. Allow selected users special access to this quiz - This option allows for individual students to have a different due date, due
time, amount of time to complete the quiz, and/or different amount of attempts
than the restriction settings that have been chosen for the entire class.
b. Allow only users with special access to see this
quiz - This option allows only a specific individual or group of students in
the course to access the specified quiz. Note: If this option is enabled, then
anyone who has not been granted special access on the quiz will not have access
to view or attempt the quiz.
8. Next, select Add Users to Special Access.
9. Another pop-up window will appear. Set the
desired Special Access Properties by first determining if the student(s) need
to have a different due date, or start date than the rest of the class. If yes,
add a due date/time, start date/time, and end date/time if needed by selecting
the corresponding checkbox and selecting the desired dates and times.
10. Next,
determine if the student(s) need to have the timing for the quiz adjusted for
their attempt:
a. If there is no time limit change for the special
access attempt, select No Changes.
b. If there is no time limit for the student(s) to
attempt the exam, select No Time Limit.
c. If there is only a suggested time limit for the
student(s) to attempt the exam, and the student(s) are allowed to continue
taking the quiz beyond the suggested time limit, then select the Recommended
Time Limit option and enter the amount of time that is suggested for student(s)
in minutes.
d. If setting an absolute time limit on the quiz,
select the Enforced Time Limit option and enter the amount of time that is
allotted for the student(s) in minutes in the New Time Limit field. Note: The
original quiz time that is set for the entire class will be displayed.
e. Next, there are additional options with the
enforced time limit setting that will allow the time limit to be modified. If
modifying the time limit, choose how the time limit should be adjusted by
selecting either Multiplier of original quiz time or Extra Time.
i. Multiplier of Original Quiz Time: This option
multiplies the total enforced time limit for each quiz by the entered value.
For example, a quiz that has an enforced time limit of 20 minutes is multiplied
by 1.5 will result in an accommodation of 30 minutes granted
ii. Extra Time: This option will add the entered
minute value to the enforced time limit of each quiz in the course. For
example, a quiz that has an enforced time limit of 20 minutes with 20 minutes
added will result in an accommodation of 40 minutes granted
f. Additionally, the enforced time limit option
also allows for an alternative grace period to be added on top of the enforced
time limit. If choosing to add a grace period, select the checkbox next to
Assign an alternative grace period and enter the amount of time before the
student(s) are flagged as having exceeded the time limit.
g. Furthermore, on an enforced time limit,
instructors can decide what happens to students’ quiz attempts once the
enforced time limit and grace period has ended. If you would like to add an
alternative behaviour for exceeding the time limit, select the alternative
behaviour checkbox and choose the desired action behavior for exceeding the
time limit. Options Include:
i. Allow the student to continue working. Students
will need to manually submit their attempt with this option.
ii. Prevent the student from making further changes.
Students’ attempts will automatically be submitted on their behalf no matter
where they are at in the quiz.
iii. Allow the student to continue working, but the
student’s attempt will automatically score the attempt as zero after an
extended deadline
11. If
the student(s) needs to take the quiz without the use of the lockdown browser,
select the Not required to take this quiz checkbox under LockDown Browser. Note:
Only select this checkbox if it is absolutely necessary for the student(s) to take
the quiz without the lockdown browser as this may affect the integrity of the
quiz.
12. Determine
if the student(s) with special access need additional attempts for the quiz by
selecting the Override Attempts allowed checkbox and then select the Attempts
Allowed drop-down menu to add the number of attempts the student(s) may use to
complete the quiz.
a. Once the number of attempts has been chosen,
select Apply.
b. If two or more attempts are allowed on the quiz
for the students, the Advance Attempt Conditions will appear. This feature is
optional and allows instructors to restrict access to additional attempts based
on the instructor entering a minimum or maximum percentage that students need
to achieve on the previous attempt to qualify for an additional attempt. For
example, if the minimum percentage is 30 % and the maximum is 80%, students who
received scores that fall within the criteria (30-80%) will be eligible to
re-attempt the quiz. Students that obtain either 0-29% or 81-100% will not
qualify for another attempt. Note: If the minimum and/or maximum percentage is
left blank, the attempt conditions will not apply, and there is no restriction.
To enable the advanced attempt conditions, enter a minimum and maximum
percentage score for each additional attempt that has been granted.
13. Select
which student(s) in the class need the special access by placing a checkmark by
their name. If needed, use the search bar to search for the desired student(s)
by name. Note: If a student has a quiz accommodation that has been granted, the
accommodation icon will be visible underneath the students’ name.
14. At
the bottom of the page, select Save.
a. If the student that has been selected for the
special access has a quiz accommodation, a warning describing the impact of
overwriting the accommodation will appear in a pop-up window.
b. Quiz-specific special access can overwrite an
accommodation for any student on a quiz-by-quiz basis. Determine whether the
quiz accommodation should be overridden by selecting override or cancel at the
bottom of the pop-up window.
15. Select Save and Close at the bottom of the page once again.
16. Lastly,
select Save and Close at the bottom of the quiz editor tool.
