[Building Sakai] Chrome and samigo assessment time?

[Joshua Swink]

In the case I am describing, the browser was shut down for no more than 1
minute.

Josh

On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Karen Tsao <ktsao at stanford.edu> wrote:

> Hi David,
>
> This is the expected behavior. The timer will keep counting down even if
> the network is down because there is no way we can tell if the student left
> the test on their own, or if the network went down. If students have
> shorter time because of the network or other uncontrollable issues, the
> instructor can give them a chance to retake the assessment.
>
> Thanks,
> Karen
>
> On Sat, Feb 25, 2012 at 3:14 AM, David Minugh <David.Minugh at english.su.se>wrote:
>
>> I believe we saw a similar situation with Firefox when we ran a timed
>> diagnostic test in SAKAI, using the T&Q function. The net went down, and
>> when it was up again after half an hour or so, the students' timers
>> indicated that that half-hour had been counted, so they got a shorter time
>> for the test. Unfortunately, I don't know what the server(s) recorded.
>>   At any rate, the expected behavior would be for the student test time
>> to be extended accordingly, although I don't know how you'd solve it
>> technically.
>>
>> David C. Minugh
>>     E-mail: David.Minugh at english.su.se
>> Director of Studies
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>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org [mailto:
>> sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Joshua Swink
>> Sent: den 24 februari 2012 22:19
>> To: Sakai-Dev
>> Subject: [Building Sakai] Chrome and samigo assessment time?
>>
>> We had a student whose browser, Chrome, shut down for whatever reason
>> about one hour into a two-hour timed exam in Samigo. When she restarted it
>> and went back to the exam, it showed only about half an hour remaining. It
>> should have shown one hour remaining. She took a screen shot, which showed
>> the timer remaining at that point, and also her computer's clock (which
>> showed the correct time of day). She submitted the exam when the timer ran
>> out, missing out on about 30 minutes of test time.
>>
>> According to the server, she still had an hour left, not 30 minutes, when
>> she restarted her browser. So I'm wondering if this might be a problem with
>> Chrome, or has this sort of thing happened with other browsers?
>>
>> Josh
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