[Building Sakai] "Autosave" Feature for Tests & Quizzes

[Stoufer,R M]

Hi Jeff,
I know there has been some discussions going on about this in the past few days.  See the messages with the subject line about samigo assessment time.  Essentially, the student will be able to continue from the auto-save point but the amount of time remaining will be based on when  testing began.  There is no way for the test to differentiate between a network outage and someone logging out/logging back in.
Michael
From: Jeff Davidson [mailto:jdavidso at usouthal.edu]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 12:31 PM
To: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org; Stoufer,R M
Subject: RE: [Building Sakai] "Autosave" Feature for Tests & Quizzes

Hi Michael:

Thanks for your reply.  It was suggested
to us to set it to five minutes as well.

In your experience, say a 60-minute exam,
if a student lost internet connectivity or
power "blink" at 43 minutes, once the
student logs back into Sakai:

1. Does Sakai allow the person to continue
    from the 40-minute "autosave" point?

2. If a 60-minute exam, would the student
    have 20-minutes left?  17 minutes? or
    60-minutes less any elapsed time from
    the actual start time (including the
    "downtime")?

Thanks again,

Jeff

Jeff Davidson
Manager, Learning Management System Services
Innovation in Learning Center
University of South Alabama
(251) 380-2845
(251) 380-2713 (fax)


>>> "Stoufer,R M" <kc4uf at ufl.edu<mailto:kc4uf at ufl.edu>> 3/1/2012 10:10 AM >>>
Hi Jeff,
I believe you are referring to samigo.autoSave.repeat.milliseconds?
We have ours set to 5 minutes:
samigo.autoSave.repeat.milliseconds=300000
I haven't heard of any issues, performance wise, for us.
Michael Stoufer
Academic Technology - ICS
University of Florida

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To: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org<mailto:sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org>
Subject: [Building Sakai] "Autosave" Feature for Tests & Quizzes

Is anyone here using an "autosave" (this is my
own terminology) feature/setting in their instance
of Sakai in order that when a test/quiz is in process,
if a person loses internet connectivity, power "blink",
etc., they do not completely lose their test results.

We understand their is a setting which would allow
us to "autosave" every few minutes to minimize lost
answers.

Any feedback on the use of this setting, what specific
interval you use, and has it affected the performance
(by too frequently polling/saving) of the individual's
exams and/or your overall Sakai instance?

Thanks in advance,

Jeff


Jeff Davidson
Manager, Learning Management System Services
Innovation in Learning Center
University of South Alabama
(251) 380-2845
(251) 380-2713 (fax)

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