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

[Jeff Davidson]

Michael:
 
Good information.
 
Thanks a lot,
 
Jeff

>>> "Stoufer,R M" <kc4uf at ufl.edu> 3/1/2012 12:30 PM >>>

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> 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
 

From:sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org
[mailto:sakai-dev-bounces at collab.sakaiproject.org] On Behalf Of Jeff
Davidson
Sent: Wednesday, February 29, 2012 5:11 PM
To: 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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