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

[Mathieu Plourde]

We recommend to our faculty to create quizzes where students see one
question per page. Every time they hit the next button, the answers get
saved.

Mathieu
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On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 4:29 PM, Jeff Davidson <jdavidso at usouthal.edu> wrote:

>  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:****
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>  ****
>
> Thanks for your reply.  It was suggested****
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> to us to set it to five minutes as well.****
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>  ****
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> In your experience, say a 60-minute exam,****
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> if a student lost internet connectivity or****
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> power "blink" at 43 minutes, once the****
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> student logs back into Sakai:****
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>  ****
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> 1. Does Sakai allow the person to continue****
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>     from the 40-minute "autosave" point?****
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>  ****
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> 2. If a 60-minute exam, would the student****
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>     have 20-minutes left?  17 minutes? or****
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>     60-minutes less any elapsed time from****
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>     the actual start time (including the ****
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>     "downtime")?****
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>  ****
>
> 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)****
>
>  ****
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>  ****
>
> >>> "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:****
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> samigo.autoSave.repeat.milliseconds=300000****
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> 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****
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> us to "autosave" every few minutes to minimize lost****
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> answers.****
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>  ****
>
> Any feedback on the use of this setting, what specific****
>
> interval you use, and has it affected the performance****
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> (by too frequently polling/saving) of the individual's****
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> exams and/or your overall Sakai instance?****
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>  ****
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> 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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