[Using Sakai] Sakai - Tests & Quizzes - Active Assessments without Title Links
Karen Tsao
ktsao at stanford.edu
Mon Aug 2 15:29:17 PDT 2010
Alan,
The hyperlink takes you to the edit mode of an published assessment. In your
sakai.properties, if you didn't add "samigo.editPubAssessment.restricted" or
have "samigo.editPubAssessment.restricted=true", what you saw is correct
(and this is the OOTB behavior). That is, the instructor can edit an
published assessment only if there hasn't any student taking it. If you can
try to update "samigo.editPubAssessment.restricted" to false, you will see
all the titles become a hyperlink. That is, instructors can edit any the
published assessments at any time; even if students already took it.
Please note that editing an published assessment after students start taking
it might cause discrepancies in scores depending on what has been edited.
That is why we have samigo.editPubAssessment.restricted=true as our OOTB
behavior.
To summarize, what you have is the expected behavior. Please tell your
instructors don't worry about this :)
If you need more information about this feature, please let me know.
Thanks,
Karen
On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 1:49 PM, Jon Hays <jonmhays at media.berkeley.edu>wrote:
> Usually, not having the "Scores" link is an indicator that there aren't
> yet any submissions for that particular assessment. Once someone submits,
> the "Scores" link will become available.
>
> Jon Hays
> Instructional Designer
> Educational Technology Services
> University of California at Berkeley
> (510) 643-9433
>
>
> On 8/2/10 1:23 PM, Regan, Alan wrote:
>
> Hello, Sakai User Listserv.
>
>
>
> I'd appreciate some thoughts from the community. I am trying to assist an
> instructor with a strange situation with the Tests & Quizzes (Samigo) tool.
> I'm hoping that someone may have some suggestions on the topic.
>
>
>
> ISSUE: For this professor, some assessments in the "Active" area of
> Published Assessment have titles with links to edit the assessment. Others,
> however, are appearing simply as the title text without the title link to
> edit. That is, they all have "Settings" and "Remove" below the assessment,
> but the title itself is either clickable for some but not others (image link
> provided below). I have been reviewing the Settings of these assessments
> (both the original "Pending" settings and the settings below the "Active"
> test). I can't seem to determine a difference that would may make some
> tests display a bold title link and others no title link. The link in the
> active area allows a professor to "Edit" or "Cancel" the edit of a published
> assessment.
>
>
>
> IMAGE:
> https://storage.pepperdine.edu/xythoswfs/webui/_xy-751022_1-t_EVEsoy7A
>
>
>
> TOOL: Samigo ("Tests and Quizzes")
>
> SAKAI VERSION: 2.6.1
>
> SITE TYPE: Project (the professor wants to use a project site to exist
> outside a specific academic term)
>
>
>
> Here are the common details from the original "pending" assessment
> settings.
>
>
>
> Assessment Type Information:
>
> · Default Assessment Type (did not select an existing assessment
> type from the drop-down list)
>
>
>
> Assessment Introduction
>
> · Only a title listed (e.g. "Descriptive Statistics" -- not long,
> no special characters, etc.)
>
>
>
> Delivery Dates:
>
> · Only an available date listed, no due date or retract date
> listed (most availability dates happen to be July 22, 2010)
>
>
>
> Assessment Released to:
>
> · just the site (not anonymous)
>
>
>
> High Security:
>
> · no
>
>
>
> Timed Assessment:
>
> · no
>
>
>
> Assessment organization:
>
> · Nav: random access from TOC
>
> · Layout: each part on separate Web page
>
> · Numbering: continuous
>
>
>
> Mark for Review:
>
> · no
>
>
>
> Submissions:
>
> · Number: unlimited
>
> · Late: accepted but tagged
>
>
>
> Submission Message:
>
> · none
>
>
>
> Feedback:
>
> · Authoring: question-level
>
> · Delivery: immediate
>
> · Components: all checkboxes marked
>
>
>
> Grading:
>
> · Identities: anonymous
>
> · Options: none
>
> · Recorded score: highest
>
>
>
> Graphics:
>
> · none
>
>
>
> Metadata:
>
> · none
>
>
>
> *******
>
>
>
> Also, all assessments have only one part, edited to draw 10 questions
> randomly with each question worth 10 points. The professor offers these as
> online practices quizzes, available during the entire semester.
>
>
>
> Other things I have tried:
>
> · Compared settings
>
> · I launched "preview assessment" in the "pending" area of each
> assessment to make sure this wasn't a difference
>
> · Tried three different Web browsers: Firefox 3.6.x (Windows),
> Internet Explorer 7 (Windows), Chrome (Windows)
>
>
>
> The tests themselves seem fully functional -- students can take them. But
> it's an inconsistent behavior and we can't seem to determine the cause. The
> professor is naturally nervous about a testing tool with inconsistent
> behaviors, even if they don't have an impact on student scores.
>
>
>
> I'm guessing that I'm missing a checkbox or something simple -- so I
> appreciate any insight anyone can offer.
>
>
>
> Thank you in advance for your help!
>
>
>
>
>
> Sincerely,
>
>
>
> Alan Regan, MFA
>
> Manager, Technology and Learning
>
> Information Technology
>
> Pepperdine University
>
> (310) 506-6756
>
>
>
>
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