[Using Sakai] Sakai - Tests & Quizzes - Active Assessments without Title Links

Mon Aug 2 15:39:34 PDT 2010

Thanks, Karen.  This is very helpful and makes sense now - I can see the design choice!  It will also help me explain the situation to the professor.

Thanks again!

Sincerely,

Alan Regan, MFA
Manager, Technology and Learning
Information Technology
Pepperdine University
(310) 506-6756

From: ktsao at hungs.org [mailto:ktsao at hungs.org] On Behalf Of Karen Tsao
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 3:29 PM
To: Regan, Alan
Cc: sakai-user at collab.sakaiproject.org
Subject: Re: [Using Sakai] Sakai - Tests & Quizzes - Active Assessments without Title Links

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<mailto: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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