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

Fri Mar 2 15:16:19 PST 2012

Diana:

Good information.

Thanks a lot,

Jeff

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

>>> Diana Perpich <dperpich at umich.edu> 3/2/2012 11:31 AM >>>
One question per page is safe, but not always appropriate for the
material, particularly when questions build upon each other.  Displaying
multiple questions on a single page also maps better to the experience
students are used to on paper and they can then use some previously
established test-taking strategies.

Auto-saving can be tricky though, because students may not *want* to
save what they've entered so far.  In Mneme, auto-saving could make it
difficult to identify questions you intended to leave blank and return
to later without checking "Mark for Review."

We often recommend splitting the difference and displaying multiple
questions on multiple pages (much like paper), and using the 20-minute
mark as a recommended max for any given page-- "Risk only as much as
you're willing to lose."  If you're not randomizing, some reminder text
above the first question and below the last question on the page can be
helpful, although useless if you're using the "forward-only" option.

diana perpich | MLibrary teaching + learning | university of michigan

On Mar 2, 2012, at 9:15 AM, Mathieu Plourde wrote:

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:

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 ( tel:%28251%29%20380-2845 )
(251) 380-2713 ( tel:%28251%29%20380-2713 ) (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

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[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 ( tel:%28251%29%20380-2845 )
(251) 380-2713 ( tel:%28251%29%20380-2713 ) (fax)

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