AFAIK, the only way to give an extension is to extend the closing date and then add a password which you give to the individual. The disadvantage to this approach is that it typically causes some confusion among the other students who think there is a new quiz due on the extended date. It would be nice to create a quiz_extension table that would hold the id, userid, quizid, extendstarttime, extendendtime, enforcetimelimit, timelimitfactor. Then, Moodle could be programmed to check for all extensions for that quiz. If the user has an extension within the extendstarttime and extendendtime, they could open the quiz and take it. Additionally, a true false field called enforcetimelimit could be checked and if true then it would use the default quiz time limit. Otherwise, it would not use the time limit. The timelimitfactor could be a way of setting extended time for students who need time and a half (timelimitfactor = 1.5). Otherwise, if there is no extension for that userid, quizid then the default quiz values would be used.
Hmm. In Moodle 1.7, we might be able to implement this using roles and capabilites. However, it would take a bit of work.
I know the last thing you need is more work but it would be a nice feature that I envision being quite useful to teachers. As you suggest the use of roles/capabilities may help in this - if you would like I could do a feature request in the tracker. Peace.
Hi Anthony,
I agree this is an excellent idea and AFAIK required under some accessability legislation, as well it is a general guideline "flexible testing environments" under the "IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications" (link missing) although "flexible testing environments" is certainly up to interpretation.
Flexible time restrictions should be a consideration. Not only of the dates, but also how long a student has to complete a quiz or lesson if there is a time limit.
regards,
Jeff
I agree this is an excellent idea and AFAIK required under some accessability legislation, as well it is a general guideline "flexible testing environments" under the "IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications" (link missing) although "flexible testing environments" is certainly up to interpretation.
Flexible time restrictions should be a consideration. Not only of the dates, but also how long a student has to complete a quiz or lesson if there is a time limit.
regards,
Jeff
MDL-7315, if you want to vote for it. The request isn't specific to quiz, but rather activities in general.
Thanks,
Matt
Thanks,
Matt
I voted on it and made a comment about how this could be helpful for what we here in the United States call 'extended time'.
Thanks. I am not sure how to implement it, but know that it would be handy. I'd be happy to test any code that might allow it. In the meantime, I can try the extension and password option.
Mike,
I'm curious to know how you use WebAssign in conjunction with Moodle quizzes. What's the connection?
I'm curious to know how you use WebAssign in conjunction with Moodle quizzes. What's the connection?