[LON-CAPA-users] how to force new randomization for student

Ray Batchelor lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 10:42:27 -0700


Yep. Done that before.  Works. Just messes up CHRT display and output a bit. 
 I could provide further details if needed...

:-)

On Thursday 27 July 2006 10:12, lucasm@ohiou.edu wrote:
> Jay,
>
> One option is to create an extra folder that has all the same problems.
> The challenge is hiding it so only he can see it, etc....
>
> Mark
>
> On Thu, 27 Jul 2006, Ray Batchelor wrote:
> > Hi  Jay,
> >              Good question.  This has been something that has come up
> > since the early CAPA days.  There may be several ways to approach this
> > and I believe none of them is formally instituted in either PARM or PGRD
> > (which would be a good enhancement request  ;-)
> >
> > Guy will correct me, at this point.
> >
> > :-)
> >
> > Anyway  I can tell you a somewhat less-than-leasant workaround if you
> > need an immedite  solution.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Ray
> >
> > On Thursday 27 July 2006 08:23, James Sullivan wrote:
> >> Scenario:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Deadline for assignment 1 has passed and the answers are displayed.
> >> Student X comes to the instructor with medical documentation suggesting
> >> that student was not able to complete assignment 1 because of some
> >> medical issue. The instructor agrees to consider the extenuating
> >> circumstances and extend the deadline for that particular student.
> >> However, since the answers for the version of the problem that Student X
> >> had before the deadline have been displayed, a new random version of the
> >> problem should be generated as well.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Extending the deadline and/or number of tries is easy. How does the
> >> instructor force a new random version of the problem to be generated?
> >> Extending the deadline and/or doing a "reset_status" in the grading
> >> rubric seems to have no effect. Is there some trick to making this
> >> happen?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Jay
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> James M. Sullivan, Assistant Professor
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> >>
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> >>
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> >>
> >> *
> >
> > --
> > Raymond J. Batchelor, PhD
> > LON-CAPA SFU Domain Coordinator
> > Senior Lecturer
> > Department of Chemistry
> > Simon Fraser University
> > Burnaby, BC
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Raymond J. Batchelor, PhD
LON-CAPA SFU Domain Coordinator
Senior Lecturer
Department of Chemistry
Simon Fraser University
Burnaby, BC
Canada