[LON-CAPA-users] how to force new randomization for student
James Sullivan
lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Thu, 27 Jul 2006 14:06:08 -0400
Doh! Now why did I not see that PARM until you mentioned it.
I'll give that a try.
Thanx,
Jay
James M. Sullivan, Assistant Professor
jmsullivan@vcu.edu
Department of Physics Virginia
Commonwealth University
tel: 804/828-6343
fax: 804/828-7073
1020 W. Main St.
PO BOX 842000
Richmond, VA 23284-2000
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"If you can drive a nail, and if you have any nails to drive, drive them."
- H. D. Thoureau, 1850
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: lon-capa-users-admin@mail.lon-capa.org [mailto:lon-capa-users-
> admin@mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of Ray Batchelor
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:48 PM
> To: lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
> Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] how to force new randomization for student
>
> See PARM Table mode
> "Resource Hidden from Students"
>
> Hide it for the entire course and unhide it for the specific
> students/sections
> etc....
>
> There might be a caveat or two.... I could look back for the last time I
> did
> this and see what they might be....; however it is easy to test out.
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday 27 July 2006 10:39, James Sullivan wrote:
> > Mark,
> >
> > How do you selectively hide a folder based on users?
> >
> > I see how to hide a folder in Course Documents but that is "global"
> meaning
> > class-wide, right? Is there a parm where I can hide/unhide folders for
> > specific users?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jay
> >
> >
> > James M. Sullivan, Assistant Professor
> > jmsullivan@vcu.edu
> > Department of Physics Virginia
> > Commonwealth University
> > tel: 804/828-6343
> > fax: 804/828-7073
> >
> > 1020 W. Main St.
> > PO BOX 842000
> > Richmond, VA 23284-2000
> >
> > *
> > "If you can drive a nail, and if you have any nails to drive, drive
> them."
> > - H. D. Thoureau, 1850
> > *
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: lon-capa-users-admin@mail.lon-capa.org [mailto:lon-capa-users-
> > > admin@mail.lon-capa.org] On Behalf Of lucasm@ohiou.edu
> > > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 1:12 PM
> > > To: lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
> > > Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-users] how to force new randomization for
> student
> > >
> > >
> > > 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
> > > >> <mailto:jmsullivan@vcu.edu> jmsullivan@vcu.edu
> > > >>
> > > >> Department of Physics Virginia
> > > >> Commonwealth University
> > > >>
> > > >> tel: 804/828-6343
> > > >> fax: 804/828-7073
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> 1020 W. Main St.
> > > >>
> > > >> PO BOX 842000
> > > >>
> > > >> Richmond, VA 23284-2000
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> *
> > > >>
> > > >> "If you can drive a nail, and if you have any nails to drive, drive
> > >
> > > them."
> > >
> > > >> - H. D. Thoureau, 1850
> > > >>
> > > >> *
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > Raymond J. Batchelor, PhD
> > > > LON-CAPA SFU Domain Coordinator
> > > > Senior Lecturer
> > > > Department of Chemistry
> > > > Simon Fraser University
> > > > Burnaby, BC
> > > > Canada
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> Department of Chemistry
> Simon Fraser University
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