[LON-CAPA-users] proctor password

[Guy Albertelli II]

Hi Lars,

> I'm not sure what goes wrong, but the proctor is not able to validate 
> the resources. The error is:
> 
> Access  : Browse resources
> Resource: /res/msu/physicslib/msuphysicslib/05_1D_Motion/msu-prob54.problem
> Action  : Invalid Access
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> Sorry ...
> This action is currently not authorized.
> 
> Any tips on how to get beyond this?
> 
> 
> PS: As a separate comment - note that the URL is not encrypted even 
> though I set it to be so.

The fact that the url that the authetication was submitting against
wasn't encrypted is what was casuing the error.

bridgetask.pm 1.229 fixes this.


> 
> Guy Albertelli II wrote:
> > Hi Lars,
> > 
> >> When I do the below, a student who accesses a resource in the folder 
> >> just sees a button "Sign up for time to work." (And when the button is 
> >> clicked lon-capa states "No available times.")
> >>
> >> Why does this button pop up?
> > 
> > To support the possibility of 'Student Schedulable' slots ( so that
> > the student can be presented with a list of possible slots and pick
> > when and where they want to do it.)
> > 
> > In the case of there being no possible slots I agree the button
> > shouldn't show up.
> > 
> > I'm not sure how to control this. (Detecting the existance of student
> > schedulable slots is likely one way, another might be to just give the
> > control to the instructor.)
> > 
> > But currently I believe it always shows.
> > 
> >> Lars.
> >>
> >> Guy Albertelli II wrote:
> >>> Hi Lars,
> >>>
> >>>> Is it possible to set a proctor password for a folder of problems 
> >>>> (homework set/exam) for a student? I tried to do this with slots, but I 
> >>>> wasn't able to...
> >>> Yes, you should be able to do this using slots.
> >>>
> >>> The process should be
> >>>
> >>> - create the slot
> >>>    - PARM -> Mange Course Slots -> Create A New Slot
> >>>    - Fill in the information, From what you say here, I'm guessing you
> >>>      want an instructor assigned slot
> >>>
> >>> - nav to a resource in the folder
> >>>
> >>> - click on PPRM and set folder wide
> >>>     - Open Date, Due Date, Answer Date (The opendate and duedate
> >>>     should be at least a large a scope as the dates on the slot)
> >>>
> >>>     - "Use slot based access control" to 
> >>>       "Yes, and the scope of student selected slot is the enclosing
> >>>       map/folder. When checking in, all resources in the map/folder
> >>>       are checked in.."
> >>>     - "Slots of availability" to the name of the slot you created
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> When Viewing the problem after the open date but before the slot's
> >>> start time, you will see the text
> >>>
> >>> "Not open to be viewed, Will be next available: <description text that
> >>> you set on the slot>"
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - You can modify any aspects of a slot at any time by going through
> >>>   PARM -> Mange Course Slots and clicking the Edit link next to the
> >>>   slot's listing in the table. 
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> - If you have created multiple slots, you can have all of these be
> >>>   available for use by listing them in the 
> >>>    "Slots of availability" as a colon separated list
> >>>   Students will be allowed to only use one of these slots. Once they
> >>>   are checked in they will need to complete the problems.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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