[LON-CAPA-users] proctor password

[Lars Jensen]

Hi Guy,


Guy Albertelli II wrote:
> 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.
> 

Thanks! -This did it. It functions well. Only problem is that the setup 
is unintuitive - it requires 4-5 actions to set up. I'm sure I'll forget 
how to do this between semesters. Is it documented somewhere? Is the way 
to set up a proctor password documented somewhere?

Would it be hard to add a password parameter to PARM? It seems like this 
would be the natural way to password protect a folder/resource - just a 
single action. The advantage is that PARM is intuitive, and it is 
something that most of us are already familiar with.

Lars.

> 
>> 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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