[LON-CAPA-users] Time-Limit (interval)
Guy Albertelli II
lon-capa-users@mail.lon-capa.org
Fri, 4 May 2007 12:16:52 -0400 (EDT)
Hi Lars,
> When does time begin ticking for the interval parameter? For example if
> I have,
>
> opendate set to 5/1
> due date set to 5/8
> interval set to 3 hours
>
> Will time begin ticking when the student looks at any problem in the set
> for the first time?
Correct.
Note that the duedate is a hard deadline though, If they look at the
problems an hour before the duedate, then they will only have 1 hour
to do it.
> If not, is there a way to have an exam open for an extended number of
> days, but only allow the student to work on the set for a shorter amount
> of time, like 3 hours?
That is exactly what the interval is there for.
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