[LON-CAPA-users] Open date versus Contentopen?

Mon, 2 Jun 2008 12:46:14 -0700

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Hi Brew,

I believe you can set the individual due dates from a single screen at
Parameter Manager -> Overview Mode
(Select Parameter Level at Resource Level and select the enclosing folder
that you want. Then select only Problem Due Date from the table of
parameters.)

If students can see the due dates, I believe the problems should be open. If
your folder contains only problems, what you want to set is Problem Opening
Date. Content Opening Date does not seem to apply to problems.

It is a good idea to assign yourself a dummy student role in your course, so
that you can see what your students see. It is better to do this using a
different account since you will sometimes have additional privileges that
other students do not when you are logged in as yourself. You can do this as
follows:

1) Go to Manage Course Users -> Enroll a single student
2) Add a dummy username
3) Select Internally authenticated and add a dummy password

Note that any parameters set at the section level will not apply to this
dummy student if no section is assigned.

Justin

On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:21 AM, <Robert_Brewington@er.monroe.edu> wrote:

> I am trying to set some dates on a series of problems, and have a couple of
> questions.
>
> 1) I have 50 questions in a folder. I set the due date for the entire
> folder to Jun13. Now, I want to set the due dates for problems 1-5 to be
> Jun10, 6-12 to Jun11, 13-25 to Jun 12.
>
> Is there a way to set these through a single screen? I am setting each
> problem individually, which is a lot of slow screens. Just a convenience
> issue...
>
> 2) I am not seeing the Opendate. I set the Open date for a folder, then a
> bunch of due dates for the problems. The student sees the due dates, but the
> Open date doesn't seem to apply (for my Chemistry course). What else do I
> set to make the open date work?
>
> I also tried setting something called contentopen from the pprm screen, for
> the enclosing folder. What is this supposed to be? It also does not seem to
> affect the student's view of the problem opening.
>
> I note that the opendate does not appear in the PPRM parameter screen? I
> guess I'm just note sure what I am seeing...
>
> Thanks,
> brew
>
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Hi Brew, I believe you can set the individual due dates from a single screen at Parameter Manager -&gt; Overview Mode (Select Parameter Level at Resource Level and select the enclosing folder that you want. Then select only Problem Due Date from the table of parameters.) 
 If students can see the due dates, I believe the problems should be open. If your folder contains only problems, what you want to set is Problem Opening Date. Content Opening Date does not seem to apply to problems. 
 It is a good idea to assign yourself a dummy student role in your course, so that you can see what your students see. It is better to do this using a different account since you will sometimes have additional privileges that other students do not when you are logged in as yourself. You can do this as follows: 
 1) Go to Manage Course Users -&gt; Enroll a single student 2) Add a dummy username 3) Select Internally authenticated and add a dummy password Note that any parameters set at the section level will not apply to this dummy student if no section is assigned. 
 Justin <div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 11:21 AM, &lt;<a href="mailto:Robert_Brewington@er.monroe.edu">Robert_Brewington@er.monroe.edu</a>&gt; wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I am trying to set some dates on a series of problems, and have a couple of questions. 1) I have 50 questions in a folder. I set the due date for the entire folder to Jun13. Now, I want to set the due dates for problems 1-5 to be Jun10, 6-12 to Jun11, 13-25 to Jun 12. 
 Is there a way to set these through a single screen? I am setting each problem individually, which is a lot of slow screens. Just a convenience issue... 2) I am not seeing the Opendate. I set the Open date for a folder, then a bunch of due dates for the problems. The student sees the due dates, but the Open date doesn&#39;t seem to apply (for my Chemistry course). What else do I set to make the open date work? 
 I also tried setting something called contentopen from the pprm screen, for the enclosing folder. What is this supposed to be? It also does not seem to affect the student&#39;s view of the problem opening. I note that the opendate does not appear in the PPRM parameter screen? I guess I&#39;m just note sure what I am seeing... 
 Thanks, brew 
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