[LON-CAPA-users] No timer for instructor / Reset timer

[Stuart Raeburn]

Stefan,

> Additionally, I can't find how to reset the timer. I thought this would
> be somehow possible in the manual grading?!? I can't find any help in
> the integrated help or older ML posts.

As Course Coordinator use:

Main Menu -> Modify parameter settings (due dates, etc) for resources  
and the course -> Reset Student Access Times

to find the interface used to reset access times.

> But the possibility to explicitly not set a
> parameter does not exist for all parameters, especially not for the
> timer.

Yes, the timer needs an additional option of "no time limit" so this  
can be used as a more specific parameter setting (e.g., for an  
individual user) to override a more general setting.

A less than ideal workaround, if setting the time limit to the maximum  
currently allowed limit of 31 days is not acceptable, would be to  
create a group which contains everyone except the instructor, and then  
set the timer at a group level (for this group) for each folder.

Stuart Raeburn

Quoting Stefan Bisitz <st.bisitz@ostfalia.de>:

> Hi,
>
> We have a course with several LON-CAPA problems in different folders.
> Parameters are set on folder level, such as open date, due date, timer,
> etc. Nothing really special.
>
> I'd like to change the parameters for an instructor (and only for this
> person) to allow "free" access to all resources. My idea was to set the
> parameters at course level for this specific user. The table mode
> allows this, e.g., set "problem type" to "practice" at course level for
> this user works fine. But the possibility to explicitly not set a
> parameter does not exist for all parameters, especially not for the
> timer.
>
> I don't know how to manage this. Currently, the instructor is forced to
> access the resources with the time limit. To set the timer to the
> maximum (one month) is not an option.
>
> Additionally, I can't find how to reset the timer. I thought this would
> be somehow possible in the manual grading?!? I can't find any help in
> the integrated help or older ML posts.
>
> Thanks,
> Stefan Bisitz
>
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