[LON-CAPA-users] Using Slots - Problem Due Date and Time Limit parameters

[Stuart Raeburn]

Hi,

> But when I tested this, the timer for student005 (who was assigned to
> Time Slot 1) did not appear to be counting down 1800 seconds;

Yes, there was a bug which meant time limits were not in effect for  
resources on which access was slot-controlled.
(See: http://bugs.loncapa.org/show_bug.cgi?id=5497 )

The fix for that bug is included in LON-CAPA 2.10.0.
It looks as though the LON-CAPA server in your domain is currently  
running LON-CAPA 2.5.0.

Stuart Raeburn
MSU LON-CAPA group



Quoting Amos Lee <lee@math.usask.ca>:

> Hi,
>
> I'm having trouble getting the timer to count down correctly for time
> slots. Say, I have the following scenario with two 1-hour slots:
>
> Time Slot 1:
> Start Time: Wed Jun 1 10:00:00 2011 (CST)
> End Time  : Wed Jun 1 11:00:00 2011 (CST)
> Scheduled Student: student005
>
> Time Slot 2:
> Start Time: Thu Jun 2 10:00:00 2011 (CST)
> End Time  : Thu Jun 2 11:00:00 2011 (CST)
> Scheduled Student: student006
>
> Within each time slot, I want to deliver a 30-min test as timed by Lon
> Capa's timer after the student clicks on the Show Resource button to
> confirm.
>
> In the list of resource parameters, I'm not exactly sure how to set
> "Problem Due Date", so I set it to be the same as the End Time of Time
> Slot 2. The parameter "Time Limit" is set to 1800 (seconds).
>
> But when I tested this, the timer for student005 (who was assigned to
> Time Slot 1) did not appear to be counting down 1800 seconds; it
> appeared to be counting down towards the End Time of Time Slot 2.
>
> How do I set these parameters correctly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Amos Lee
> Math & Stats
> Univ of Sask
>
>
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