[LON-CAPA-users] How to put students into a "Pre-assigned" time slot

[Amos Lee]

Thanks, Stuart.

I got lost somewhere in Step 8. I am not seeing 8(a) and 8(b) listed in the
column for the demo student I am testing with.  Maybe I don't understand
some of the slot parameters correctly and had set some of themwrong
beforehand.

   What is the difference between the following two parameters?

  - Slots of availability
  - Slots of availability selected by student


   Say, I want to have 5 slots available for students to select, and 2
slots for instructors to assign. How should the following three parameters
be set when viewed from "Edit Resource Parameters - Table Mode"?

(A) Use slot based access controls (useslots) [map_map]
(B) Slots of availability (available)         [7]
(C) Slots of availability selected by student (availablestudent) [empty]


   I would set (A) to [map_map].  I would generally set (B) to 7 (where 7
is the maximum number of slots that I would need--student_selectable ones
plus instructor assignable ones)--even though I don't really know how to
use instructor assignable slots yet.  And then left (C) as empty.

   And it seems to have worked fine so far.  Did I do something wrong in
setting (A), (B) or (C)?

   Does (B) - (A) equal to the number of instructor assignable slots?

   Should I have set (B) to 7 and set (C) to 5 instead?


Amos Lee
Univ of Sask








On 04/09/2013 5:53 PM, Stuart Raeburn wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>> ... But I don't
>> know how to put students into the pre-assigned time slots. I don't see any
>> options of doing it. Am I missing something?
> 
> The procedure for putting students into "Instructor-assigned" (also  
> termed "preassigned") time slots is as follows.
> 
> 1. Create the slot using:
> Main Menu -> Manage slots -> Create a New Slot
> 
> 2. When creating the slot, check the radio button for "Instructor  
> assignable" in the Type row. Proceed through the remainder of the  
> screens and push the "Save" button on the last screen.
> 
> 3. Use Course Contents to display a listing of content in the course.
> 
> 4. Click on a resource for which you wish the preassigned slot to  
> apply (opening folders as necessary) in order to display the resource.
> 
> 5. Click on the "Modify parameter settings for this resource" link in  
> the Functions menu.
> 
> 6. In the "Additional Display Specification" table at the top of the  
> page, enter the username of a student to whom you wish to pre-assign  
> the time slot
> 
> 7. Click the "Update Parameter Display" button.
> 
> 8. In the appropriate "User <username> at Domain usask column (either  
> "for Enclosing Map or Folder" or "for Resource") click on the * for  
> the following rows:
> 
> (a)  Use slot based access controls [Part: 0] (useslots)
> (b)  Slots of availability [Part: 0] (available)
> 
> In the pop-up window for each  ...
> 
> for (a) choose one of the options:
> (i) Yes, and the scope of student selected slot is a single resource.
> (ii) Yes, and the scope of student selected slot is the enclosing  
> map/folder. When checking in, it applies to only one resource.
> (iii) 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.
> 
> For (b) enter the name of the slot created at step 1.
> 
> Click Save in each pop-up window.
> 
> 
> Steps 6 through 8 can be completed for additional students.
> 
> Alternatively, you could create a group which would contain all  
> students for whom the particular preassigned slot should apply using:
> 
> Groups (inline menu) -> Create a new group.
> 
> If you are using this group purely to assign parameters, then you can  
> leave the checkboxes for all the "Collaborative Tools" unchecked on  
> the group creation screen.  You will define criteria used to provide a  
> list of potential group members at step 3. "Build a list of users for  
> selection of group members". You will actually identify the group  
> members by checking the boxes at step 5 "Group membership".  Make sure  
> that the start and end dates for the group members encompass with the  
> time period when the preassigned time slot is to be used.
> 
> If you use a group to assign the slot, then at step 6 (above) you  
> would select the group name from the Group: dropdown list in the  
> Group/Section row in the "Additional Display Specification (optional)  
> table (then click "Update Parameter Display").  At step 8 (above) you  
> would click * for the appropriate column in the column set entitled:  
> "in Group <groupname>.
> 
> Note you could also use a section instead of a group, if all students  
> to whom the particular preassigned slot is to be assigned are in the  
> same section, and that slot should be assigned to all students in the  
> section.
> 
> 
> Stuart Raeburn
> LON-CAPA Academic Consortium
> 
> 
> Quoting Amos Lee <lee at math.usask.ca>:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have created some "schedulable_student" and some "preassigned" time
>> slots.  The "schedulable_student" time slots work just fine.  But I don't
>> know how to put students into the pre-assigned time slots. I don't see any
>> options of doing it. Am I missing something?
>>
>> Amos Lee
>> Univ of Sask
>>
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