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

[Stuart Raeburn]

Hi,

>    What is the difference between the following two parameters?
>
>   - Slots of availability
>   - Slots of availability selected by student
>

In parameters ...

"Slots of availability" is the parameter used to enter a  
colon-separated list of preassigned (i.e., instructor-assigned) slot  
names for slots which apply to the particular resource or folder.

"Slots of availability selected by student" will include a  
colon-separated list of student-schedulable slot names for slots which  
the student has reserved, which apply to the particular resource or  
folder.

You will note that in table mode, i.e.,

(a) Main Menu -> Modify parameter settings (due dates, etc) for  
resources and the course -> Edit Resource Parameters - Table Mode,

or:

(b) "Modify parameter settings for this resource" from te Functions  
menu when viewing a resource,

for the "Slots of availability selected by student" row there is no  
asterisk in any of the columns apart from the user-specific columns (  
"User <username> at Domain usask") displayed when in (a) "3 User  
Specification (optional)" or in (b) "Additional Display Specification  
(optional)" has been set for a specific user.

NOTE: the entry/entries entered in the textbox in the pop-up windows  
need to be slot names.  You can view the available slot names via:

Main Menu -> Manage slots (first column: "Slot Name").

They should *not* be integers corresponding to the number of slots, as  
you proposed.

In addition, you are not expected to enter anything in the "Slots of  
availability selected by student" parameter row.  One column will be  
populated when a student reserves a slot, for example by using Main  
Menu -> Manage reservations. That column is in the "User <username> at  
Domain usask" set of columns.

> 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]

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

In (B), I assume the names of the two instructor-assigned slots were  
slotone and slottwo.

Students will also be able to select any student-selectable slots you  
have created which are currently open for reservation.

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

(A) and (C) was set correctly, but (B) was not.

As regards working fine so far, I guess that conclusion rather depends  
on what you were trying to achieve, and also on what criteria you use  
to determine success in your use of slots.


Stuart Raeburn
LON-CAPA Academic Consortium


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

> 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