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

[Amos Lee]

Thanks, Stuart, for a detailed reply.  I'll test out a few things before
responding to your post.

So far, I've been relying solely on "student-schedulable" slots, and they
have worked OK for our intended purposes even though I have set the "slots
of availability" parameter wrong.

But I want to learn how to make use of an "instructor-assignable" slot
properly by putting students into the slot myself.

Amos Lee
Univ of Sask


On 09/09/2013 10:45 AM, Stuart Raeburn wrote:
> 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
> 
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