Just how long can a quiz take?
Wednesday, October 11th, 2006I was confused yesterday about when a student is actually denied access to an assessment, and what happens if a student starts an assessment, but does not complete it before the designated end time.
The help materials say: Disallow answer submission if time has expired: Allow only saved answers to be submitted after the assessment time has expired.
So in fact, any end time for a quiz has to be the “noted” end time PLUS the assessment time (duration). You can start any quiz one minute before it’s end, and then have the entire assessment time to finish it. And if the assessment time allowed is unlimited, then the quiz doesn’t ever have to end!
I make a suggestion to WebCT, since I find that confusing and misleading. I want students NOT to be able to answer anymore questions after the end time for the quiz.
In the meantime, to stop students from taking the test, I will have to open the quiz after the end time, and reset the assessment time to one minute to force a quit.