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Schedule an assignment

Jessica Anne Peper
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Your ability to perform these actions can depend on the privilege settings of your school.

After finalising your assignment, you are ready to schedule a timeslot.

To schedule an assignment, follow the steps below.

  1. Click your domain School name in the menu on the left.
  2. Click label_important Courses in the menu at the top.
  3. Select your course or use the search bar. 
  4. Select your assignment or use the search bar.
  5. Click settings Settings in the menu at the top.
  6. Click Dates and times in the menu on the left.
  7. The availability of the assignment can be set for all students or per group or class. Click the dropdown menu New timeslot and select the group. 
  8. Fill in the date, start time and end time of your assignment. 
  9. Click Save.

Note: if a student is part of more than 1 group, Ans will allow the student access to the test for the biggest timeslot available. For instance, if one of the timeslots is from 9:00 - 12:00 am and the second one is from 08:30 - 12:30, and the student is a member of both groups they will have access to the assignment from 08:30 - 12:30. This could be affected by setting a time limit, more information on that can be found below. From the student's point of view, they will only see that they continue having access to the assignment, they won't see multiple timeslots and/or have multiple attempts. 

Additional information

Access to the assignment

Students can only see and start the assignment if there is an allocated timeslot. If a timeslot has not yet been allocated, the students won't be able to see the assignment in the overview of the assignments.

Time limit

A time limit can be set for your assignment. When the start and end times are set at 09:00 and 12:00 respectively and the time limit is set at 120 minutes, the students are able to start the assignment between 09:00 and 12:00, with a maximum time limit of 120 minutes. The student is not able to submit any more answers after 12:00, even if the time limit isn't reached yet.

If the student exits the assignment without clicking submit, the time limit will continue to count down. If the time limit expires, the assignment will be submitted automatically.

Extra time

If students are entitled to extra time, it is recommended to create a group for students with the right to extra time. A specific time can be set for this group and a default time can be set for all other students. Please note that if the beta feature 'Extra time' is enabled for your school, the group 'students with the right to extra time' will be created automatically for each course. A timeslot for this group still needs to be created in order for these students to receive extra time. 

lightbulb_outline You have the option to limit the ability to start the assignment after a certain time. To do this, go to the Taking page and deselect the Participants may start the assignment option.

error_outline Ans checks two times every hour if the deadline has passed or if the time limit has expired. However, this does not mean that students can submit answers after the deadline as this will automatically trigger the result to be submitted.

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