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Activation of assessment for CCNA Security course
to have an activation tool for more than one assessment
1 voteHi again!
We just tested this and the Activation Tool is available in the course we created and we were able to batch activate all of the exams. There may have been something happening when the course was created, I’m not sure. My suggestion is to try to create another CCNA Security course to see if the Activation Tool is there. If it isn’t, please let me know.
Thank you!
Kimberly -
Automatically graded Packet Tracer Skills Exam
For each CCNA-Routing and Switching course, you have provided Packet Tracer Practice Skills Exam which is automatically graded after the students click "submit" button.
Could you please consider to provide a Packet Tracer Skills Exam which is automatically graded when the students click "submit" button?
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better viewing of all acitve exams
Previous version allowed us to see all active exams at once. I don't have time to look at each individual exam - as I have to now.
4 votesHi Emmett,
This is available in the Activation Tool. Click on Manage Activations and you will be able to view Current and Expired Activations.
Please let me know if you have additional questions.
Thanks,
Kimberly -
2 votes
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It would be nice to copy assignments and announcements individually to other classes
I can now copy individual quizzes from class to class but would be helpful to copy other items like assignments and announcements.
I teach 4 different classes and currently have to enter in the same assignment 4 times.8 votes -
Allow printing of instructor authored quizzes.
Often I have students with accommodations and they may have to take an exam that I have authored in a different location than my classroom on a different date. I would like the opportunity to print it out so that I can supply them the hardcopy. This way I do not have to rely on the Internet or proctoring issues when it is a closed book exam.
Now I can only copy it from the browser, paste into Word and then do extensive editing.
1 voteHi Lorraine,
I asked about this and here is what I found out:
Printing Quizzes is something that Canvas did not design for. See https://help.instructure.com/entries/20339402-Ability-to-Print-a-Quiz-Easily.However, a quiz can be printed as a PDF. You can download any Print to PDF software you choose. The person I asked uses Primo PDF, but there are many other free ones.
1. Open Quiz.
2. Click Take Quiz.
3. Right Click on the Quiz (anywhere).
4. Click Print.
5. Select your PDF printer.
It is not ideal, but doable.I hope this helps!
Thanks,
Kimberly -
1 vote
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Show activation status, dates/times when an exam is active
Today a student asked when the 7 day activation window would end. There seemed to be no way to find out. When clicking an active exam the window should show something similar to "This exam will expire at 2:00 hours on 12 September, 2013".
Better yet, there should be a single spread sheet showing all exams in column 1, activation start in col 2, activation end in col 3, time limit in col 4.
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Improve assess to assessments
Previously we could print out an entire module assessment which was really useful to an instructor for preparation (take it away and go through all the questions etc). Now you can only access one question at a time. To print out all questions would take a considerable amount of time - can we have the previous functionality back please?
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Password protection on exams
It would be nice to be able to set a password for exams. I like to schedule my exams in advance for each class so I don't take classtime to do this. However, if one or more students do not show up for class, they still have access to the exam. I have had students take the exam outside of class and I don't want them to be able to do this. Setting a password would monitor this in that only the students who show up for class would be given the password. This is possible in most LMS systems…
6 votesHi Carolyn, This is from the Assessment team….This is a great suggestion. We can add it to our future enhancement list. However, in the meantime, you can go into the exam either from Assignments or the Activation Tool, click Manage Activations, select the specific exam form, select the Students tab and click “Deactivate” for the particular student on the day of the exam. This will accomplish the same result.
Thank you,
Kimberly -
Change settings after an assignment is done
I think it is good that an instructor can change the settings of an assignment after the students have taken the assignments.
Especially there should be a possibility that the settings of Student Item Feedback and Student View Correct Answer could be changed.Second: a refresh button on the grade pages should be welcome
Regards,
Ronald.1 vote -
Assessments - Upper header frame far too large
When taking an exam, the upper frame takes up nearly 20% of the page. This makes it difficult to enlarge the question.
Allow the user to resize frames, or at least shrink the top header to minimal size.
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Instructors taking assessments
I was always able to take the tests in the Academy. I found this very convenient as it helped me keep my skills up to date. I cannot do this in Netspace. I was told to create a new student and then use that "dummy" student to take the tests. I would much rather just be able to take the tests as an administrator.
212 votesThe Assessment Viewer is the only solution we are able to offer at this time in order to view exams. If you want to see if the exam is active for your students you will be able to use the ‘Manage Activations’ page or create a test student account to enroll into your course.
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Multiple versions of SBA
In the past, there were two versions of the SBA, but only one (A) in ITN. Is there a plan for adding another one and will there be one or two for the other courses.
thx1 vote -
Multiple activation
Allow Instructors to set multiple exams activation
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Inform Instructors of Expiring Assessment Activations
I activate the formative (Chapter) assessments for the maximum amount of time. I typically forget when they are set to expire, and students must remind me when they are unable to access an assessment.
It would be a wonderful feature if I were to have the Activation Option of receiving an email or Netspace Canvas Inmail whenever an assessment was about to expire.
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Permit exceptions to Assignment deadlines
This is really a request for the same capability for Assignments that we already have for Assessments. In Assessments, I can create a special activation for one or more students. I would like to have this same ability for Assignments that I create.
Thanks!
Albert1 vote -
Activation Tool for ITN Exam 11
The activation tool should include also ITN exam 11 (not only 1 - 10).
3 votesHi Pascal,
After further testing, a glitch was discovered. Telethia Willis will be contacting you via e-mail to get you an updated chapter exam link. Thank you for your post!
Best,
Kimberly -
Deactivate ALL activations when a course is deleted
If you activate exams in a class and then need to delete the class for whatever reason, the activations still remain active. This creates 'Inactive' status in another class once created. It would be nice to have all activations automatically deactivated when a course is deleted.
39 votesPlease review the FAQ in Cisco NetSpace FAQs and Tutorials resources titled “Bulk Assessment Deactivation”
-NetAcad Support
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Be consistent about language preference
I just activated three exams (for a single class). Two had English as the last choice in the list.
One had English as the first choice.The local language should always appear first. (and always in the same position)
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