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Who Will
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Be Affected
LEARN received an update that changed the available options for timing in Quizzes (only affects quizzes with time limits) for those open/submitted between 9:00 PM EDT on July 27, 2023 and 1:00 PM EDT on July 28, 2023. The changes with the most significant impact are noted here. Note, this change will be fully implemented in August. Exact date/time to be confirmed.
This issue WILL NOT affect you and will not impact your students if:
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any timed quizzes that were open as of 9:00 PM EDT on Thursday, July 27 or later, and the Grace Period was greater than zero (0).
students who took the quiz during the impacted period would not receive the same grace period as their classmates who took the quiz before or after the impacted period.
at the end of the time limit, the quiz would have automatically submitted (previously students still had to click the "Submit" button even if they could not make changes to answers).
any timed quizzes that were open as of 9:00 PM EDT on Thursday, July 27 or later and modified the Grace Period in Special Access for any students.
if the grace period was used for accommodations, students would have lost that time and would not have received appropriate accommodations.
What action do you need to take
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Review quizzes that were open as of 9:00 pm on July 27 to see if there were any quizzes started or submitted between 9:00 PM EDT on July 27 and 1:00 PM EDT on July 28.
Check if any submissions were for students who had accommodations via Special Access settings or the Accommodations tool.
If the quiz was submitted BEFORE the time limit expired, there should be no issue.
If the quiz time limit expired and the quiz was auto-submitted, it is worth investigating further to determine if there was a negative impact to the student, especially if they had accommodations via Special Access.
How to determine if your students were impacted by the quiz timing change
Students affected would have completed their quiz between 9:00pm EDT on July 27 and 1:00pm EDT on July 28. To identify students with an alternative grace period in a Quiz, determine which quizzes were open during the above time frame and you can either export a report or visually scan for submissions depending on the number of students and quizzes affected.
To visually scan the submissions, go to the quizzes page, click the down arrow to the right of the quiz title and choose Grade from the list of options available and once the page reloads, visually scan for submissions during the time frame.
To export a report of submissions during the time frame, click on Reports in your course navbar to go to the reports page.
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Once on the reports page, click on the Select a Report option and choose Quizzes from the list of options. Enter a description for the report and choose the specific quiz from the list of quizzes available and click Submit Report.
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Filter the excel report to identify students who completed their quiz during the time frame in question.
Next, you will need to determine if any students who completed their quiz during the time frame were provided with an alternative Grace Period. To see this, go to the quiz and click the edit option from the list of options available from the down arrow to the right of the quiz title.
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Once on the quiz edit page, click on the arrow to expand the Availability Dates & Conditions arrow then click on the Manage Special Access link.
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Once in Special access, look for the grace period icon to determine if any of your students were provided an alternative grace period.
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Contact learnhelp@uwaterloo.ca if you require assistance with identifying students who may have been impacted by the quiz timing changes. |
Grace Period Removed
If you used the “Enforced Time Limit” setting in your Quiz previously, the Grace Period field in the new timing settings has been completely removed. This means that any Grace Period of 1 min or more (extra time) has been eliminated and when the time limit for the quiz expires, students will not have any extra time to submit (i.e. the “grace period”).
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