2013-04-02 Meeting Notes

Samigo Working Group
Meeting Information
Day/Time:   Monthly, Tuesdays  11am PT  / Noon MT / 2-3 ET / 18:00 UCT
Phone number : +1 812 856 7060; when prompted to "Enter the number you wish to dial," enter 225713#
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Sign In:
  • Andrea Schmidt
  • Lynn Ward
  • Jim Mezzanotte
  • Christine Doherty, Jackie Krueger, Karen Tsao, Keli Amann, Sylvia Lowden (Stanford)
  • Narasi Ramachandran
Agenda for April 2, 2013
  • security for quiz - username and pwd check on the fly as opposed to waiting till we click being assessment - this posses issues when using lockdown browser
  • student score for question and parts + table of contents issue
Here is the feedback to the designs in sam-2070

Availability
  • "Change submissions will be accepted until" from a two radio button option to a checkbox with title "accept late submissions until"
  • Move "number of submissions" here and make it more obvious that late submissions are only accepted if there were no prior submissions
  • "Close submission window now" to "Close Assessment Now"
  • Add "Close Assessment" to the action pulldowns (need to explore implications)
  • questioned the need to have a close assessment.
  • possibly drop "username" and only require "password," see bugs below
  • "Submissions, Grading and Feedback Access" will now be "Grading and Feedback Access"
  • Move "Submissions" off this page, see above
Overall
  • the accordion pattern might not be best one for Settings, as it is easy to ignore settings you might later find to be important, or make a change then not save it. If there were a next button, it would force saves. However, we also don't want to force users to look at seldom used settings. Keli will look for better way to do this.
  • Keli hoping others can volunteer to take on work, once designs are finalized. Jim said he would ask around.
Bugs related to this discussion
  • Narasi described a way that student part scores are visible even if feedback is never to be revealed (I am not describing it here, as it is a security problem). I think Lynn said she would follow up to see if there was a patch Ying could post as it was not contributed back, but I may be thinking of sam-1393 below. Narasi, I would recommend describing it directly to Karen, for now, rather than on list or in JIRA.
  • Narasi said that Username seems obsolete: all user apparently needs is correct Password --should we just use only Password, going forward? (Narasi, please write bug)
  • Narasi said that for timed assessments with additional security, the timer starts even if the user enters the wrong password. This is SAM-1393 and has been fixed for 2.9.
  • Narasi described the fact that timed assessments started immediately without giving users a chance to get the Respondus Lockdown Browser. Narasi, I would recommend either adding something to the Introduction or if you are using 2.9, there is a link in the Begin Assessment page called "Recommendations for students taking high-stakes tests or assignments" where you can give tips to students. Else, write a bug and describe the behavior you are hoping for.