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The following instructions apply only to quizzes created in New Quizzes.
NOTE: The Quiz Extensions tool, which is used in Classic Quizzes to extend time or give extra attempts for students on all timed assessments, does not work with New Quizzes. If you currently use the Quiz Extension tool and have a course with a very large enrollment, you may continue to use Classic Quizzes. The steps below allow instructors to perform a similar task within New Quizzes.
New Quizzes does allow instructors to extend time for a student for all quizzes in a course at one time. Instructors do not need to repeat this process for quizzes added after this step has been completed. The extension will automatically apply to any future quizzes created in New Quizzes.
Adjust the quiz availability window
The amount of time that a quiz is open for students is determined by the availability window set by the instructor. For example, if the quiz is only available from 10-11 am, it will close at 11 am for everyone.
The first step in extending time for a student is to adjust the availability window of a quiz to ensure that all students will have enough time to complete the quiz with their extended time. In the example above, if your original time for the quiz was from 10-11 am, and you have students who require an accommodation of 1.5 or double time, you will need to extend the quiz availability to 10 am-12 pm. Extending the availability window does not give additional time to other students to complete the quiz. Once a student begins taking a quiz, they will have the total time to complete the quiz as established for them by the instructor in the quiz settings.
Steps to increase quiz availability in New Quizzes
- When creating a new quiz, scroll down the quiz details page to the Assign field.
- Enter the time and date when the quiz will become available to all students in the Available from field.
- Enter the date and time when the quiz will close for all students in the Until field, making sure that this allows for all extended time accommodations.
Extend time or add attempts for one student for all quizzes in a course
In New Quizzes, instructors can extend time or add attempts for a specific student for all quizzes in a course at one time. These steps will need to be completed for each student who requires extended time or additional attempts.
Extending time for a student in all quizzes in a course is done using the “time limit multiplier” in New Quizzes.
- Access your course space and select Quizzes from the Navigation menu.
- Select the name of the quiz of interest. Select Build.
- Select the Moderate tab at the top of the screen:
- From the roster of names, locate the name of the student for whom you want to add time or attempts. Select the pencil icon.
- Select the dropdown menu under Time adjustments. To add academic accommodations for this student that extend time for all quizzes in this course, select Time limit multiplier.
- Enter the time extension for this student. For example, for an extended time accommodation of time and a half, enter 1.50. Then select Save.
- The student roster is now displayed, with extended time accommodations for specific students listed in the Accommodations column.
Remember that these instructions are only for assessments created in New Quizzes. To extend time in assessments created in Classic Quizzes, instructors should continue to use the Quiz Extensions tool.
Extend time or add attempts for one student for one quiz in a course
New Quizzes also allows instructors to extend time or add attempts for specific student(s) in just one specific quiz in a course.
- Access your course space, then select the Quizzes link in the Navigation menu.
- Select the name of the quiz of interest. Select Build.
- Select the Moderate tab at the top of the screen.
- Find the name of the student you want to add time or attempts for. Select the Moderate button.
- Select the dropdown menu under Time adjustments. To add academic accommodations for this student that extends time for this specific quiz, select Give additional time.
- Enter the extra time this student should receive on this quiz.
- Select X to close the dialog window, and the extra time will now be displayed for this student in the Accommodations window.
Remember that these instructions are only for assessments created in New Quizzes. To extend time in assessments created in Classic Quizzes, instructors may continue to use the Quiz Extensions tool.
Contact itaccessibility@umd.edu if you need assistance extending time in New Quizzes.