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A: Yes, absolutely. In order to do this set the (start date/due date during the full window you'd like students to be able to take the exam. Then enter in the time limit. Once a student proceeds off of the initial instruction slide of the learning module their timer will start; at the end of the expired time they will be prevented from accessing their exam any more (even if the window the assignment is open is still in duration). Students will not have access to the exam after the due time, so if they started late they may not finish. (For example, if you set an exam to go from 2-4pm, and a student started at 3:55pm, they would get cut off after 5 minutes of working on their exam.)
Q: Is the functionality of the start/due date times and time limit redundant?
A: It depends–if the start/due date time is the full amount of time alloted for the exam, yes it is redundant. If the start/due date times offer a wider window during which students can access the exam, the time limit will be the limiting element and the two elements are not redundant.
For example, if the
Start: 9:30 a.m.
Due: 11:00 a.m.
time limit: 90 minutes
the time limit doesn't matter, because the full window was the full time limit. If a wider window was offered to students (say, start: 9am; due: noon; time limit 90 minutes) then the time limit would matter--in such a case students could log in anytime between 9am-noon and access the exam. For those who started their exam between 9-10:30, they would have a full 90 minutes to complete it, and then be timed out. For those starting after 10:30am, they will have until noon to submit answers (we saw that they may still be 'in' the exam but all submission boxes are grayed out preventing further input). Even if someone started at 11:50am, they would stop being able to enter in answers at noon, because that is when the assignment is due.
Q: Some of my students have extended time accommodations. Can this be accounted for?
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