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We believe this is solved and any remaining 'timed out' messages is due to teh the amount of time actually running dry. Please do let us know (questhelp@austin.utexas.edu) if you see cases where errant timeout messages are occurring.
- Make dynamic countdown timer visible to students.
Great idea, in the works, we hope to have something out soon (early May?).
Under consideration:
- It would be great if in a future version, that students could change the answers after entering them (or at least put in preliminary answers that are saved and then submit everything at the end).
- Along these lines--having buttons reading something like: "[Back] [Save and Continue] [Save] [Continue without saving]" could help mitigate issues from students not reading directions
- (why is this important? --) Students may want to recheck their work and realize that they have made a mistake before the end of the exam. In this case, they should be able to change their answers. Of course, the new answer may be incorrect but it should be their choice.
- It also is not really ideal for students to wait until they are sure of their answer before submitting them since it is possible that they may run out of time. Permitting them to change their answers after the submission will help them avoid rushing and making mistakes unnecessarily.
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Teaching students to fully check their work before clicking the submit answer button, and stressing to them that at that point their response is immutable is recommended at this time.
- Improve finishing endtag. At the end, it says something to the effect that "Your answers are submitted." Maybe we should add "You may close the browser window and log out of quest".
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The default behavior for test mode is to not release solutions. Right now there is a bug and solutions aren't displaying at all; we're working on it and hope to have a fix out in ~ the next week (ie ~4/15)soon.
Student facing
- Are units needed on numeric free response?
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- Can I wait and submit all my answers at the end?
That approach is really not recommended, although yes, it is possible. The timer cutoff is not well signposted and one could easily lose points from not entering answers in that you are all prepared to. Quest staff is usually available at the start of exams for monitoring and troubleshooting as well, as we have a vested interest in ensuring all goes smoothly.