As TAs you have the same features available to you as the professor, your access will just end when the semester closes, so please peruse the Instructor help pages for all the classics, like:
Assignment solutions
Question Search (and bulk exporting/importing questions)
Choosing the best Assignment for your Purpose
Student Late Submit queries
Exam timers and late submits (both may be needed)
Link Quest and Canvas so grades are sent automatically
Encourage Student Studying via Custom Reviews
Review someone's webcam proctoring for an exam
The Quest team is here to help support you with any Quest related concerns, set up, or familiarity tutorials–feel free to send us a note at questhelp@austin.utexas.edu (the best during these Fall 2020 pandemic times), call 512.232.1076, or (by appointment only during Covid times) drop by PMA (RLM) 15.320G (post pandemic). We want to hear from you and make your lives easier, and your input helps shape features that are
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If you have suggestions you'd like to see here please let us know! We are always improving and your input is essential to grow in meaningful ways!
Basics
Tools on how to create a new Assignment, copy from other's material (you will need to first be added as an importer or additional instructor), check how often the question has been used at your institution (using a history tab). Additional information on assignments found here.
If you and your lead instructor are using Canvas as your gradebook, please follow these steps to automatically link assignments and grades so they are automatically synchronized between Quest and Canvas. If you'd like other methods to export student grades, instructions on how to do so found here.
Communicating with Students: you can post class announcements, or if you need to just let a few students know something, you can grab their email off the roster (on the left side bar). This could take a few steps out using Canvas as the communication run around.
Due to order and number randomization, students may be different homework assignments. working on the same question will likely have different numbers in the problem. You can access a specific student's homework a few ways:
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Can I adjust my student's grades? Yes, look here, and make sure you're in communication with your professor as to what is and is not within your responsibilities and duty.
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Student eids may need to be reconciled in the Quest system. If you notice that in Canvas there is one name/eid and in Quest another, please confirm with the student that they have more than one UT eid, and have reconciled them, and send us a note (questhelp@austin.utexas.edu) to do the same (unfortunately it isn't already automatic).
For online tests:
Go through this checklist well before the exam to make sure everything is covered.
Use the exam dashboard to monitor your students in real time while taking the test.
If needing to reset time after the test has already closed, please navigate to the assignment, on the left side bar: answer key, select the student, and click the reset timer button. The student will still need a late submit to access the assignment.
For bubblesheet tests:
We are here to help ensure your process of printing (optional) and scanning bubblesheets for exams. Please consult these pages to print and scan bubblesheets–there is a scanner in the Quest office PMA (RLM) 15.320G (open 9:30-5:30, M-F), as well as in the math departmental office (PMA 8th floor, east hallway, 8-5pm, closed noon-1pm, M-F)
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Review the statistics of an assignment by clicking on "Statistics" in the left side bar. Histograms of grade distributions await! More info on statistics Quest provides here.
