Adding the Groups Function to a Class

The Quest groups feature is useful for having different students in a class take quizzes and exams at different start times. This feature is turned on at the Quest system admin level per class.

Adding group features to a class

• Login in to https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/systemadmin/main?tab_0=users-a
• Go to the User tab, enter the instructor UT EID, and hit Find.
• Go to the course instructors tab, find the course unique needing the groups feature turned on, and click on the unique.
• In the address bar of the window will be the course ID number, please write this down - it will be after the following https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/institutionadmin/courses/show?course=xxxxxx
• Login in to https://lbtest.cns.utexas.edu/systemadmin/main?tab_0=users-a
  • Use the shortcuts drop down and select Instadmin.
    • Click on the appropriate organization. Most times it will be University of Texas or External Colleges/Universities.
    • Click on the courses tab, in the search field enter the course ID, and hit <return>.
    • Double click on the underlined course name.
  • A short cut approach is to use the link below and substitute the xxxxxx with the course ID and hit <return>
    https://lbtest.cns.utexas.edu/institutionadmin/courses/show?institution%5Bid%5D=1&course=xxxxxx&&tab_0=properties-a
    
  • Check the box Use student groups for dates and click Update.
  • A mesg stating update is complete should pop up. If it does not then redo.

Instructor instructions for setting up groups

Below is instructor information on for setting up groups of students in a class:

• Go to the instructor site (https://quest.cns.utexas.edu/instructor/courses​)​ and click on the course
• Define an "extra practice" group and put this student in it using the roster​
  • Go to the left triple bar and select Student Groups
  • Create group with the individual student(s) in it
• Create a new assignment and select the group the assignment is for
  • Go to the left triple bar and select New Assignment​​
  • Give a start date for the new group, but keep start date blank for the original course groups
    

Information to place in emails to instructors about groups

If you activate groups in the class, you can make a group with just the one student. When when you published the quiz, you can designate which group is a part of the quiz and only that group can see it. I've included some Quest wiki pages that might help explain this and other features in more detail.

• Quest Instructor wiki pages
  https://utexas.atlassian.net/wiki/display/questla/Instructors
• Online testing
  https://utexas.atlassian.net/wiki/display/questla/Online+testing

• Start time variances
  https://utexas.atlassian.net/wiki/display/questla/Start+time+variances
• Exam dashboard
  https://utexas.atlassian.net/wiki/display/questla/Exam+Dashboard
• Makeup exams
  https://utexas.atlassian.net/wiki/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=53099260