Wednesday, January 11, 2012

How to let students take a test many times.

QUESTION
After students take a quiz, whether they do well or not, their name disappears from the list so they cannot take it again.  I don't want them to advance to the next level until they are proficient so I have leveled tests. However, is it possible for them to remain on the list until they are proficient or forever?  If yes, how do I make that happen?


ANSWER

  On your "See Tests" page in your teacher account, you can click on a
test name to configure specific options for a test.  One of the
options is to Save all grades OR to Save grades greater or equal than
a certain score.  If you set the required score to 100 (or any grade >
0) then students will have to retake the test until they achieve the
required score.
  When you set a minimum required score, the grades which are lower
than your required score will not appear in your grades table.
However, you can view these discarded grades.  If you check a test on
the "See Tests" page and click the "Grades" button, you'll see a
report of all the grades for that test.  If some grades were discarded
because they did not meet the minimum score, you'll see a "Discarded
grades" link, which takes you to a similar report, but one which shows
you a report of all the discarded grades.  You can also choose to
accept any of the discarded grades and move it from the discarded to
the saved category.
  Alternatively, you can also delete a grade in the grades table
(click on Edit, select the grade, then click Erase).  Once a grade is
deleted for a test, the student's name will reappear in the list for
testing.

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