Time zone of an assigned quiz

QUESTION

What time zone is used on the website for the quizzes?

ANSWER

The time zone currently set on the teacher's computer when the teacher sets a quiz's "assigned" date/time is used to determine the exact starting time, or expiration time, of a quiz.

For example:

If a teacher is in Hawaii, and the teacher's clock is set for the Hawaiian time zone at the time the teacher defines a quiz date and time, for example 8:00 AM on November 1, then that date and time is interpreted to be 8:00 AM on November 1 in Hawaii. Thus students in other time zones, such as the US East or Europe would not be able to begin testing until it was 8:00 AM in Hawaii. A student who is in London does not have access to the quiz at 8:00 AM in London, but must wait for the time to be 8:00 AM in Hawaii.

The same is true for quiz expiration times. If a teacher's computer clock indicates the teacher's time zone to be "Los Angeles" when setting an expiration time of 23:59 on December 31, the quiz expires when the time is 23:59 on December 31 in Los Angeles. A student in London would still be able to complete the quiz on the early morning of January 1, since the time in Los Angeles is used to determine the date.

WHAT TEACHERS SEE

All users see a quiz's assignment and expiration dates according to the time zone reported by the browser wherever they are currently using their computer or phone. If a teacher working in New York defines a quiz's expiration to be 9:00 PM on January 1, but then travels to Paris, the expiration date the teacher sees will change to 3:00 AM on January 2 (provided that the teacher's device's time zone has been adjusted to Paris). Nevertheless, students in New York will continue to see an expiration date of 9:00 PM on January 1. That's because 9:00 PM in New York is the same moment in time as 3:00 AM in Paris.

WHAT IF A STUDENT COMPUTER'S CLOCK OR TIME ZONE IS WRONG?

ThatQuiz ignores student computer clocks and time zones. The only data point which affects an assignment or expiration date and time is the time zone of the teacher's computer at the moment the date is set.

WHAT IF A TEACHER'S COMPUTER CLOCK IS WRONG?

ThatQuiz generally trusts its own clock over any clock on a user device. Nevertheless it is recommended to maintain a reasonably correct time on your device. Most computers and phones do this automatically.

WHAT IF A TEACHER'S TIME ZONE IS WRONG?

ThatQuiz trusts the time zone reported by the teacher's device regardless of whether it is right or wrong. If a teacher's computer or phone has an incorrect time zone configuration, for example reporting Tokyo when in fact the teacher and the teacher's students are in San Francisco, then the assignment and expiration times of quizzes will be incorrect for San Francisco.

WHAT IF I'M STILL WORRIED ABOUT QUIZZES APPEARING AT THE CORRECT TIME?

You can always manually control a quiz's appearance. Set a quiz's assignment date to "Not yet". It will be hidden from students. Then, at whatever moment you want to begin testing, set its assignment date to "Today". This makes the test immediately available to everyone regardless of any time zone or clock inaccuracies.

WHAT IF I'M STILL WORRIED ABOUT QUIZZES EXPIRING AT THE CORRECT TIME?

You can always manually expire a quiz. When you want a quiz to expire, set its expiration date to "Yesterday". This means that no new students will be allowed to load and begin the quiz, regardless of inaccuracies with any computer's time zone or clock. Students who have already begun the quiz are allowed to continue the quiz even though it is now expired.

Number of student attempts

 QUESTION

I was wondering does ThatQuiz show the number of attempts each students does on an assessment if I set a grade requirement?

ANSWER

Yes. These are called discarded grades and are visible on the grade report.

How are exams ordered on the grades page?

QUESTION

How are exams ordered on the grades page?

ANSWER (Using a web browser, not a mobile phone)

When you open "Grades", exams are ordered from oldest (left side) to newest (right side).

The order depends on when the last student finished an exam.

If an exam is given on Monday, but one student completes the exam later on Friday, then Friday's date is used to determine the order of the test on the grades page.

You can change the time period to only see grades recorded in a certain period.

Use the "Time period" box in the upper left hand corner of the page.

Choose "Other" for the time period and select the dates which interest you.

Step by step quiz sharing with another teacher

 QUESTION

How can I share tests with another teacher?

ANSWER

First:

1. Use the "Share" item under "Other tests" in your menu.

2. Enter the other teacher's login or email under "Share your tests with another teacher" and click "Add".

3. You should see her login appear under "Recipients"

Tips:

- Recipients automatically see all the tests which are in your "Design" area.

- If you want to share tests from a class, on the "Share" page, click the "Classes" button in the upper right hand corner. Check the classes whose tests you want to share. Tests alone, not grades or students, are shared.

Next:

1. Have the teacher you are sharing with click "Share" in the menu.

2. Your login or email should appear under "Donors" for the teacher you've shared with.

3. The teacher who wants to copy your test should click on your login under "Donors".

4. Your Design area tests are now visible for copying.

5. If you've shared a specific class, the recipient can also select the class by name under the drop down select box containing your login or email address.

Sharing an account

 QUESTION

I have a co-teacher this year and would like to share through my account so that we both see the data from our students.

Is this available and I am just not seeing it?

ANSWER

The "Share" item in your menu allows you to share exams with other teacher accounts, but it doesn't share anything about your students or their grades.

We would recommend changing the email address on your account to a shared email address, for example something like some-shared-account@gmail.com and sharing this account with your co-teacher. You can change the email address for your account under "Account info" in the menu.

If both you and your co-teacher know the email address and password, you'll both be able to access the account. Either one of you could later change the account email address back to a personal account if, in the future, the account no longer needed to be shared.

Another option is to add your own teacher account info to the co-teacher's mobile phone or tablet using the ThatQuiz mobile app. Once enrolled, your password is not visible to the co-teacher, but all of your ThatQuiz account info (classes, exams, students) are permanently accessible and controllable (create, delete, etc) from the co-teacher's device. Remember that once a teacher account is added to a device, however, that account remains on the device as long as the device owner wants it there. So, even if your co-teacher were no longer your co-teacher next year, he or she would still have complete access.

How can I send a quiz from the app?

QUESTION

How can I send a quiz from the app?

ANSWER

If your students are using mobile phones or tablets to test, you should have the students scan their student QR code with their devices. From then on, every test you assign is automatically available on the student's device, without "sending" it.

Or, if your students are using a web browser, you could send them the URL of their class home page. Log into your account on a computer, and click "Edit class" in your menu to see the URL of the class home page. The class home page gives all students an entry point to all of their assigned tests.

Or, send an email to your students with the test code for a test you've created. The test code is composed of eight letters or digits. Something like "A9XMR1TL". It appears for each test in the list of assignments.

How to move tests to a folder

QUESTION

Please tell me how to open a folder in my account to organize files. 

ANSWER

Within a class, you can create folders for filing tests.

1. First, select the tests you want to move to a folder.

2. Second, click the icon of a folder with a + on it, to the far left of all the other buttons.

3. Third, type in a name for the folder

4. Fourth, press Enter / Return or click on the new folder icon.

This creates a new folder and moves your selected tests to that folder.