Purpose
This article explains how the quiz override feature lets you open or reopen a quiz for a specific student without affecting the original dates and settings.
Example
You can reopen a quiz for a student who missed a deadline without having to open it for the whole class. You can set up a quiz override for a student who requires an accommodation of additional time.
Procedure
Click the arrow to the left of the title to open each section
Basic Settings
Basic Settings
Click on the quiz title on your course page.
Click the More dropdown menu and choose Overrides.
Click the Add user override button.
Click on the small down arrow in the Search box and choose the student you want to grant the override settings.
When you’ve selected the student, the name should appear above the search box.
Update settings such as date ranges, time limit, and the number of attempts allowed. You can require the student to enter a password, but you can opt to leave that blank if you wish.
Click the Save button to finish.
Choose, Save and enter another override if you want to create an override for additional students. That’s it; you’re done!
Notify the student to explain what their new responsibilities are for this assignment.
Allow Student to “Build on last attempt”
Allow Student to “Build on last attempt”
This allows you to retrieve a student's partially completed quiz or exam, so they can continue without losing answered questions. It can be used if a student was not able to complete a quiz because of a lost internet connection or other circumstances.
This will allow you to retrieve previously answered questions for the student.
Additional User Override Setting
Return to your quiz settings menu.
Attempts allowed must be changed to 2 (or more). This won’t work if you leave it at 1.
Under Grade, set Grading Method to Highest grade.
Click Show more… under Question Behavior to open up additional options.
! Change Each attempt builds on the last to “Yes.”
This is important. It will retrieve the results of previously answered questions, so that the student can continue from there.
Click Save and return to course at the bottom of the page.
That’s it - you’re done! Notify the student to explain what their new responsibilities are for this assignment.
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