Quite frankly guys and gals I'd be demanding my money back if this was a
microsoft product - we are in the game of assessing students and need
reliable software. What do the product purveyors say about this issue?
regards,
Kim Feldmesser
Brighton Uni.
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From: "Kate Boardman" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: BB assessment question
> Interesting you should bring this up.
>
> I've got a few problems with the gradebook which might be linked.
> Students who say they were thrown out of a quiz now can't get back in
> again, but when you go to the gradebook to clear the attempt there's no
> attempt listed, so I've had to tell the instructor to try allowing
> multiple attempts for a while. Interestingly, one of the common features
> heard in the student complaints was that it gave them errors when going
> to the next page, so I checked and this is also a test marked as single
> questionat a time. Haven't yet managed to recreate it, but there was a
> sizeable number saying it was a problem.
>
> I've also got a case where the padlock doesn't let you view the attempt,
> only clear it, even if you have submitted a number of answers. I guess
> it might do this if it hadn't registered an attempt at all (though
> there'd be no need to clear it either).
>
> no answers, though, sorry!
>
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>
> Jordan, Spencer wrote:
>
>> I was wondering whether anyone has seen this . . .
>>
>> 81 students taking summative assessment in blackboard (55 questions).
>> When it comes to look at the marks, it appears that four students have
>> padlock symbol with no answers submitted for any of the questions! The
>> students are adament they submitted responses to each question; the
>> test was set to 'one question at time' so any responses should have
>> been recorded as they progressed through the test. The responses of
>> these four students appear to have disappeared into the Bb ether.
>>
>> Any suggestions welcome.
>>
>> Spencer, UWIC
>> (Bb version 6.1.5.5, App Pack 1)
>>
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