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Applying extra time to online assessments using the Quiz activity
When setting up online assessments, you may need to provide for students with Central Exam Adjustments (CEAs). You can do this by setting up a user override for the individual students.
Going to the Overrides screen
Open the relevant Quiz and in its menu bar, click on More and then Overrides
In the Overrides screen, you can use a list of current overrides. Use the dropbox to switch between User overrides and Group overrides.
Adding a new user override
To add a new override, click on the Add user override button.
Use the search box to find and select the relevant student.
Change the settings so that they match the student’s requirements. For example, change the time limit to a higher limit.
When done, click on Save or Save and enter another override.
Adding user overrides when access restrictions are in place
There may be access restrictions enabled on the Quiz activity. Depending on the type of access restriction, this may cause the user overrides to be 'inactive’ and the list to appear greyed out.
What to do when the most commonly used access restrictions are enabled
Date restriction enabled - If you only have a date restriction in place, you don’t need to worry about the user override list being greyed out. Until the time and date of the date restriction are met, the user is seen by Moodle as not having the correct access and their override is counted as ‘inactive’. However, once the time and date of the restriction are met, the user will automatically have access and their override will become ‘active’.
Group restriction enabled - if you have a group restriction in place and the user override list appears greyed out, you should check that users in the user override list are members of the group(s) to which the Quiz activity is restricted. If they are not members of the appropriate group, adding them to the group should activate the override. If they are members of the appropriate group and the override remains inactive, it is likely that another access restriction is in place that is impacting on their access to the Quiz activity.
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