Thanks, Stuart, for a detailed reply. I'll test out a few things before responding to your post.
So far, I've been relying solely on "student-schedulable" slots, and they have worked OK for our intended purposes even though I have set the "slots of availability" parameter wrong. But I want to learn how to make use of an "instructor-assignable" slot properly by putting students into the slot myself. Amos Lee Univ of Sask On 09/09/2013 10:45 AM, Stuart Raeburn wrote: > Hi, > >> What is the difference between the following two parameters? >> >> - Slots of availability >> - Slots of availability selected by student >> > > In parameters ... > > "Slots of availability" is the parameter used to enter a > colon-separated list of preassigned (i.e., instructor-assigned) slot > names for slots which apply to the particular resource or folder. > > "Slots of availability selected by student" will include a > colon-separated list of student-schedulable slot names for slots which > the student has reserved, which apply to the particular resource or > folder. > > You will note that in table mode, i.e., > > (a) Main Menu -> Modify parameter settings (due dates, etc) for > resources and the course -> Edit Resource Parameters - Table Mode, > > or: > > (b) "Modify parameter settings for this resource" from te Functions > menu when viewing a resource, > > for the "Slots of availability selected by student" row there is no > asterisk in any of the columns apart from the user-specific columns ( > "User <username> at Domain usask") displayed when in (a) "3 User > Specification (optional)" or in (b) "Additional Display Specification > (optional)" has been set for a specific user. > > NOTE: the entry/entries entered in the textbox in the pop-up windows > need to be slot names. You can view the available slot names via: > > Main Menu -> Manage slots (first column: "Slot Name"). > > They should *not* be integers corresponding to the number of slots, as > you proposed. > > In addition, you are not expected to enter anything in the "Slots of > availability selected by student" parameter row. One column will be > populated when a student reserves a slot, for example by using Main > Menu -> Manage reservations. That column is in the "User <username> at > Domain usask" set of columns. > >> Say, I want to have 5 slots available for students to select, and 2 >> slots for instructors to assign. How should the following three parameters >> be set when viewed from "Edit Resource Parameters - Table Mode"? >> >> (A) Use slot based access controls (useslots) [map_map] >> (B) Slots of availability (available) [7] >> (C) Slots of availability selected by student (availablestudent) [empty] > > (A) Use slot based access controls (useslots) [map_map] > (B) Slots of availability (available) slotone:slottwo > (C) Slots of availability selected by student (availablestudent) empty > > In (B), I assume the names of the two instructor-assigned slots were > slotone and slottwo. > > Students will also be able to select any student-selectable slots you > have created which are currently open for reservation. > >> And it seems to have worked fine so far. Did I do something wrong in >> setting (A), (B) or (C)? > > (A) and (C) was set correctly, but (B) was not. > > As regards working fine so far, I guess that conclusion rather depends > on what you were trying to achieve, and also on what criteria you use > to determine success in your use of slots. > > > Stuart Raeburn > LON-CAPA Academic Consortium > > > Quoting Amos Lee <l...@math.usask.ca>: > >> Thanks, Stuart. >> >> I got lost somewhere in Step 8. I am not seeing 8(a) and 8(b) listed in the >> column for the demo student I am testing with. Maybe I don't understand >> some of the slot parameters correctly and had set some of themwrong >> beforehand. >> >> What is the difference between the following two parameters? >> >> - Slots of availability >> - Slots of availability selected by student >> >> >> Say, I want to have 5 slots available for students to select, and 2 >> slots for instructors to assign. How should the following three parameters >> be set when viewed from "Edit Resource Parameters - Table Mode"? >> >> (A) Use slot based access controls (useslots) [map_map] >> (B) Slots of availability (available) [7] >> (C) Slots of availability selected by student (availablestudent) [empty] >> >> >> I would set (A) to [map_map]. I would generally set (B) to 7 (where 7 >> is the maximum number of slots that I would need--student_selectable ones >> plus instructor assignable ones)--even though I don't really know how to >> use instructor assignable slots yet. And then left (C) as empty. >> >> And it seems to have worked fine so far. Did I do something wrong in >> setting (A), (B) or (C)? >> >> Does (B) - (A) equal to the number of instructor assignable slots? >> >> Should I have set (B) to 7 and set (C) to 5 instead? >> >> >> Amos Lee >> Univ of Sask >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On 04/09/2013 5:53 PM, Stuart Raeburn wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>>> ... But I don't >>>> know how to put students into the pre-assigned time slots. I don't see any >>>> options of doing it. Am I missing something? >>> >>> The procedure for putting students into "Instructor-assigned" (also >>> termed "preassigned") time slots is as follows. >>> >>> 1. Create the slot using: >>> Main Menu -> Manage slots -> Create a New Slot >>> >>> 2. When creating the slot, check the radio button for "Instructor >>> assignable" in the Type row. Proceed through the remainder of the >>> screens and push the "Save" button on the last screen. >>> >>> 3. Use Course Contents to display a listing of content in the course. >>> >>> 4. Click on a resource for which you wish the preassigned slot to >>> apply (opening folders as necessary) in order to display the resource. >>> >>> 5. Click on the "Modify parameter settings for this resource" link in >>> the Functions menu. >>> >>> 6. In the "Additional Display Specification" table at the top of the >>> page, enter the username of a student to whom you wish to pre-assign >>> the time slot >>> >>> 7. Click the "Update Parameter Display" button. >>> >>> 8. In the appropriate "User <username> at Domain usask column (either >>> "for Enclosing Map or Folder" or "for Resource") click on the * for >>> the following rows: >>> >>> (a) Use slot based access controls [Part: 0] (useslots) >>> (b) Slots of availability [Part: 0] (available) >>> >>> In the pop-up window for each ... >>> >>> for (a) choose one of the options: >>> (i) Yes, and the scope of student selected slot is a single resource. >>> (ii) Yes, and the scope of student selected slot is the enclosing >>> map/folder. When checking in, it applies to only one resource. >>> (iii) Yes, and the scope of student selected slot is the enclosing >>> map/folder. When checking in, all resources in the map/folder are >>> checked in. >>> >>> For (b) enter the name of the slot created at step 1. >>> >>> Click Save in each pop-up window. >>> >>> >>> Steps 6 through 8 can be completed for additional students. >>> >>> Alternatively, you could create a group which would contain all >>> students for whom the particular preassigned slot should apply using: >>> >>> Groups (inline menu) -> Create a new group. >>> >>> If you are using this group purely to assign parameters, then you can >>> leave the checkboxes for all the "Collaborative Tools" unchecked on >>> the group creation screen. You will define criteria used to provide a >>> list of potential group members at step 3. "Build a list of users for >>> selection of group members". You will actually identify the group >>> members by checking the boxes at step 5 "Group membership". Make sure >>> that the start and end dates for the group members encompass with the >>> time period when the preassigned time slot is to be used. >>> >>> If you use a group to assign the slot, then at step 6 (above) you >>> would select the group name from the Group: dropdown list in the >>> Group/Section row in the "Additional Display Specification (optional) >>> table (then click "Update Parameter Display"). At step 8 (above) you >>> would click * for the appropriate column in the column set entitled: >>> "in Group <groupname>. >>> >>> Note you could also use a section instead of a group, if all students >>> to whom the particular preassigned slot is to be assigned are in the >>> same section, and that slot should be assigned to all students in the >>> section. >>> >>> >>> Stuart Raeburn >>> LON-CAPA Academic Consortium >>> >>> >>> Quoting Amos Lee <l...@math.usask.ca>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have created some "schedulable_student" and some "preassigned" time >>>> slots. The "schedulable_student" time slots work just fine. But I don't >>>> know how to put students into the pre-assigned time slots. I don't see any >>>> options of doing it. Am I missing something? >>>> >>>> Amos Lee >>>> Univ of Sask > > > _______________________________________________ > LON-CAPA-users mailing list > LON-CAPA-users@mail.lon-capa.org > http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users > _______________________________________________ LON-CAPA-users mailing list LON-CAPA-users@mail.lon-capa.org http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users
