--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_Use.tex 2021/03/09 23:31:28 1.1.2.5 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_Use.tex 2021/01/18 22:30:59 1.2 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -\label{Slot_Use}\index{slots}\index{reservations} +\label{Slot_Use} If you wish to restrict access to content in a course to particular IP address(es) and/or dates, one way to do that would be to use the ``Client IP/Name Access Control'' parameter @@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ to control access by IP address, and the control access by date. LON-CAPA also provides a separate mechanism to restrict access to assessment item(s), -i.e., resource(s) with a file extension of .problem or .Task, which can be useful in the -case where students will reserve access in advance to content at a particular time and/or place. +i.e., resource(s) with a file extension of .problem or .Task, or a gradable external tool, +which can be useful in the case where students will reserve access in advance to content +at a particular time and/or place. One example would be a laboratory which has limited seating, and which is offered multiple times over a given time period, but for which students should only be able to reserve access @@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ created. Slots can be created in two wa choices to be made when configuring a slot. \item By creating a comma-separated-value (CSV) file containing slot attributes and uploading -the file using the Slot Management utility, see ``Uploading Slot Attributes File'' section (\ref{Slot_CommaDelimited}). +the file using the Slot Management utility, see ``Uploading Slot Attributes File'' section (\ref{{Slot_CommaDelimited}). \end{itemize} @@ -100,9 +101,9 @@ In the case of a student-schedulable slo \end{figure} Although a Course Coordinator can use either Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Edit Resource -Parameters - Table Mode or Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Modify Resource Parameters - +Parameters - Table Mode or Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Modify Resource Parameters - Overview Mode to display values set for specific users for ``Slots of availability selected -by student'' (availablestudent), the preferred method is to use the Slot Management Utility. +by student'' (availablestudent), the preferred method is to use the Slot Management Utility. The utility provides the ability to view a list of students who have reserved a slot, and also to remove some or all of the reservations, as needed.