--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_Use.tex 2021/01/18 00:32:58 1.1.2.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_Use.tex 2021/01/18 22:35:40 1.1.2.2 @@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ to control access by IP address, and the (for problems), and Content Open Date/Content Close Date (for other types of content) to 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 +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. One example would be a laboratory which has limited seating, and which is offered multiple @@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ and passphrase remotely into the user's Lastly, slots can also be used as a reservation system, e.g., for office hours, where there is no need for a student to actually submit anything to the assessment item for which access is controlled by slots, but the time/date of the reservation itself made by a student to -gain access is of value. +gain access is of value.\\\\ \textbf{Course Coordinator View} @@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ 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. +the file using the Slot Management utility, see ``Uploading Slot Attributes File'' section (\ref{{Slot_CommaDelimited}). \end{itemize} @@ -99,11 +99,12 @@ In the case of a student-schedulable slo \caption{Parameter setting for student-schedulable slot} \end{figure} -Although a Course Coordinator can use parameter management tools to display the ``Slots of -availability selected by student'' (availablestudent) parameter, those tools only allow it -to be set for the scope of a specific user. In any event, there is no need to use those tools -because the Slot Management Utility provides a mechanism to view a list of students who have -reserved a slot, and to remove some or all of the reservations, as needed. +Although a Course Coordinator can use either Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Edit Resource +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. +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. For student-schedulable slots, each slot includes a History link below the Edit link in the leftmost column of the table of slots. The History link provides access to information about @@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ resource after the slot start time (whic Conversely, if the student already has a reservation for this second slot for this particular resource, then assuming IP-based restrictions are met, the student will either be shown a proctor validation screen if the slot uses a proctor, or if not, will be checked-in -automatically when displaying the resource. +automatically when displaying the resource.\\\\ \begin{figure} \begin{center}\includegraphics[width=0.65\paperwidth]{slots_proctor_validate}\end{center}