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Help files on building exam.  Made for removed lyx files as well as new edits.

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    5: \item Select {[}PARM{]} from the Remote Control or Main Menu. This will
    6: take you to the Course Parameters screen, where you can set the open date, due
    7: date, and answer open date just like you do for homework.  
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    9: \item You may wish to give your students a time-limit to complete their exam. Use the table mode and click the {[}--{]} in the {[}Default Value{]} column next to {[}Time-Limit (interval){]}. This will give you a pop-up window where you can set how long a student has to complete the exam once it is accessed between the open date and due date.
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   11: \item To inhibit students from seeing if they got a problem correct, click the {[}--{]} in the {[}Default Value{]} column next to {[}Show Problem Status (problemstatus){]} and choose No.  Multiple tries behave like a virtual eraser and the last submission recorded by the student is the one that is graded.
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   13: \item To only allow students to access the exam from specific comptuters, click the {[}--{]} in the {[}Default Value{]} column next to {[}Client IP/Name Access Control (acc){]}. In the window that pops up, you can type in the specific IP address or hostname, ex. \texttt{s1.lite.msu.edu} or \texttt{35.9.119.101}.  You can also specify a range such as \texttt{35.8.*}, \texttt{*.msu.edu}, \texttt{35.8.[35-49]}.  You can enter a comma-separated list of multiple values as well.
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   15: \end{itemize}
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