Assignment Attempts ~ linked to MGH Connect

[cupton]

Connect allows me to limit the number of attempts on each assignment.

That 'rule' does not transfer when the assignment is linked to Canvas.

EVERY Connect assignment comes in with unlimited attempts and has to be manually adjusted.  

The number of attempts allowed in Connect should transfer to Canvas ~ or you need to be able to adjust it at the 'folder ~ assignment type level'.   Having to adjust each assignment (4 plus assignments per chapter for each course) is excess.

Blackboard does not do this ~ it defaults to the rule in Connect.

[chriscas]

Hi @cupton,

In general, I would say that when you're using an external tool type of assignment (MH Connect in your case), you should probably leave the attempts in Canvas at unlimited and restrict the attempts within the external tool itself.  This could be slightly confusing to students if they see the unlimited", but you could put that info right in the assignment description if you wanted to.  The reason I suggest leaving it as unlimited on the Canvas side is in case the behind-the-scenes integration between the two systems ever has issues.  The MH Connect tool may need to transfer grades more times than the allotted amount to get everything to be correct in Canvas, and the attempts could start to interfere with that.  I'm not 100-% sure if MH Connect would be affected, but we definitely ran into tools that had an issue with this before.

Blackboard used to use a different integration type where info could flow back and forth perhaps better but required each vendor to do custom work.  The Learning Tools Interoperability (LTI) protocol, which Canvas and Blackboard both use now, is more of a global standard, but perhaps not as tight of an integration in a sense that not every setting can go back and forth.

I hope this answer helps a bit, even if it's not what you would want to see in an ideal world.

-Chris

[cupton]

The assignment attempts are limited in Connect.   However students are able to by pass that limitation by using the link in Canvas.   I allowed two attempts in Connect,  yet the student had 2 first attempts and one second attempt in connect.   In different groups in connect. 

[chriscas · Accepted solution]

Hi @cupton,

I'd advise to reach out to MH, as it sounds like a bug/design flaw on their side if students are able to get around their limited attempts.  Canvas itself should not be affecting that.  I realize this may seem like a bit of a runaround, but I really think the issue is on their end and not the Canvas side of things.

-Chris