[New Quizzes] Proportionate Time Adjustment Accommodations

[nesterd]

Problem statement:

The current "moderate" feature in the new quizzes only offers "Time adjustments" using in hours and minutes. The problem: most if not all time adjustments I have seen as an instructor specify time adjustments in proportion. Also, there is a common scenario in which the quizzes of a course take different duration times--a regular quiz and midterm and final, for example. A use case I came across today, for example, has one ADA letter reads "Student requires extended [time] (2x) on exams." In the current moderate system, such an adjustment is not possible across all quizzes, if quizzes are of different duration times. I have quizzes that take 15 minutes, 30 minutes, 20 minutes. This renders the global moderation feature un-useful, and requires the instructor to go into each and every quiz for moderation that complies with the ADA accommodation.

Proposed solution:

In addition to the current "time adjustments" feature of hours and minutes, there should be a proportionate option: 1.5x extended time, 2x, 2.5x , 3x, etc.

User role(s):

admin,instructor,ta,designer

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[RSMacLeod]

Yes, precisely the problem I have every year.

Since the new quizzes are not working for us yet, I would add that a feature that would apply to all quizzes for specific students would save me bundles of time.  Now I need to add accommodations for each of my weekly quizzes and my exams for each student separately.

What is also annoying is at the moment, I need to carry out these tedious steps only AFTER I publish the quiz, which is just the moment of rush when I least have time for it.

Thanks,
Rob

[cvalle]

Canvas is actually already capable of doing this although it is a bit easy to miss. Instead of clicking “moderate” you want to click the “pencil” icon for editing, then you’ll see an option for a relative time multiplier that will apply to all future quizzes for that student. 

[KristinL]

@cvalle - Thank you for pointing this out! Yes, the "time limit multiplier" is the third option. This means that @nesterd's request is available for instructors using New Quizzes. Also to note (like cvalle mentioned), these accommodations stay with the student throughout the entire course. It'll be a notable timesaver, especially if there are many quizzes/tests throughout the term. 

How do I add accommodations for a student in New Quizzes? 

The heading of Add Time Limit Multiplier will illustrate the step as well.

[nesterd]

Thanks to everyone for the prompt response! Thanks also for pointing out the pencil icon, which leads to the time adjustments > multiplier. Much appreciated!!!

A couple of things.

1. Would Canvas consider putting this handy-dandy multiplier in the "Moderate" option? Why just have the "add time" option there? 

2. Could there be, as suggested by @RSMacLeod above, just a separate Accommodations tab, where these adjustments can be made, before quizzes are even made? Imagine a use case where an instructor needs to add a quiz, or remakes a quiz, mid-course even, and forgets an accommodation. 

3. When I contacted Instructure support about this issue, they had no idea about the time multiplier function. I used all the buzzwords -- accommodations, ADA, etc. -- and it was suggested to me I made a feature request. So it seems to me that some design/UX tweaking would be in order?

[nesterd]

Oh, and -- blue-sky thinking here -- what would be great, when an instructor goes to Moderate and adds time, and then tries to use the Accommodations > Pencil > Time limit multiplier, if there were a prompt to X out the previously added time. Because now, to use the Time limit multiplier that's nestled inside a pencil icon (was it for notes? that's what I thought before), I need to go back into each individual student and take off the time added to comply with the accommodation letters.  

Maybe that feature/option is there somewhere, but I don't see it?