How to give particular students extra time in a quiz

If certain students require additional time for quizzes due to special accommodations, you can easily manage this using the User Overrides function. 

User Overrides can:

  • Extend the Quiz Time Limit
  • Change Availability Dates and Times
  • Allow Additional Attempts
  • Add a Password for Access
  • Set Specific Time Limits

Note: Overrides can be added even while the quiz is underway. Students will need to refresh their quiz page to see any changes in their time limit.

Setting a user override

  1. Access the Course from the course homepage.
  2. Locate the Quiz needing the override.
  3. Open Overrides Menu:
    1. Click the More icon
    2. Select Overrides from the drop-down menu
      Top menu of Quiz activity with More menu and Overrides selected
  4. Choose User overrides from the drop down menu, then click the  Add user override button, as shown below:
    Overrides page on Quiz activity with User overrides selected
  5. Select a Student:
    1. Search for the student by entering their name.
       
  6.  Set Override Restrictions by adjusting the following settings as needed:
  • Password: (optional) Set a password for the quiz.
  • Open and Close Dates: Specify new opening and closing times for the quiz.
  • Time Limit: Modify the time limit. Ensure it fits within the updated open/close time.
  • Attempts Allowed: If the student has reached their maximum attempts, increase this number.
    User overrides settings

7. Attempts Allowed: If the student has reached their maximum attempts, increase this number.

8. Share Password: Provide the quiz password (if applicable) to the student(s).

Important: The quiz will conclude either at the closing time or when the time limit expires, whichever comes first.

Editing an Override

If you need to make changes to an existing override:

  1. Go to the course homepage
  2. Find the quiz and click the link
  3. Click the More icon and select Overrides from the drop-down menu, as shown below:Top menu of Quiz activity with More menu and Overrides selected
     
  4. Choose User overrides from the drop down menu.

    Overrides page on Quiz activity with User overrides selected

     
  5. Click the Gear icon to the right of the User override list.

    User overrides list with Setting icon highlighted
     
  6. Make your changes and Save

 

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