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I had no consultations this past week because of the holiday. I will definitely be meeting Paula this week to work with her PSUThesi questions and will hopefully be meeting with Ms. Dumas and Tim McDevit as well (they haven't responded yet).

On a side note I'd like to say I really like what is happening with the PSU podcasts, as I got to play with them over the break. The vidcasts will be very helpful in the future. My only concern is the profanity in some of them. While it doesn't phase me one bit, I am concerned that the administration or media will make a big deal out of it and attempt to limit this great recourse.

No Consultations

IS there a software center for faculty to receive free software (Imovie HD 6.0.2)?

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Good afternoon. I am a TLA and have a client who is having trouble making active an edited version of a quiz. Given the prsume function how can one do this. We tried to hide the quiz and then edit before saving but the original quiz was still given in presume mode. We also tried not allowing students to save and then edit but still the same results. Will she need to create the quiz all over again or is there another way. Thank you.

Angelica

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Angelica:

I think what you describe is that you were building a quiz with the faculty, and
then pressed the "Begin [quiz title]" link to have a look at what it appears
like for students.

Then you decided to make changes to some questions and wanted to have a look
again at the quiz from a student's perspective.

That is when you noticed that there is no change in the "resume [quiz title]"
view.

This is very true. This is the same reason why you should never make a quiz
that is not finished available to students. When a student clicks on the
"Begin [quiz title]" link, they lock themselves into the version of the quiz at
that time. Even if they don't sumbmit it and the instructor adds questions to
this quiz later, it will make no difference to this student. She will always be
locked into this version of the quiz until she submits.

Then if there is a second take allowed, when she starts over, she will see the
very different version of the quiz with the new questions added (as described
in my hypothetical scenario).

This is the very same for an instructor--she locked herself into the first
version of the quiz. Please submit that version, and then start the quiz again.
Now you will see the new version of the quiz.

Every time you use the "Begin [quiz title]" link, you will get ONLY ONE version
of the quiz. If you make modifications to this quiz, you will have to submit
this old version and then start a new one. Instructors, and other editors can
take a quiz as many times as they wish (though students can only take it as
many times as you allow for this).

Meeting with Maria Hernandez on Nov. 14

- I was able to upload Maria's website in a computer lab. We went over how the process works. I also gave her a quick tutorial in how to make changes to her webpage through using MS Frontpage. We also went over some more questions she had with Angel regarding the calendar. Overall, I've been able to help her with a lot of questions. We will be meeting next week after Thanksgiving to go over any webpage questions she might have.

Meeting with Jon Olson on Nov. 15

- He did not show up but sent me an apology email.