Special Access in Brightspace for Students

Under Manage Special Access you can select for certain students to get special access to a quiz or an assignment. You can find it under the “Availability Dates & Conditions” block. The examples below will show the modification of the Special Access to a quiz.

Adding Special Access to a Quiz

  1. From the Edit Quiz screen, click on the “Availability Dates & Conditions” block then Manage Special Access

  2. In the Special Access window you can choose from one of two options

    1. Allow selected users special access to this quiz - by default, this is the chosen option. This allows you to set access for specific students while not impacting other students for the same quiz.

    2. Allow only users with special access to see this quiz - this option will restrict access to the quiz to only those students who are selected for Special Access.

  3. Click on the Add Users to Special Access button

  4. Select a time and date under Properties for the special access users

    1. Note that Due Date will not restrict quiz access, only mark students late. The Start Date and End Date will restrict access to the quiz.

    2. Giving both a start and end date will open the quiz for that period of time

    3. Giving only a start date will open the quiz at that time and remain open indefinitely

    4. Giving only an end date will open the quiz from the current time until the specified date.

  5. Under Timing, you may change the time limit and late submission settings for the quiz

    1. If no changes need to be made, leave the Override time limit option unchecked.  The special access quiz will use the same time limit settings as the main quiz.

    2. The No time limit will provide a suggested time to the student, but allow them to take an unlimited amount of time to complete the quiz.

    3. The Set time limit option will allow you define the time limit for allowed for a student as well as set the behavior should the time limit be reached. In the example below we have this student time and half. 

    4. If you need to allow additional attempts on the quiz for this user, under Attempts select Override attempts allowed and choose the number of attempts you would like to allow.

  6. To add users, under the Users section, select the boxes beside the appropriate user’s names from the list.

  7. Click Save

  8. When you are finished, you will see the student listed in the Advanced Availability section.

 

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