Restricting Chaos and Establishing Order Restricting Chaos and Establishing Order How to Use Restrictions to Benefit Students Presented by Yolanda Nigrelli David Alexander Ana Davis

Why Restrict Your Course? The following scenario has been experienced by your presenters in one semester: Assigned to teach 200+ student segments Teaching four different preparations Students are enrolled across four different schedules Will you be prepared if this happens to you next semester? “Release Conditions and Restrictions” will save you and at the same time keep your student on track. You want to incorporate tools that will help direct your students in their studies and save your sanity. “Release Conditions and Restrictions” can be used for items in Discussions, Dropbox Folders, Quizzes, Checklists, and even News Items.

Idea Behind Restrictions is Simple When restrictions and release conditions have been set up, your student will only have access to view files, quizzes, news items, etc., when they have met the desired criteria. Restrictions can be as simple, or as complex, as you choose to make them. Restrictions allow you to direct student workflow and release assignments at appropriate times for students individually without you having to monitor each student. Restrictions will prevent students from working ahead before finishing previous assignments. Restrictions help the student stay focused. Setting up restrictions will be well worth your time and efforts.

How to Setup a Release Condition In the sample course, every to-be-graded assignment has been restricted from student view. The following slides illustrate the steps below that were taken to restrict a vocabulary project. Step 1 - Choose the file you to want to restrict and click on the down arrow to the right of the assessment Step 2 - Choose the tab entitled Restrictions Step 3 - Choose Create and Attach Step 4 - Choose the Condition Type and the Condition Details and Create Step 5 - Click on Save and Close

From your Homepage, go to Dropbox Folders and click on Assessments. For this example, choose Vocabulary Project 1, then click on the the down arrow to edit. Choose File to restrict

Choose Restrictions On the Edit Folder page choose the link for Restrictions

Choose Create and Attach On the Restrictions page under the title Release Conditions click on Create and Attach ←

When clicking on Create and Attach, a window showing where to choose your conditions appears Select Condition Type and choose Submission to Dropbox from the dropdown menu Select Condition Details and choose Repaso – Adjetivos Then click on Create to finish. Choose Condition Type and Details

View of Condition Details

View of Final Product with Condition Attached Choose whether access to the item is dependent on meeting all or any of your conditions. Submits to dropbox folder shows the actual restriction now in place. Click Save and Close. ←

Teacher View of Dropbox after restriction is placed

Teacher View of Quizzes with restriction

Restricting to Improve Communication Place a restriction on all assignments, quizzes, and discussions contingent upon submission of the following examples:  signed Course Syllabus  earning a certain grade on a Quiz about 1. Syllabus 2. Course Overview 3. Welcome Video In addition, all restrictions and conditions need to be carefully considered and set up before students have access to the course. It is important to include information about all restrictions in your course syllabus.

1. Select Quiz, Assignment, or Discussion you would like to restrict and click on the drop down arrow to the right and click Edit. Restricting Based on a Quiz Grade

2. Click on the Restrictions tab as in our previous example. Restricting Based on a Quiz Grade

4. Select Condition Type and choose Score on a Quiz 5. Select Condition Details and choose Quiz Name 6. Select Criteria and choose = 7. Type 100% in the text field below Grade. Restricting Based on a Quiz Grade (continued) *Remember that you will have already clicked on Create and Attach which opens the window below

Restricting Based on a Quiz Grade 8. After setting the restriction, click on the tab Attempts. 9. Set the number of attempts from Attempts Allowed 10. Select Highest Attempt from Overall Grade Calculation

11. Make sure to save it! Multiple restrictions can be added! Restricting Based on a Quiz Grade (continued)

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