LON-CAPA Help

The system will read the file into the system. You will then be prompted to specify the input type of each field. A set of types is given for each field. There are four mandatory types, slot name, type of slot, starting time, and ending time. A mandatory type means that a column must be selected for that field. The input choices are as follows:

• Slot name. The name or identifier of the slot. The name of the slot must be unique, and must contain only letters, numbers or underscores. This input is mandatory, you must specify a field for this input type.

• Type of slot. This determines whether students are allowed to schedule themselves for the slot, or whether instructor(s) assign students to the slot. The valid inputs for this field are either "preassigned" or "student_selectable". There must be no space before or after the comma. If this type is not specified, the slot type defaults to preassigned (i.e., instructor assignable).

• Slot Description. A description of the slot. If this isn't provided the default description of a slot is 'Slot name From Start Time to End Time'.

• Start Time of slot. This determines the time when a slot starts to open. This input type is mandatory. There are various accepted formats for this field. Two of which are "YYYYMMDDHHMNSS" and "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS".

• End Time of slot. This determines the time when a slot ends and a user cannot access the resource. This input is mandatory. The accepted formats for this field are the same as for the start time of slot.

• Message when reservation changed. This determines whether a reservation change by a student triggers dispatch of a LON-CAPA message to the student making the change and/or to the user record for the student (visible to the instructor). If set, this can be one of:
  • only_student

  • student_and_user_notes_screen

  • none

  corresponding to: "Sent to student", "Sent to student and added to user record", and "None sent and no record in user notes", respectively. Default (i.e., with nothing set) is equivalent to that of "none".

• Reservation Start Time. This determines when a student can start reserving for the slot. The accepted format for this field is the same as for the start time of the slot.

• Date range of slot exclusion. Sometimes a student is limited to a number of slot use for a particular date period. This field allows a range of dates where a student may not have more than one slot reservation/use. The format is "StartingDate,EndingDate", where starting date and ending date are time, which is the same for start time of slots.

• Maximum number of reservations. The number of students allowed to reserve this slot. This is useful when slots are opened in a classroom/lab, and there is a limited number of seats.

• IP or DNS restriction. The set of computers that can be used to use this slot between the starting time and the ending time of slots. This a comma separated list of items that can be
  • Specific IP address, Ex. 192.168.1.1

  • Specific IP address range, Ex. 192.168.1.[24-120]

  • Wildcard IP address, Ex. 192.168.1.*, 192.168.*

  • Specific Hostname, Ex. computer1.lab1.msu.edu

  • Wildcard Hostname, Ex. *.lab1.msu.edu or *.msu.edu

• List of proctor ids. The list of proctor userids one of whom must authorize the student before the student can access the content restricted by the slot. The proctor userids are separated by a comma.

• Secret word proctor uses to validate. The password the proctors use when authorizing the students.

• Resource Restriction. Restricts for which resource(s) or sequences/pages this slot can potentially be used to control access. This must be a full symb reference to a resource or map (i.e., sequence or page).

• Sections slot is restricted to. When choosing the preassigned slot type, you can choose a section that can use this slot. Only students in that section can open a particular slot. Separate multiple sections by commas.

• Users slot is restricted to. When choosing the preassigned slot type, you may choose a list of students who can access this slot. Student/employee userids (username:domain) are separated by commas.