Bad Idea: Changing an Assessment Password While a Test Is In Progress

Changing the password on an assessment while a student is currently taking the assessment will cancel the student's submission. Even if the submission makes it to the Pending list, all answers are not retained.

According to ANGEL support: “This doesn't seem to be a bug but more expected behavior. If the password is changed, then it would be as if the student had entered the wrong password and it wouldn't ‘authenticate’ (for lack of a better term). Making changes to an Assessment while it is in progress is not recommended.”

Here are the steps we used to confirm that this does happen:

1. Create an assessment and enter a password on the Access tab
2. Have a student go to the assessment, enter the password, and click the Begin button.
3. While the student is in progress, the Course Editor changes the password.
4. When the student finishes and clicks Submit, the password window appears.
5. The student enters the new password.
6. The student sees and clicks the Resume button.
7. All answers will be blank and the student must repeat the exam.

Use of Secure Browser in ANGEL

Some faculty when setting up assessments have selected the High - requires Secure ANGEL browser option when they establish Browser Security (You select the Settings link under the assessment name and then go to the Access tab). The Secure Browser setting means (for all practical purposes) the student must take the test in the JCCC Testing Center (that’s the only location on our campus where we’ve installed the Secure Browser). A better option is selecting None or Medium for Browser Security.