Creating a timed test

[Micah_Baldree]

Is there a way to set up a timer so that when the students start their test they have 45 minutes. If they leave, when they come back its still remembering how much time is left? I want to lock all the answers once the time runs out.

[SqrtOfPi (Debbie Gaydos)]

I don’t believe there is currently a way to do this. Here is a post about a little something I played around with that can sort of mimic a timed activity (but it would NOT stop the timer if they navigate away from the activity).

"faux" timed activity

So it is on my wishlist that Desmos Activities could be scheduled and have time limits but I wanted to work out a way to basically accomplish that in conjunction with Canvas (or any similar LMS). So here is the template I came up with (with a few random screens from another activity). How it works: A Canvas quiz with a time limit is created. This quiz has exactly 2 “questions”. Not really a question - just the link to the Desmos activity. A short-answer where they will enter a “complet…

[SaWSaN]

I found one activity done By Kenneth Clarkson
Screen 3 done By Kenneth Clarkson

I tried to adjust it alittle but I failed to change the relation between the first screen (the groups) and the screen 3 of the activity itself, but you might find it helpful

[gsriram (Ganesh Sriram)]

I don’t think there is currently a way to create a timed test, but you could do a combination of the following:

• Pause the activity when the test finishes
• Use the cellEditable, disableEdit and similar functions to prevent editing after students hit a Submit button

Currently, there is no way to prevent a free response from being edited, so you may wish to hide and display a copy of the response when the Submit button is pressed.