Maintain Authentication During Quiz

During some long quizzes, particularly those that last longer than 90 minutes, it is a good idea to have students keep a separate window open that is designed specifically to maintain their authorization. This will help avoid the risk of lost data and other problems that occur when students unknowingly lose their authentication and then submit their quiz. This can sometimes be disastrous.

Follow the steps below to create an ANGEL page that will maintain authentication indefinitely (as long as the window is left open and the student does not navigate away from the page).

Note: this technique is more complicated than usual, but worth the effort if you have a long quiz or exam.

Create your ANGEL Page

1. Under the Lessons tab click the Add Content link
2. Click Page in the Create an Item section
3. In the Title space put Maintain authorization during quiz
4. In the Page Text space copy and paste the contents of this text document
5. Set the Page Format to HTML Text
6. In the Access Settings section set Hidden to YES
7. Click Save
8. Find the page you just created in the list of contents under the Lessons tab, Right-Click its link and choose Copy Shortcut
   (I.E. windows, other platforms or browsers follow the equivalent steps to copy the URL for the page to your clipboard for use in the next step)
9. Open the Page Settings for your Maintain authorization during quiz page by clicking the Edit button next to it
10. In the Page Text section, you need to set the variable pageURL to the URL that you just copied to your clipboard.
    Find where it says var pageURL='XXX'; and in place of XXX paste your path.
11. Delete the https://angel.msu.edu part of your path
    
    Your code should now look something like
    var pageURL='/section/content/default.asp?WCI=pgDisplay
& WCU=CRSCNT&ENTRY_ID=078BF27FF29G001';

Link to your ANGEL Page

1. In the Directions section of your Quiz settings page, copy and paste the contents of this text document
2. In the Directions section, where it says You will have __________ to finish fill in the duration of the quiz/exam.
3. Change the wording as you see fit.
4. Click Save
5. Locate your Maintain authorization during quiz page, Right-Click its link and choose Copy Shortcut
   (I.E. windows, other platforms or browsers follow the equivalent steps to copy the URL for the page to your clipboard for use in the next step)
6. Open your Quiz settings
7. In the Directions section you need to set the link to the URL you just copied to your clipboard.
   Find where is says <a href="YYY" target="_blank"> and in place of YYY paste your path
8. Delete the https://angel.msu.edu part of your path
9. Click Save