Create projects in Google Classroom with the ability to keep copies of works.

Create new task

The previous method of collecting tasks was to create a new project where students could send any files or return a copy of the created file by the teacher.

Due to the emerging problems with determining the owner of the submitted files, a different method of collecting and archiving students’ works has been described.
When creating a new project (task), create a new Form file.

Creating new task - form
Creating new task – form

The next step is to edit the created form. Instead of the standard question, select “Upload File“. A message will appear informing you that you are allowed to transfer files to the teaching disk.

Edit a form

A message informing about files being transferred to the teacher's disk
A message informing about files being transferred to the teacher’s disk

After selecting the Continue button, set the appropriate options:
Allow only specific file types – if disabled, any file format is allowed. After enabling the option, the options for the formats to choose will appear,
Maximum number of files – by default, it is set to 1, which means that each student will be able to send only one file,
Maximum file size – this option is the maximum size of one file sent by one student,

A maximum of 1 GB of files can be sent to this form – after selecting Change, you can set the maximum size of all files sent by all students,


The rest of the options should be set as for a regular form – collecting e-mail addresses, limiting to one answer, etc.


How does it look in practice?

1. Students are required to submit an assignment in the form of a file via the available form, and not via the current option for submitting assignments.
2. After the file is sent via the form, the student cannot withdraw the task or edit it – by sending the file, the teacher becomes the owner of the file.
3. All sent files are on the teacher’s google disk, in the answers in the form and in the collected answers sheet in the form of a link to the disk.

Uploading the file by the student thanks to the form
Uploading the file by the student thanks to the form

Folder with embedded student files
Folder with embedded student files

The teacher is the owner of all files.


How to rate?

The grade should be issued as before – set the appropriate points in the grade table in the classroom classes and select the Return button.

The difference between the methods of grading assignments and “by form” is that when selecting the Return button, the teacher returns only the grade but not the assignment (file).

Google Meet from Classroom

The update of the Classroom e-learning platform brought some important changes, the operation of which is described below.

The settings of the meet link and the link itself are placed on the main page of the classes on the left.

From here, the link can be reset, copied and made visible to students.

After creating the link to the meeting, the “Join” button will appear, so there is no need to put the link in the stream tab.

We recommend that you include links to meetings that were not created in Classroom in the stream tab..

  1. The main teacher creates a link to the class in Classroom and starts the class at meet. From that moment on, he is the Organizer of the meeting
  2. The other teacher invited to the Classroom will only Host the meeting
  3. The difference between the organizer and the host – the Organizer is always the Host, but the Host does not have to be the Organizer. The host ALWAYS inherits the access rights from the Organizer.
  4. The meeting organizer is the creator of the link to the class. In order for a Host to become an organizer, they must reset the meet link.

Download list of students

Step one: Login to Virtual University.
Step two: from the horizontal menu choose TEACHING and select GROUPS

Groups are organized in semesters. To unfold groups for the winter semester 2021/2022 click 2021/2022z. From the list of groups find your course (column SUBJECT) and download “LIST OF STUDENTS

Once the file is downloaded it should be displayed in MSExcel as follows. Select and copy the column with the email addresses. Each table should be invited separately!

Go to your Classroom, select “PEOPLE”, check the invitig icon or click INVITE button and paste list of e-mail addresses



click on the INVITE button.

Problems with Safe Exam Browser

Which kind of problem can appear?

Older version of Safe Exam Browser

  1. After selecting the Launch Safe Exam Browser button, the screen will turn blue and then return to desktop mode – the browser will not open,
  2. After selecting the Launch Safe Exam Browser, the browser will open, the platform’s page will appear, but after logging in, the same selection options will appear as in the case of starting the test in the base browser (no Attempt quiz now) button,
  3. (click to zoom)

    Selection options when attempting the test while logged in to desktop mode

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    Selection options when attempting the test while logged in to the Safe Exam Browser

  4. A window called Reconfiguration may appear with a configuration file to download
  5. (click to zoom)

    Reconfiguration window

    Window informing about the inability to change the SEB configuration

Errors turning on the browser

Information about incorrect configuration – Windows 7.

Browser not supported – Windows 7

Fixes a problem with the SEB browser under Windows 7
Unable to use remote desktop.
Error launching SEB browser on remote desktop

Just like in a virtual machine or when using a remote connection program, the SEB will not work.


How to fix a system problem?

If you have not found information about your operating system (Linux, macOS), read the information on the compatibility of the SEB with the selected system!

  1. Use a device with the appropriate operating system, install the latest version of the browser and test its operation (Szkolenia/EGZAMIN – TEST DLA WSZYSTKICH – DZIAŁ IT).
  2. The university allows you to download Windows 10 from Azure. ATTENTION!!! Do not install the operating system in a virtual machine or use a remote desktop!
  3. CNTI provides computer workstations adapted to work with the moodle platform and SEB

There are another problems

Update Microsoft Visual C ++

Send screenshots with the message, packed logs and describe the problem.

% LocalAppData% \ SafeExamBrowser \ Logs

Safe Exam Browser on Windows 7

For proper operation of the SEB browser on Windows 7 (64 bit), download the configuration file and then open it.

Download the configuration file – Windows7

After logging into the platform, the page should be refreshed. The Attempt quiz now button should appear.

Moodle exams – for students

In order to neutralize the number of errors that may appear when taking the exam using the SEB browser, a test exam was created in the category Training / EXAM – TEST FOR ALL – IT DEPARTMENT.

It is available to everyone to check if the browser is working properly.

Attention! The browser should not be opened from the system position, and access to the browser is possible only during the test approach. The student does not need to configure anything.

1. CAUTION! NO NEED TO DOWNLOAD THE CONFIGURATION FILE !!!
2. THE CONFIGURATION FILE CANNOT BE DOWNLOADED WHILE IN THE SEB BROWSER !!!
3. READ FURTHER PROBLEMS AND BROWSER INSTRUCTIONS FOR WINDOWS 7 !!!


Problem with SEB – read before taking the exam!


How to solve the test via SEB browser?

 

 

    1. The student logs into the moodle platform using the browser of his choice.
    2. Enables the test placed in the course, then selects one of the following options:
  • Download SEB – allows you to switch to the page with the available installation file for download

 

  • Enable SEB – If the latest version is installed, the browser will be automatically enabled

 

  • Download configuration – after downloading the “config.seb” file, enable it to open the SEB viewer

 

    1. The student logs in to the moodle platform again, this time in a secure browser, by selecting the “Log in with Google | uekat.pl” button, and then entering login details to the university e-mail in the edu.uekat.pl domain

 

  1. After logging in, he will be redirected to the page with the button “Try to solve this test now” – this page does not contain any links except the button to start the test.

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Dostępne opcje do wyboru po włączeniu testu przez studenta
Available options to select from when the test is turned on by the student

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Spróbuj teraz rozwiązać ten test
“Try this test now” button in the SEB browser

ATTENTION! Enabling a safe browser does not prevent the use of a browser on which SEB has been enabled, e.g. in the case of a MEET meeting.
All other options that prevented switching between windows or using a virtual machine are kept.

After selecting the “Enable SEB Browser” button, the original browser will “ask” for access (if the browser does not start, update it to the latest version):
Mozilla Firefox

Monit o zaakceptowanie włączenia przeglądarki SEB na przeglądarce Mozilla Firefox
A prompt to accept the inclusion of the SEB browser on the Mozilla Firefox browser

Microsoft Edge

Monit o zaakceptowanie włączenia przeglądarki SEB na przeglądarce Microsoft Edge
A prompt to accept the inclusion of the SEB browser on the Microsoft Edge browser

Google Chrome

Monit o zaakceptowanie włączenia przeglądarki SEB na przeglądarce Google Chrome
A prompt to accept the inclusion of the SEB browser on the Google Chrome browser

Safari

Informacja w przeglądarce Safari w systemie macOS o nieobsługiwaniu przeglądarki SEB
Information in the macOS Safari browser that the SEB browser is not supported

When I enable SEB through Safari on macOS, I get a message saying that redirect is not possible. If the SEB browser has been properly installed in macOS, after refreshing the page, the message shown in the image below will appear:

Monit o zezwolenie włączenia bezpiecznej przeglądarki SEB w przeglądarce Safari
Prompt for permission to enable the safe SEB browser in the Safari browser

Select the Allow option to enable the SEB browser.

I can’t connect to Google Meet!

Unable to connect to meeting via a link provided in Classroom.

Meet link is available in Classroom but the meeting will only be available after the teacher joins to the meeting.

Meet link in Classroom

If the teacher has not started the meeting, the student will not be able to join it – the information shown in the pictures below will appear.

The meeting has not started yet.

Connection error when meeting is open on mobile via GmailApp
Connection error when meeting is open on mobile via MeetApp

Add new Identity – Roundcube

Add new identity

1. Choose Settings

2. Choose Identities. The preview in shows which identities have been added

3. To add a new identity, we select the sign “+

4. Fill the fields with the appropriate data. Please note which e-mails were added in the identity list. If the address “name.surname@ue.katowice.pl” exists, do not need to add it. After filling in the fields, click save.

Safe Exam Browser – solving problems

NOTE! Requires SEB 2.4 browser version, which must be downloaded from university resources!

Installer for Windows
Installer for MacOS
Configuration files for Windows & MacOS
Password for configuration file: ue2020


Kaspersky – add SEB to exceptions – after adding it to exceptions, uninstall and reinstall the SEB browser again.


    • 1. Alert


The user has enabled HTTPS traffic analysis that filters secure connections (anti-virus software or AdGuard and other similar applications). Please familiarise yourself with a list of anti-virus programs compatible with the SEB browser (please also check software version – not just its name).

Please temporarily disable the anti-virus program and re-enable the SEB browser via the configuration file


    • 2. SEB installation is corrupted


If you can continue working after clicking OK, you must uninstall and reinstall the browser – make sure to check that all files have been deleted and disable the HTTPS traffic analyser in BITDEFENDER or ESET.
. If SEB does not work after clicking OK, check the logs.

      1. SafeExamBrowser main application, located at:

        %APPDATA%\SafeExamBrowser\SebClient.log

        usually

        C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\SafeExamBrowser\SebClient.log

 


      1. SafeExamBrowser browser, located at:

        %APPDATA%\SafeExamBrowser\seb.log

        usually

        C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\SafeExamBrowser\seb.log

 


      1. SEB Windows Service, located at

        %INSTALLDIR%\SafeExamBrowser\SebWindowsServiceWCF\sebwindowsservice.log

        lub

        C:\Program Files (x86)\SafeExamBrowser\SebWindowsServiceWCF\sebwindowsservice.log


    • 3. Microsoft .NET Framework


1) Open up ‘Computer Management’ (Right click on the Windows ‘start’ button)
2) Select ‘Services and Applications’ (left side panel)
3) Right click on ‘WMI Control’ > ‘Properties’
4) On the [General] tab you should see some error messages
5) Go to the [Backup/Restore] tab and choose to manually restore
6) Select the file aptly named ‘Corrupted.rec’ found in ‘C:\Windows\System32\wbem\Repository’
7) Wait for the service to restart
7) Start MIK6
(~Source)


    • 4. No button “Try to solve this test now”:

The student uses the wrong version of the SEB browser (3.0 based on the Chrome engine), the correct version is 2.4 based on Mozilla Firefox.

A student does not open the browser via the configuration file.


If the problems still occur, CNTI provides computer workstations for the exam. To use the workstation, please contact your lecturer.

Creating an exam

After approval of the application by the Administrator, you can proceed to create the exam.

1. It is recommended to set the exam registration first.
Expand the Users field in the “Exam administration” menu on the left and select “Enrolment methods”.

An inactive field is greyed out.
To enable saving, click the icon by to make the icon appear .

You can edit the saving method by selecting the settings icon .

Enrolment key – click in the field and enter the exam access key. To check if the code is correct, click the icon .
Remember to save changes.

2. Please enable Turn editing on to be able to make changes to the exam.

3. The platform provides a resource “QUIZ”. It is established by the Administrator after approval of the application to create an exam.

4. To add questions to the test, click on the test name and then “Edit quiz”. .

5. Questions can be added by selecting the “Add/a new question” or choosing the ones that have already been created from the questions bank.

6. Types of questions that can be used in the quiz are shown on the picture.

7. Below you will find useful settings that can be set in the test.

Duration of the test

NOTE! The duration of the test should not be confused with the duration of the exam!!!

Grades

The grading method can be determined in advance in the category created by the test owner.

Layout

Test owner can decide on his/her own how the questions will be displayed. One question per page is a default setting.

Additional restrictions as to how many times the test can be taken

A password must be set for the test.
NOTE! Do not confuse the test password with the exam password!

By creating an exam, students can sign up for it in advance. Entering the test password will prevent a registered student from viewing the test until he or she receives the password.

8. Inviting Students to the exam.
Students can be invited in two ways:

    • By providing exam location, name and access key, and then (if it has been set) the test access key (remember to set test start time or not to provide this password before the test).
    • Inviting students to take the exam manually, selecting the “Users/Enrolled Users” tab in the menu on the left in the “Exam Administration” menu, and then the “Enrol Users” button. Students should be registered by selecting their email in the edu.uekat.pl domain.