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Faculty - How2 Grant Special Access to Users for a Quiz

Modified on: Thu, Mar 11 2021 1:11 PM


As of February 2021, there are 2 ways to grant special access to users for quizzes in D2L Brightspace. One of the options, allows you to set accommodations special access per quiz and the other lets you set accommodations for all quizzes in a course for a particular learner. 


Setting Special Access At The Quiz Level

  1. Click on Toolbox > Quizzes.
  2. Click on the quiz name you wish to edit. 
  3. Click on the Restrictions tab. 
  4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and look for the Special Access area. 
  5. Leave the dot on "Allow selected users special access to this quiz".
  6. Click on the "Add Users to Special Access".
  7. In this screen you can select the area you are providing accommodations for. For example, if you are giving the student additional time, click on the "Enforced time limit" radio button and type the time limit in the Time Limit box.
  8. Scroll down and select the student(s) who should receive this additional time limit. 
  9. Click the "Add Special Access" button at the bottom of the page. 


If you need to make changes to a specific user's special access, you can scroll to the bottom of the page and click the edit button next to the specific user you need to edit. 


Setting Special Access At The User Level

Note: This will only allow you set extended time and/or allow right click. If you need to set additional special access options, you will need to use the steps listed above. 

  1. From your course, go to Communications > Classlist. 
  2. Locate the student who is to receive special access and click on the "more actions" arrow next to their name. 
  3. Click on Edit Accommodations. 
  4. Set the accommodations for this student and click Save. 
  5. If you need to add accommodations for another student, repeat steps 2-4. 
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