Restricting access to published assessments

You cannot modify the access settings of a published assessment, but there is a possible workaround.

You can modify the settings, parts, and questions of any assessment listed under "Core Assessments". When you publish an assessment, a copy is created and listed under "Published Assessments". For the published copy, you can make changes only to the "Delivery Dates" and "Gradebook Options" settings.

Note: After you've published an assessment, if you modify its "Core Assessments" copy, you'll have to alter the assessment's name before publishing it. When you publish it, you'll be creating another copy under "Published Assessments", not replacing the existing published copy.

The possible workaround involves retracting the published assessment, modifying the access settings to the "Core Assessments" copy, and then publishing that version with a different name. Follow these steps:

  1. Retract the published assessment; see Retracting a published assessment.

  2. From the Assessments page, under "Core Assessments", click Settings beneath the title of the assessment.

  3. From the list under "Assessment Released To", choose to release the assessment to site members or to anonymous users.

  4. Under "High Security", you can use one or both of the following options:

    • To restrict access to only certain computers on the Internet, select Allow only specified IP Addresses, and enter the IP addresses of those computers.
    • To require a secondary username and password, select Secondary ID and Password, and then fill in the "Username" and "Password" fields.

  5. Change the assessment's name. A slight change to the name of the original (i.e., retracted) assessment will do, especially if you've already shared the assessment's name with participants.

  6. Click Publish.

  7. On the Publish Assessment Confirmation page, you'll see the settings you configured for the assessment, plus a URL you can use to distribute the assessment. Click Publish again to confirm, or Cancel to abort.