ANSWER:

Release Criteria: Moving Criteria

If you want to change the order of the release criteria that are set for an item, you can move the release criteria.

Example:

Quiz 3 is set to be released to Students only if they pass Quiz 1 and it is between October 20, 2005 7:00 AM and December 22, 2005 11:59 PM and if they pass Quiz 2. The release criteria for Quiz 3 currently looks like the following:

• Quiz 1 Greater than or equal to 50
• And October 20, 2005 7:00 AM Until December 22, 2005 11:59 PM
• And Quiz 2 Greater than or equal to 50

You can change the order of the release criteria for Quiz 3 so that it will be released to Students if they pass either Quiz 1 or Quiz 2 and it is between October 20, 2005 7:00 AM and December 22, 2005 11:59 PM. After the release criteria is moved, it will look similar to the following:

• Quiz 1 Greater than or equal to 50
• Or Quiz 2 Greater than or equal to 50
• And October 20, 2005 7:00 AM Until December 22, 2005 11:59 PM

To move release criteria:

Step 1: From the Set Release Criteria screen,

• Next to the criterion you want to move, select the check box. NOTE: You can move only one criterion at a time

For the example above, you would select the check box next to And Quiz 2 Greater than or equal to 50.

• Click Indent. Parentheses appear above the criterion and the criterion is indented.

Step 2: Do one of the following to move the selected criterion:

• To move the selected criterion within the list, under Move, in the row above which you want to move the criterion, click the Move Selected Item Above icon. For the example above, you would click the Move Selected Item Above icon next to And October 20, 2005 7:00 AM Until December 22, 2005 11:59 PM.
   
• To move the selected criterion to the end of the list, locate the last criterion in the list and, under Move, click its Move Selected Item to Bottom of List icon.

The selected criterion moves.

Step 3: If necessary, select the Boolean operator to define the relationship between the release criteria:

You can use the And and Or Boolean operators to define a relationship between two criteria that are listed consecutively.

If you want an item to be released only when both release criteria are satisfied, use the And operator.

Example: If you want to release a quiz to a learning group named Group 1, but only on September 26, 2005 at 9:00 A.M., you would add group and date criteria to the quiz and combine them using the And operator (the release criteria would look similar to the following: Group Equals Group 1 And September 26, 2005 09:00 AM Until Unlimited).

If you want an item to be released when either release criterion is satisfied, use the Or operator.

Example: If you want to release a bonus assignment to Students who receive greater than 89 out of 100 on either Quiz 1 or Quiz 2, you would add two Grade Book criteria to the bonus assignment and combine them using the Or operator (the release criteria would look similar to the following: Quiz 1 Greater than 89 Or Quiz 2 Greater than 89).

From the Set Release Criteria screen, do one of the following:

• • If both criteria must be satisfied for the item to be released, from the And/Or drop-down list, select And. The default operator is And.
     
  • If only one criterion must be satisfied for the item to be released, from the And/Or drop-down list, select Or.

NOTE: If you have more than two criteria and use the And operator and the Or operator, the And operator is evaluated before the Or operator. For example, if you specify this release criteria:

• • A: October 22, 2005 9:00AM until October 22, 2005 5:00PM
  • B: User ID = Student1
  • C: Group = Group C

Then use the And and Or operators to create this expression:

• • (A and B) or C
     
  • The system looks for A and B criteria before it looks for C. If it finds A and B criteria, it will not go on to look for C.

Step 4: When you are finished setting release criteria for the item, click Save.

The Selective Release screen appears.

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