Donald Kraska

The school where I teach online selects Quiz questions from a pool or questions randomly for each occurence and use of the quiz.  So when students get cut off or timed out, I give them the choice of accepting their grade from partially complete work or a reset.  I do NOT reset if they have just used up the alloted time with no technical error.  If the student says it was a technical error, it goes to tech support to determine IF there was a technical error or if they just timed out.

@succes0904

I teach Algebra, and get this all the time.  Here is what I say to them when students say they can't get it, and it’s too hard;

Think back to the last big problem you had in your life.  At the time, it seemed insurmountable, really tough.  But, you had to get it done it was important to your life to do so.  So, somehow, you did.  You probably remember how you did it; you talked to others with more experience, you asked for help when possible, you read and thought about it a lot.  Then, the most important… >>>

Tirrell: So true, but what many have not learned is that they can exceed their perceived limits if they truly want to. You have to know this from experience before you can consciously alter and expand your old perceptions. When a student/instructor is stretched to the physical limits, like you are, it is very difficult to do that, and usually leads to too little sleep, which has many negative results. I will always be looking for ways to help students want to exceed their limits, because, when they do, then they will develop more efficient ways to learn and expand… >>>