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There may be a situation where you want to grant an individual student聽Special Access聽to a quiz. This could include: alternate dates, extended time limit, or increasing the number of attempts that student is allowed. You will locate the聽Special Access聽tool in the聽Availability Dates and Conditions settings area of a quiz.
If a student has an Accommodation through Vanderbilt鈥檚 Student Access Center that allows extra time on聽all聽quizzes, you can do that with the聽Accommodations tool.
Updated Fall 2026
Provide Special Access to a Quiz
- Go to Edit聽your quiz.
- Expand the Availability Dates & Conditions聽section
- Under the Special Access heading, click Manage Special Access
- In the Special Access window that pops up, choose how you want Special Access to be used:
- Allow selected users special access to this quiz聽will allow other students to access the quiz with your default quiz settings
- Allow only users with special access to see this quiz聽will prevent any students from accessing the quiz unless they are listed under this Special Access area聽
- Click Add users to special access
- In the next pop-up window, set your desired settings to achieve one or more of the the following outcomes:
- Change dates 鈥撀�allow a student alternate start, due, and/or end date
- Timing 鈥� there are two options if a time limit has been set:
- Override Time Limit聽鈥� the student will have a different time limit from the regular quiz settings
- Override behavior when time limit is exceeded聽鈥� the student will have a different action happen when they exceed the time limit
- LockDown Browser聽鈥� the student will not have the LockDown Browser required for their quiz attempt
- Number of attempts聽鈥� the student can have multiple quiz attempts. There is an additional option for how many attempts the student can have.
After selecting your criteria, choose the student(s) receiving the special access.
Click Save聽for those changes, and then聽Save and Close on the Special Access window.
Lastly, click Save and Close聽when exiting the quiz.