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IP Restriction for Ultra Courses - Multiple Test Rooms – Hide Profiles – 3900.116
Impact: Instructors, Administrators
Updated Help Topic: Assessment IP Address Filtering (admin), Restrict Location (Instructor)
Idea Exchange ID: Not applicable
Administrators can now hide or unhide profiles used for proctoring tests. This security feature ensures that only available profiles are used for proctoring tests, which enhances security. The feature also improves change management by allowing administrators to control profile visibility without impacting existing configurations.
IP filters permit test access only on computers that are specified. Administrators can create more than one profiles associated with one or more ranges of IP addresses. Instructors assign the proctoring lab or location to students from the available profiles configured by the administrator.
Administrators can hide a profile in the Administrator Panel by selecting Course Settings, then Grading Security Settings. Open the menu for the profile to be hidden, then select Make Unavailable.
Image 1: Administrators can now hide profiles used for proctoring tests by selecting Make Unavailable in the profile’s edit menu.
Once hidden, that profile is displayed on the Grade Security Settings page with a red dot with an X icon.
Image 2: Once a profile is hidden, it is displayed Grade Security Settings page with a red dot with an X icon.
Instructors
For new test configurations, a hidden profile doesn't appear as an option for instructors selecting Location Restriction in Test Settings. However, the profile still appears if it was available in existing test configurations. In this case, when an instructor selects the unavailable profile, they get a message requiring them to choose another profile.
Image 3: A profile that is hidden from instructors doesn't appear as an option in Location Restriction in Test Settings.
Administrators
Availability: Available for all Ultra courses.
Activation: None needed.
Configuration: None needed. The option Make Unavailable applies exclusively to Ultra courses. In Original courses, all profiles remain available for configuration at all times.