The "Duration" is the amount of time that a student has spent actively working on the
assessment. The duration time measurement begins when the student starts the assessment and
continues until the most recent answer submission.
For Homework assessments, a student is considered to be actively working if
they have at least one answer submission per hour, so the duration measurement is paused if
there is a gap of more than one hour between answer submissions. For example:
- 08:00 - student starts assessment;
- 08:30 - student submits answer;
- 09:00 - student submits answer;
- (gap of more than one hour)
- 11:00 - student submits answer;
- 11:30 - student submits answer;
- 12:00 - student submits answer.
In the above example, the "duration" would be 2 hours: one hour from 08:00 to 09:00, and
another hour from 11:00 to 12:00. The two-hour gap between 09:00 to 11:00 is not counted as
part of the duration.
For Exam assessments, a student is considered to be actively working
between the start of the assessment and the last submission, regardless of any potential
inactivity. For the same example above, the "duration" would be 4 hours, from 08:00 to
12:00. The two-hour gap is not considered inactivity, since it is assumed that this kind of
assessment requires students to be active for the duration of the assessment.