Set Manage Locations preferences

From the Preferences > Manage Locations page, you can designate physical locations and associate one or more computers with each location.

You can then schedule assignments that students must complete from a computer in a designated location. You might use this feature, for example, to conduct a proctored exam that students take in a computer lab or classroom.

Note: The Manage Locations feature restricts access to assignments only for students actually enrolled in your course. You cannot test this feature using the demo student ("_student, _student") account

To view or modify Manage Locations preferences for your course:

1. Click Preferences in the top-right corner of the page.
2. Click Manage Locations in the Instructor column.

From this page, you can:

• Manage computers
• Manage locations
• Import and export computer and location data

Manage computers

Computers are identified by their Media Access Control address (MAC address), which is a unique value associated with a network adapter. MAC addresses are 12-digit hexadecimal numbers (48 bits in length) that uniquely identify an adapter on a LAN. MAC addresses are also known as hardware addresses or physical addresses.

From the Computers list on the Manage Location Preferences page, you can:

Add computers manually

1. Click Add Computer to display the Add Computer window.

   The computer's MAC address is automatically detected and displayed.

   Note: If the computer has not yet been added, a menu asking that you install Java may appear.

   1. Right-click the yellow bar at the top of the window and then click Install Java.
   2. When the security warning appears, click Install.

      Important: Currently, the auto-detect feature may only work for Windows XP machines. If you need to add an Apple Macintosh machine or Windows machines that use other operating systems, continue to the next step, where you can manually enter the known MAC address of any machine.

      Note: The use of plug-ins (like Java) are not supported with Firefox and Chrome browsers. Use Internet Explorer instead.

2. After the MAC address appears, you can either:
   • Select Use this address to use the system-detected MAC address.
   • Clear Use this address and enter a known MAC address in the field.
3. Enter the Computer name. Be sure the name is something easily recognizable and unique to that computer. For example, if a workstation already has a name in a computer lab, such as Tyler Hall Workstation S004, you may want to use that name here.

   If you see a warning at the top of the window saying the page may not display correctly, you can close the warning, as it does not impact the functionality.

4. Click Add to save the computer name along with the MAC address.

   The computer name appears in the Computers list.

   Note: When you install a location on a client machine, it adds a key to the computer's registry.

Remove computers

1. From the Computers list, select the computer names you want to delete.
2. Click Remove on the toolbar.
3. Click OK to confirm the deletion.

Note: You can also remove computers by selecting Remove from the computer's options menu.

Change computer names

1. From the computer's options menu, click Edit.
2. Enter the new computer name.
3. Click Save and Close.

View locations assigned to the computer

1. From the computer's options menu, click View Locations.

   A list of all locations to which this computer is assigned appears.

2. Click Close.

Manage locations

From the Locations list you can:

Add locations manually

1. Click Add Location.
2. Type a Location name. Be sure the name is something easily recognizable and unique to that location. For example, you might name it Tyler Hall Room 202 Computer Lab.

   You cannot create locations with identical names.

3. Click Add to save the location.

Remove locations

1. From the Locations list, select the location names you want to delete.
2. Click Remove on the toolbar.
3. Click OK to confirm the deletion.

Note: You can also remove the locations by selecting Remove from the location's options menu.

Change location name

1. From the location's options menu, click Edit.
2. Type a new location name.
3. Click Save and Close.

View a list of the computers assigned to a location

1. Click the location name or click Open on the location's options menu.

   A list of all computers assigned to that location appears.

2. Click Close.

Assign computers to a location

1. In the Computers list, select one or more computers.
2. In the Locations list, click the name of the location to which you want to add the computers.
3. Click Assign Computers. The selected computers are associated to the location.

Unassign computers from a location

1. In the Locations list, click the name of the location to view computers assigned to that location.
2. Select one or more computers from the list.
3. Click Remove on the toolbar.
4. Click OK to confirm the deletion.

Note: You can also remove computers from a location by selecting Remove from the computer's options menu. You cannot remove a location if there are computers assigned to it. Remove all computers from the location before attempting to remove the location.

Import and export computer and location data

To import computer names, MAC addresses, locations, and computers mapped to locations you must have a properly formatted .csv file.

Import data

1. Click Import Data in the top-right corner of the page.
2. Click Browse to locate the .csv file you want to upload.

3. Click Choose File to locate the .csv file you want to upload.

4. Click Import Data.

   The contents of the .csv file appear. Computer names and MAC addresses appear on the left, and locations, along with any computers mapped to those locations, appear on the right.

Export data

1. Click Export Data in the top right of the page.
2. Locate the file you want to export.
3. Click Save to export the file in .csv format.

Save preferences

To save your choices, click Save Preferences. When you finish setting preferences, click Save and Close.

Caution: If you go to another page before you save your changes, your changes are discarded and the previous settings are maintained.

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