1. Go to https://secure.ans-delft.nl/users/sign_in
2. Search for and click on Technische Unversiteit Delft.
   
3. Log in with your SSO (Single Sign On) TU Delft account.

For exercise purpose ANS assignments can be linked to your Brightspace course. This way students can easily access assignments.

After you have created an assignment, you can add the assignment to your course in Brightspace using the steps below:

1. Go to Course > Content and go to the Module where you want to add the assignment.
2. Click Add Existing Activities and select External Learning Tools.
   A pop-up will open.
   
3. Choose ANS Delft.
   A new content item will be created.
4. If you do not want students to see the assignment yet, make sure to hide the assignment from users.
   
5. Once added, click on the newly added link called ANS Delft.
   ANS will open within the Brightspace environment.
   
   
6. Select the ANS assignment of your choice and click Create.
   In ANS, assignment are linked to a course. You can only link assignments of one ANS course to one Brightspace course. The first assignment determines which ANS course is linked to the Brightspace course.

   

7. To allow students to join the course (and with that the assignment) you have to select the option in the Settings of the course to: Allow students to enrol themselves in this course.
   1. After you clicked the ANS Delft link, go to the ANS course using the breadcrumb on top.
      
   2. Go to the Setting-tab and check Allow students to enrol themselves in this course.
      
8. Optionally Add teaching staff or Add external Teaching staff This needs to be done manually.
9. Make sure to instruct students to join the ANS course:
   Click on in the top-left corner and click on join course: .

For summative testing Ans currently only offers online open book exams or on campus written exams.

In case of a digital open book exam, send a mail to digitalexams@tudelft.nl. The Digital Exam desk will send you a form to fill out where you can indicate that it concerns an Ans Exam. They will create a Course and a Question bank for you ( step 1 and 1a of Working with Ans).

Digital Exam desk (Advice, Access, Support)

The DigitalExam Desk (digitalexams@tudelft.nl) can help you with:

• Advising you on the process of online exams with or without an online proctoring system.
• Setting up the final policies on your exam.
• Adding your students to your Ans Course.
• Monitoring the course of events during the exams.
• Solving technical problems during exams in cooperation with the functional application manager.

• Step 1 – Create a course
• Step 1a – Create a question bank
• Step 2 – Create your digital test
• Step 3 – Create exercises
• Step 4 – Add a grading scheme
• Step 5 – Adjust the test settings
• Step 6 – Finalise and preview your test

When you have created a course, you are able to add teaching staff, such as co-lecturers and student assistants to your ANS course. For example to help create or review the exam. For this, there are a few restrictions:

• The instructor providing the access is responsible for such access, including if there is any misuse/ misconduct arising from such access.
• The instructor providing the access is responsible in keeping the access up-to-date. This means that when access is no longer relevant (for example, when the external no longer work for a (shared) TU Delft course), the instructor must deactivate the access as soon as possible.
• Student assistants must always use their employee account at all times.

Follow the steps below to add someone to the course as instructor:

1. Go to Members-tab and click on Staff on the top-left.
   
2. Click on the ADD STAFF and choose Add instructors.
3. Search and check the person you want to add and click on ADD.
   

In case your exam is part of a joint program with other universities, Ans offers the option for instructors to give external parties (e.g., external instructor) access to a course relevant to them. The access shall be provided with the following conditions:

• The instructor providing the access is responsible for such access, including if there is any misuse/ misconduct arising from such access.
• The instructor providing the access is responsible in keeping the access up-to-date. This means that when access is no longer relevant (for example, when the external no longer work for a (shared) TU Delft course), the instructor must deactivate the access as soon as possible.
• Using private email address for access is not allowed.

Follow the steps below to add External Teaching Staff:

1. Go to Members-tab of the course in ANS and click on Staff on the top-left.
   
2. Click on NEW STAFF  and choose New instructor.
3. Fill the Name and the E-mail address in the pop-up and click on CREATE.
4. The external user gets an e-mail with instructions to log in to ANS.
5. For their first time login they will receive an email invite in which they are requested to set an password.
6. After that they can log in via https://ans.app/users/sign_in

If you would like to have a course to practice, you can create your own Sandbox. To do this, follow the steps to Create a Course and make sure to choose Sandbox as Study (scroll all the way down).

Beta features can only be turned on by the TU Delft Functional Application Managers. They will turn on a Beta feature as soon they have tested the new feature.

On the Ans website you will find an overview of the latest beta features. With beta features, you can experiment with our latest features before they are available to everyone. These features are in early stage and may change as Ans continues to develop them. Your feedback will help shape what they become. Please contact Brightspace support if you are experiencing any errors.

Your colleague has never entered the Ans application before. You can request this person to access Ans via: https://ans.app/users/sign_in. The person will automatically appear in the ADD STAFF list.

As you are responsible for the person you gave access to it is important will delete this user from your course as soon as the external employee no longer needs access. Go to the list of members of your course, select the employee and click on MORE. Then select Remove from course.

Your assignment needs to be live in order for student to see it  in their Ans environment. Make sure the assignment is open for students to enroll themselves (see formative testing)and has a timeslot.