[Building Sakai] any progress on a lock down browser

[Sam Ottenhoff]

Is the intention to lock down a student's browser at home or to lock 
down a browser in a lab?  Locking down a user's browser at home seems 
like a futile effort as no technology will prevent a laptop open next to 
the user's desktop.

Sakai's Samigo assessment engine contains a couple of features to help 
deliver assessments in a proctored environment: limit assessment 
attempts to an IP range and require a secondary username/password 
(provided by the proctor).  When you have control of a lab, there are 
various ways to lock down the environment including removing external 
network access or using custom software like SecureExam, Exam4, etc.

--Sam

On 10/27/2010 10:36 AM, Dave Ross wrote:
> Eric,
>
> Makes sense. I believe Firefox may have a kiosk mode that could be
> utilized for this - but I'd be interested if the Samigo (Tests and
> Quizzes) or Mneme (Test Center) folks have had any feature requests in
> this area...
>
> Thanks!
>
> -Dave
>
> On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 9:34 AM, Eric Triplett<ewtriplett at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Dave,
>> A lock down browser is used for exam taking.  The student opens the browser to the exam link but is prevented from going anywhere else on the web.
>> These are common in course management systems EXCPET Sakai.
>> An example of such a browser is here:
>> http://www.respondus.com/products/lockdown.shtml
>> The respondus product does not work for Sakai.
>> Eric
>>
>>
>> On Oct 27, 2010, at 8:23 AM, Dave Ross wrote:
>>
>>> Eric,
>>>
>>> Could you please be more descriptive in what you are looking for?
>>> Unfortunately "lock down browser for Sakai" doesn't give us much to go
>>> on...
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>>
>>> -Dave
>>>
>>> On Tue, Oct 26, 2010 at 4:49 PM, Eric Triplett<ewtriplett at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>> To the community of Sakai developers,
>>>> Is anyone aware of the development of a lock down browser for Sakai?  If so, can you direct me to who has done this?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Eric
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Prof. Eric W. Triplett, Chair
>>>> Department of Microbiology and Cell Science
>>>> Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
>>>> University of Florida
>>>> 1052 Museum Road, P.O. Box 110700
>>>> Gainesville, FL 32608  USA
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