[Building Sakai] Is Respondus LockDown the only answer?

[Sam Ottenhoff]

Paul, are you worried about the use of lab computers or personal computers
being used at the student's convenience?


On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Paul Dagnall <pdagnall1 at udayton.edu> wrote:

> We're looking for any information others can share about their
> experiences/attempts to limit print/copy/navigation activity while
> completing Samigo assessments.  We are currently upgrading to 2.9 and would
> like to add this functionality to our environment.  Students currently have
> the ability to copy text, print screens, etc while taking assessments which
> isn't desirable in many situations.
>
> We've briefly looked in to Respondus LockDown browser but it appears to
> carry some serious overhead for the student.  Students need to
> download/install the LockDown browser on their computer and use a specific
> browser to take the exam.  We're after something a little more seamless and
> invisible to the student.  I understand that it will be impossible to close
> every hole  but we'd like to make it a more difficult to cheat.
>
> I would be interested to hear what other Sakai schools are doing in this
> area.
>
>    - Are there other approaches I'm not aware of?
>    - Are there other companies that provide a similar product to
>    Respondus LockDown browser?
>    - Are my concerns about the negative student impacts of LockDown
>    browser unfounded?
>
> Thanks very much in advance for any light you can shed on this.
>
> Paul Dagnall
> Application Developer & Administrator
> University of Dayton
>
>
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