[Building Sakai] Is Respondus LockDown the only answer?

[Paul Dagnall]

Hi Sam - Most of our students use Sakai from their personal computers, so
that is the case we are most concerned with.

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Sam Ottenhoff <ottenhoff at longsight.com>wrote:

> 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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