[Building Sakai] Is Respondus LockDown the only answer?

[Sam Ottenhoff]

I would suggest that your attempts to lock a user's personal computer are
entirely futile.  If you want a secure environment for assessments, you
need a secure lab.  The war against students and their array of personal
devices was lost several years ago.


On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:04 PM, Paul Dagnall <pdagnall1 at udayton.edu> wrote:

> 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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