[Building Sakai] Is Respondus LockDown the only answer?

[Paul Dagnall]

Sam
You're right. Nothing is ever going to be 100% airtight. My goal is only to
make it harder. Faculty ask us if students can cheat. We tell them they can
and give them a few lines. It would be nice to also say we've taken some
steps.

My thinking is that only x% of students will attempt to cheat. Only y% of
that x% will try cheating outside of a very obvious path. So, closing the
door will stop many who wouldn't think to check if it was locked.

For example, a common faculty concern is that students can copy and paste
questions from the test. If we optionally wrapped the Samigo question text
with jquery's unselectable class, it would make copying more difficult
(though clearly not impossible). A closed but unlocked door.

Again, I know we can't make it bulletproof. I'm just asking if there are
any alternatives to Respondus before we consider going down that road.

Thank you.

Paul


On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Sam Ottenhoff <ottenhoff at longsight.com>wrote:

> 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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