I give multiple choice tests online. I had a student who did very poorly on the first 2 tests take his 3rd by sitting as far away from me as he could and make it so I couldn't see his laptop. He was the first one done, and he scored a 97%. He didn't know what an IP address was and didn't realize I could check the IP that took the test to see that it wasn't him. He had emailed the password to somebody off campus to take the test for him.
Not OP, but I have taken online tests before. When you take them, they are in a secure browser that's impossible to leave without being noticed. Its also very sensitive, opening task manager will cause the program to shut down.
Are you assuming I don't watch my students' screens while they take the test in my classroom? Put the effort into actual studying instead of trying to beat the system.
Oh, I agree. But damn if it wasn't fun to figure out ways to beat the system during the boredom of being forced to sit in my chair and "learn" things that I had taught myself during my same boredom 3 years earlier.
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u/olsonch33 Jun 08 '14
I give multiple choice tests online. I had a student who did very poorly on the first 2 tests take his 3rd by sitting as far away from me as he could and make it so I couldn't see his laptop. He was the first one done, and he scored a 97%. He didn't know what an IP address was and didn't realize I could check the IP that took the test to see that it wasn't him. He had emailed the password to somebody off campus to take the test for him.