Notification of internet use in Rev standalone

[Rick Harrison]

On Oct 5, 2008, at 2:52 PM, Paul Gabel wrote:

> Hi Rick:
>
> I'm developing a rev app named ExamMaster where users take exams on  
> a Mac (perhaps unsupervised), and I want to deter them from looking  
> up answers on the internet. I certainly don't think of this as  
> "spyware."
>
> Paul Gabel
>

Hi Paul,

I think you are trying to take your software too far.  You won't be  
able to guard
against the use of internet cell phones especially for exams which are  
unsupervised.
An unsupervised exam also allows students to communicate with each other
about the test so they can still get answers even without access to  
the internet.

That is why important exams are always monitored by a teacher.  Your  
software
will never be able to take over the important role of the Monitor in  
the room.

Sometimes, teachers make exams so long that the students will not have
enough time to answer all of the questions.  I once had an open book  
exam
where there were so many questions that you didn't have the time to  
open the
book at all. One just had to know all of the material to be able to  
answer the
questions.

Have you built a timer into your exam software so that when the time  
is up
the student can no longer work on it?

Good luck with your project!

Rick