Notification of internet use in Rev standalone

[Paul Gabel]

Hi Rick:

I think you have a good point about exams having to be monitored.  
Modern technology can sometimes become cheating technology. As for the  
length of the exam, that would be completely up to the exam writer.  
And, yes, the exams can be timed. If you'd like (assuming you have a  
Mac), take a look at it by typing "ExamMaster" into Macupdate's search  
box and downloading it.

Thanks for you suggestions.

Paul Gabel

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On Oct 6, 2008, at 6:54 AM, Rick Harrison wrote:

>
> 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
>
>
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