1 <h1>Display in a
"secure" window
</h1>
3 <p>The
"secure" window tries to provide a little more security for quizzes
4 (making copying and cheating more difficult) by restricting some of the things
5 that students can do with their browsers.
</p>
7 <p>What happens is that:
</p>
9 <li>Javascript is made a requirement.
</li>
10 <li>The quiz appears in a new fullscreen window.
</li>
11 <li>Some mouse actions on the text are prevented.
</li>
12 <li>Some keyboard commands are prevented.
</li>
15 <p>NOTE:
<b>This security is NOT watertight
</b>. Do NOT rely on these protections
16 as your sole strategy. It is impossible to implement complete protection
17 of quizzes in a web environment so please do not rely on this option if
18 you are really worried about students cheating. Other strategies you can
19 try are to create really large databases of questions from which you
20 randomly choose questions, or even better, rethink your overall assessment
21 to put more value on constructive forms of activity such as forum discussions,
22 glossary building, wiki writing, workshops, assignments etc.
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