Posted on 04/06/2006 8:17:57 AM PDT by Kurt_Hectic
An attempt to hold a paperless mock exam posed too many temptations for a class at Bingsfoss Middle School.
Over half of the tenth graders at Bingsfoss decided to cheat on the day-long test, newspaper Romerikes Blad reports.
The school in Sørumsand in Akershus County was one of 20 in Norway chosen to take an electronic version of the test. The rules were strict and spelled out clearly in advance - the only program that could be used was Microsoft Word, anything else would constitute cheating.
Nevertheless, the majority of students immediately set up a contact network using an Internet chat program. On Wednesday Principal Knut Nicolaysen informed students and parents that the entire test had been canceled, news agency ANB reported.
"The rules were clear that this was forbidden. Therefore the test has been annulled," Nicolaysen said.
Deny access to all programs except Word.
or
Un-install all programs but word
or
configure the Firewall properly
or
disconnect the computers from the network
or
well, you get the idea.
It's not hard to limit what users can do IF they do not have administrator rights on the computer.
Or....keep the results of the test for those that did not cheat, and give a zero to those that did!
*is clueless*
On my law school those who has dyslexia etc use computers on the exam, and I guess the admin's do what you're suggesting... can't be that hard...
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