<div dir="ltr">Hi Christopher.<div><br></div><div>This is a big can of worms with a sharp lid. Even after taking heroic measures, it is impossible to guarantee there will be no unfair advantages taken by students.<div style>
Even if you cut off access to their normal network drives durings SACS, cut off email, disable all messaging apps, glue up USB ports, confiscate phones... there will be a dozen other new tricks you couldn't have anticipated.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>I watched their progress carefully in class, copied work-in-progress after each work session (mainly of the untrustworthy kids) from their network drives, and recorded who was sitting next to whom... This is particularly valuable since the kids who will cheat usually aren't clever enough to do it in a sophisticated manner: they will simply copy their neighbour and when their work is marked immediately after their neighbour's, similarities become immediately obvious.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Most of all, I watch out for supernatural overnight improvements in students' performance. If I see a 300% increase in output and quality, a few well-placed questions such as "Why did you do this that way?" and "This is an interesting technique... can you explain it to me?" usually sorts things out pretty quickly.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>And bluffing is always useful. Remind the kids of magical network tools that automatically detect changes to SAC files created outside of SAC periods. And simply looking at the time stamps of kids' SAC files is an easy way to catch out kids who have not mastered the art of 'touching' file timestamps.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>And of course, the best source of info about cheating will always be the good kids in the class who are really aggrieved that their honest efforts are being eroded. They will often quickly let you know who is worthy of suspicion.</div>
<div style><br></div><div style>Good luck.</div><div style><br></div><div style>Mark</div><div style>Gentleman of Leisure.</div><div style>Currently recuperating from coronary bypass surgery at <a href="http://vceit.com">vceit.com</a> headquarters.</div>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Currently I have them work on USB. Of course they could simply work on a copy of the work and add it to the USB. It is more of a trick than anything? I also monitor the students work in class by looking over shoulders etc.
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