I don't know of any general plugin that would do this. Creating a bootable USB environment that you configured to only go to a specific site would work, there may be kiosk distros that already do this?
The Smarter Balanced Assessment testing tool coming in a couple of years for quite a few States in the US is based on Firefox, http://www.smarterbalanced.org/smarter-balanced-assessments/technology/, I have no idea whether anything could be done with that, they have some kind of adaptive test engine behind it. On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 2:54 PM, Todd O'Bryan <[email protected]> wrote: > Sorry for cross-posting, but I know some people are only on one list... > > Does anyone know of a way to lock down a browser in Linux for online > testing? Ideally, I'm imagining a plug-in or something that, when it > accesses a testing site, would make the browser full screen, not allow > the user to open new tabs or windows, and would keep the user from > switching to other applications during the time that the test is going > on. Once the test is submitted, the browser would return to normal. > (There would probably also need to be a "Cancel" or "Abort" or "Quit > Now" button, that would submit an incomplete test and return control > to the user.) > > I realize you'd have to do some extra stuff outside the browser to > prevent savvy users from disabling such a plug-in, but the last time I > checked, the only "Lockdown" browser available was a commercial > product for Windows. > > Given the proliferation of online courses, online tests, and the move > by many states to do high-stakes testing online, I'm thinking there > must be someone working in this area. In fact, creating a bootable CD > or USB that had just the testing environment on it might be a good way > to ensure that students can't use anything else while they're testing. > > Anybody know of any development in this direction? > > Todd > > -- > edubuntu-users mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-users > -- Steve Rippl Technology Director Woodland Public Schools 360 841 2730
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