We have had our IT folks create a special-use login that restricts virtually everything except using a web browser to access our LON-CAPA services. The configuration is sufficiently distinct that a proctor can tell simply by walking the room if the student is logged in using the restricted account.
Todd On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Gerd Kortemeyer <ko...@lite.msu.edu> wrote: > Hi, > > On Feb 12, 2014, at 6:52 PM, Joseph Mingrone <j...@mathstat.dal.ca> wrote: > , > > > > We would like to restrict access to the exam to students who are in the > > exam rooms. > > If you know the IP-address range of the rooms, you can restrict access to > only those rooms. > > > > Is there any way to require a password to access a > > resource? > > You can in addition set a proctor password to unlock a folder. > > > Perhaps something with slots? > > Nope, not good. > > > Do you have any other > > suggestions? IP based restrictions will be tough because the students > > will be writing at a couple different locations across the campus. > > How many rooms? > > > > > To restrict access to the homework problems I will probably hide the > > homework folders just before the exam starts. I also turned off the > > communication features. For those with more experience with LON-CAPA > > exams, is there anything I should considered for exam security? > > Not really, except that the exam is then automatically "open book" anyway > (which could be just fine), since the students have access to the web. > > Overall, sounds like proctor password is what you want. > > - Gerd. > _______________________________________________ > LON-CAPA-users mailing list > LON-CAPA-users@mail.lon-capa.org > http://mail.lon-capa.org/mailman/listinfo/lon-capa-users >
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