Hi, This question is about an exam that my students write. I have the exam set so that they take the exam and they are not able to review the exam. Once the exam is complete, they seem to be able to go to their profile and look at the list of courses and exams completed and them click on the exam under their profile and it will open for them. Is it possible to stop this?
When they open the exam do they return to where they left off in the course, perhaps the results slide? If so, that's the typical bookmarking method - which if you ensured that it was set to "always resume" they could return to that slide and if you disabled any navigation elements from that slide such as the menu, prev/next buttons, etc. you could stop them from going to see any other areas.
As far as stopping the user from opening the course again, that'll be up to your LMS or web server environment as a way to make those links no longer valid.
The exam is a stand alone exam, there is no coursework at all. It seems that they can see it in the list of completed courses. The LMS is Articulate. Also, I believe, the permission to take the exam again is withdrawn after they complete the exam. I’m not sure how they can open it up again.
I do have the player set to “prompt to resume” because it seems the company had been having trouble with their system, and the exam participants had been getting kicked out of the exam, and they would have to start all over.
Therefore they can open it up again? If I set it to Never resume, they should not be able to ever open it up without the permissions again.
what do you think?
Are you hosting your courses in Articulate Online? Within Articulate Online you'd have to remove a users' access to a course to prevent them from revisiting it.
The resume prompt determines where and how they would reopen the course. If you chose "never resume" they would start the course over again, so essentially a second attempt at the course. I would look at choosing "always resume" and that way they are brought back to where they left off no matter what. Even if they lost their connection they would return to the point at which they left off and continue the course. That way you could also look at restricting the results slide navigation by removing those elements I mentioned.
Yes we are using Articulate online. I believe we are removing the access to the exam after they complete it. The issue is that they can see it on the list of courses completed and can click on it there. In the list of exams and courses, once they have taken the exam, they cannot reopen it, because the permission has been withdrawn. They are acessing it in a different location. I don’t believe they can change the score or redo the exam, but they can get answers to pass on to other students.
Ah, I see what you're describing now in terms of how they can see it and open it not that they are retaking it. I don't know that there is a way to stop them from "cheating" in this sense... as they could easily just take what they answered during the quiz if they're receiving correct/incorrect feedback and make notes to share with other students.
That’s true, if people are going to cheat, they can find a way. They are supervised and there is a time limit on the exam, (Not built into the exam), so hopefully there is not too much of that going on. I guess the “cheating” though is somewhat irrelevant. Our client has asked if it is possible to not let them see the exam after they have taken it. I don’t even know the real reasons. The exam is using articulate online as its LMS. Is there something i need to change in the settings to prevent this, or is this an LMS issue. Or a permissions issue.
If after they've completed the course you revoke the permission for the user, then they'd no longer be able to see the content as you've described. They may still be able to access their reports and see how they scored and answered.
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Hi Pryce,
When they open the exam do they return to where they left off in the course, perhaps the results slide? If so, that's the typical bookmarking method - which if you ensured that it was set to "always resume" they could return to that slide and if you disabled any navigation elements from that slide such as the menu, prev/next buttons, etc. you could stop them from going to see any other areas.
As far as stopping the user from opening the course again, that'll be up to your LMS or web server environment as a way to make those links no longer valid.
The exam is a stand alone exam, there is no coursework at all. It seems that they can see it in the list of completed courses. The LMS is Articulate. Also, I believe, the permission to take the exam again is withdrawn after they complete the exam. I’m not sure how they can open it up again.
I do have the player set to “prompt to resume” because it seems the company had been having trouble with their system, and the exam participants had been getting kicked out of the exam, and they would have to start all over.
Therefore they can open it up again? If I set it to Never resume, they should not be able to ever open it up without the permissions again.
what do you think?
Hi Pryce,
Are you hosting your courses in Articulate Online? Within Articulate Online you'd have to remove a users' access to a course to prevent them from revisiting it.
The resume prompt determines where and how they would reopen the course. If you chose "never resume" they would start the course over again, so essentially a second attempt at the course. I would look at choosing "always resume" and that way they are brought back to where they left off no matter what. Even if they lost their connection they would return to the point at which they left off and continue the course. That way you could also look at restricting the results slide navigation by removing those elements I mentioned.
Yes we are using Articulate online. I believe we are removing the access to the exam after they complete it. The issue is that they can see it on the list of courses completed and can click on it there. In the list of exams and courses, once they have taken the exam, they cannot reopen it, because the permission has been withdrawn. They are acessing it in a different location. I don’t believe they can change the score or redo the exam, but they can get answers to pass on to other students.
thanks
Ah, I see what you're describing now in terms of how they can see it and open it not that they are retaking it. I don't know that there is a way to stop them from "cheating" in this sense... as they could easily just take what they answered during the quiz if they're receiving correct/incorrect feedback and make notes to share with other students.
That’s true, if people are going to cheat, they can find a way. They are supervised and there is a time limit on the exam, (Not built into the exam), so hopefully there is not too much of that going on. I guess the “cheating” though is somewhat irrelevant. Our client has asked if it is possible to not let them see the exam after they have taken it. I don’t even know the real reasons. The exam is using articulate online as its LMS. Is there something i need to change in the settings to prevent this, or is this an LMS issue. Or a permissions issue.
Thanks
Hi Pryce,
If after they've completed the course you revoke the permission for the user, then they'd no longer be able to see the content as you've described. They may still be able to access their reports and see how they scored and answered.
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