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Security of assessments/exams
Hello! We're looking into mitigating risk of cheating in our exams. We're approaching it from multiple angles, including test design (e.g. question pools, randomization, application-based questions,...
Data is transmitted to the LMS via standard HTTP POST so anyone w/intermediate knowledge of the Developer tab in current browsers can "sniff" or watch the network communications. Specs like SCORM 2004, TinCan and xAPI aren't too difficult to decode from network traffic. I'm sure developers w/advanced coding skills could help you figure out a slightly stronger method, but you would need to proxy the receiver/server side to undo your security as well.
