Overall you're looking at removing one wire (link from the switch for that lab) and adding a local server to that segment with the bare essentials for what they require. No physical connection to the internet = no way for them to access it. You will need to ensure no-one uses a mobile 'phone for internet access, but you will need to do that whatever you do on the LAN.Īvoid all problems such as them having access to network shares, etc. Obviously accounts used are not admin, so no-one can stick a wifi dongle into a computer ands install it to get internet via wifi. No physical connection to other servers or internet, so no possibility of cheating. Put all the PCs on an isolated switch with a single server that has a copy of the info they need to access. You know, the electronic equivalent of the dude that would peer over our shoulder during exams when we were in Uni, but more efficient and with no physical effort. If the true intention here is to just make sure no one cheats and not to test the temptation resistance limits of your students, then really you should stick with cutting off internet access, while having, in full view of the students, a split screen VNC session of all the PC's (there's only 12) and just watch them simultaneously. So this may be far too tempting a challenge for some to resist. Yes, being an adult may mean not cheating through life but for some people it may mean beating the system without getting caught. In which case they may fail their exam but full marks for work-around/out-of-the-box thinking.įor some poor souls the exam then becomes less about the exam itself and more about beating the system. The pitfall of this is that some more proficient students might reroute their traffic through a proxy or use the web connection for remote access. They are preparing to be adults, so give them the benefit of the doubt, if they choose to cheat their way through life, they should know there will be reprecussions! I'd leave them with access to the internet, but give them a warning that internet traffic is recorded/monitored, any unauthorised use during exams will mean instant failure.

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