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Timed Notebooks for Student Take-home examinations

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  • Subject: [mg60289] Timed Notebooks for Student Take-home examinations
  • From: "W. Craig Carter" <ccarter at mit.edu>
  • Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2005 06:46:39 -0400 (EDT)
  • Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com

I wonder if anyone has implemented this, if not I will give it a 
try.

I'd like to create a template and package for student take home 
exams.

The student would need to finish the notebook in a fixed amount of 
time.  The instructor, who has encoded the package, would be able to 
determine how much time the student has used to finish the exam by 
decoding a string that is written just before the notebook exits.

It would need to be moderately safe from cheating.

Advice would be most welcome.


W. Craig Carter
Lord Foundation Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
MIT, Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering 13-5018  77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307 USA
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