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List:       kde-bugs-dist
Subject:    [Bug 62738] Make sure the students cannot access the editor to see
From:       Klas Kalass <klas.kalass () gmx ! de>
Date:       2003-08-15 23:20:45
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------- Additional Comments From klas.kalass@gmx.de  2003-08-16 01:20 -------
Subject: Re:  New: Make sure the students cannot access the editor to see the answers of a test

Am Freitag, 15. August 2003 23:56 schrieb Anne-Marie Mahfouf:
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> http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=62738
>            Summary: Make sure the students cannot access the editor to see
>                     the answers of a test
>            Product: keduca
>            Version: unspecified
>           Platform: unspecified
>         OS/Version: Linux
>             Status: NEW
>           Severity: wishlist
>           Priority: NOR
>          Component: general
>         AssignedTo: klas@kde.org
>         ReportedBy: annma@kde.org
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> Version:           1.2.0 (using KDE 3.1.9)
> Compiler:          gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)
> OS:          Linux (i686) release 2.4.21-0.13mdk
>
> If I make a test for my students, they could always open it with the Keduca
> editor and see the answers. It would be nice better if you had a format for
> the editor and then another for the test app itself. With the server "is
> it"/"will it be" possible to do stuff like students connecting to my
> central server, fill in their names, and then I get their scores in the
> end?
Do you refer to the "gallery" feature here? That feature is not a server and 
will not prevent a smart kid from gaining access to the actual answers.

Making keduca client/server is probably the way to go, but that is a very long 
way. Making a slightly different format would not buy you much: if your 
students are at least a little bit smart, then they will soon figure out how 
to open the test in a text editor...
The only way to protect abuse would be to not transfer the answers to the 
client computer. An alternative could be to encrypt the files, but again: The 
source code is open and there is nothing to prevent a pupil from hacking 
keduca so it can save the file in plain text.

So I reccon we really have to go the client/server way here. I am actually not 
so fond of that idea, because that would lift keduca from a KDE project to a 
web project with a KDE editor frontend, I fear. And I don't think it is 
appropriate for a KDE edu app to have its main functionality in a (java?) 
webapp or even webservice.

>
> I hope this does not sound too confusing, this is from a user and I want to
> make sure his request is noted.
>
> The concern is explained in the title. If this is already implanted, maybe
> the doc could be updated and all that explained. Thanks a lot for the good
> work.
I would be happy if you like to discuss this in private mail, and maybe can 
send me a list of "requirements".
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