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A Sandbox Approach to Online Exam Administration

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  • Stu Westin

    (College of Business Administration, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA)

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This paper describes eTAP (electronic Test Administration Platform), an innovative software system that is designed to facilitate the administration of Web-based tests and exams. The purpose of the paper is to share the success of the approach, and to promote its further development and use in the e-learning milieu. The eTAP system has been developed by the author for use in their own multi-section, Web-based course in response to the author’s perceived needs in this setting. The software addresses issues of monitoring and attendance, academic honesty (e-cheating), and activity logging in the electronic testing environment. The testing platform provided by eTAP uses a software sandbox approach to exam integrity. That is, once the program is started, the user is limited to specific sanctioned computer functionality and is restricted to a well-defined, relevant region of the Web.

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  • Stu Westin, 2012. "A Sandbox Approach to Online Exam Administration," International Journal of Online Pedagogy and Course Design (IJOPCD), IGI Global, vol. 2(4), pages 49-62, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jopcd0:v:2:y:2012:i:4:p:49-62
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