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Anti-minimization ability

by Michael Spain - Wednesday, April 2, 2014, 11:44 PM

My Fire Department Training Division is in the early stages of development for moving to Moodle for class delivery. One question I have, is there a way, for example, to make a video presentation or other class stay on top of any other processes being run on the computer? For example, in our current configuration (not in Moodle), a person can view a video presentation, minimize it and allow it to run in the background. Then, when it is completed, get credit for participating. I want to try to keep that from occuring. I have found a solution "Safe Exam Browser" for a test taking environment, but is there a similar fix for just class delivery. For us, it is not necessary to have a test for material, sometimes we just need to deliver information and have a way to track completion.

Thank you

The nuub.

Re: Anti-minimization ability

by Ray Morris - Thursday, May 1, 2014, 1:23 AM

You can run kiosk mode and there are a few other options. Each of these makes it more likely that they'll be on Facebook on their phone during that time, rather than looking at both Facebook and the course on the computer screen. There is no technical measure to ensure that they are looking at the material. Come to think of it, people get up to get a sandwich when the Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders come on the screen, so there's probably no non-technical way to force someone's attention either.

Do you want the students to gaze at the material, learn the material, or know the material? If so, you might consider checking to see that they know it (get a 90% on the pretest and you're done) or that they learned it.

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