Marty Soupcoff

The file you are talking about, is that an HTML file? I'm guessing you uploaded the HTML file but did not upload any of the images, banners, etc. to Moodle as well.

As mentioned in my forum post on a related topic, the Repondus Lockdown Browser may be a good option to protect the integrity/intellectual property of the quiz. Students could still potentially take pictures with their smart phones or hand write all the quiz questions down but at that point, the student is trying harder to cheat then actually take the quiz.

As with anything in this world, there are no absolutes. My university has recently been testing the feasibility of a "secure browser" environment.

When we initially started this testing, the Safe Exam Browser Ken mentions, I believe only worked with Windows XP so we did not test that product. We tested using Respondus Lockdown Browser instead. The following is a quote from a Respondus support representative I received when testing the product,

Our LockDown Browser software uses the exact IE and Safari engine that is installed on your computer.  Our browser essentially places a skin over those existing browsers which creates a custom interface. Our browser uses the same security features and service packs currently installed for IE and Safari. The reason we chose those two browsers is because they are the most widely used.

In effect, when the Lockdown browser is enabled for a quiz, students cannot take the quiz unless they are using the Lockdown Browser. The Lockdown browser disables all hotkeys, it fills the entire screen and cannot be resized, does not allow them to open other browser windows and does not allow functions such as printing of the screen.

This sounds exactly like what you want but there are some downsides as well.

1. Accessibility - because it disables all hotkeys, it may be near impossible for those with disabilities to navigate the webpage.
2. Users can always have a second computer or even a smart phone next to them to browse the web.
   1. This could then create a new digital divide between those users with one computer/smart device and those that have two or more.
      
3. False sense of security - some teachers may think this is a solve-all solution to cheating but it is not. There will always be a way for students to cheat.

You can see the rest of our testing notes at http://goo.gl/Pjfwp. As mentioned above, there are no absolutes. But we have found in our testing that although the Lockdown Browser cannot completely stop cheating, it makes it much harder to do. In addition, the Lockdown Browser was a good tool to help keep the integrity of the quiz because students could not simple copying and past all the questions or print them (They could still use smart phone to take pictures). Our university has yet to decide whether or not to adopt the Lockdown Browser.

As another alternative, if this quiz is being taken in a computer lab, you could create your own "secure" environment by limiting the IP addresses that are allowed to take the quiz (located in Quiz settings > Require network address) and then on those computers, limiting the websites those computers are allowed to go to. You would probably want to talk to a tech from your school though on the feasibility of this first though.

I'm still using 1.9 so I'm not 100% sure it's still in the same place in 2.0 but if you go to Site Admin > Appearance > HTML Editor, down at the bottom it will show all the combinations that turn into emoticons. To remove the emoticon, just delete it from both right and left side of list. See also Moodle Docs on issue.

Happy oodling!

Please refer to http://docs.moodle.org/20/en/Editing_a_quiz#Adding_random_questions