Acknowledge plagiarism statement access rule

Quiz access rules ::: quizaccess_honestycheck
Maintained by TimTim Hunt
Part of set Open University.
This Quiz access rule plugin lets you require students to agree to a statement about not plagiarising before starting a quiz.
Latest release:
713 sites
340 downloads
30 fans
Current versions available: 5

If you install this plugin, there is a new option on the quiz settings form, and
if the teacher turns that on, then when a student tries to start a quiz attempt,
they will see a statement about plagiarism and cheating, and they will have to
agree that they will be good before they are allowed to start the quiz attempt.

This quiz access rule was created by Tim Hunt at the Open University. It can be
used with versions 2.2 of Moodle, or later.

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Tim
Tim Hunt (Lead maintainer)
Chris Nelson: Product owner
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  • Tim
    Wed, 30 July 2014, 7:05 PM
    There is no way to do this in bulk through the Moodle UI.

    It is possible to do this if you are prepared to update things directly in the database. The required query is

    INSERT INTO mdl_quizaccess_honestycheck (quizid, honestycheckrequired)
    SELECT q.id, 1
    FROM mdl_quiz q
    LEFT JOIN mdl_quizaccess_honestycheck qah ON qah.quizid = q.id
    WHERE qah.id IS NULL

    Obviously, you need to be very careful editing directly in the database, since mistakes can be fatal, but I just tested that query, and it worked for me.
  • Lucas Michelini
    Thu, 2 Oct 2014, 7:39 PM
    Hi!

    I'm looking for a plugin that require students to agree to a statement before starting a course (or before the student login in moodle), not only a quiz. Does anybody knows about a plugin that make something like this?
  • Tim
    Thu, 2 Oct 2014, 8:55 PM
  • juan zavaleta
    Tue, 9 Dec 2014, 3:25 AM
    please could tell me how to install this plugin in moodle 2.7.2, thanks.
  • Tim
    Tue, 9 Dec 2014, 7:18 AM
    See at the bottom of https://moodle.org/plugins/pluginversion.php?id=7231 where it stays Default installation instructions for plugins in category Quiz access rules. If you need more help than that, please ask at https://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?id=28
  • Chester Folming
    Tue, 28 July 2015, 7:16 PM
    Could you explain how to uninstall this plugin please?
    I need to clear a server of additional plugins to make sure which errors are caused by the office 365 plugins.
    If I delete the plugin via ftp it will go "missing from database".
  • Tim
    Wed, 16 Dec 2015, 12:59 AM
    The code of this plugin is perfectly fine in Moodle 3.0. But, unfortunately, while I was testing this, I found (and fixed) MDL-52523, which is a regression in Moodle 3.0 relating to backup and restore of all types of subplugins. So, probably best to wait until that is fixed.
  • Tim
    Wed, 27 Jan 2016, 6:57 PM
    This plugin is compatible with Moodle 3.0, but you must be using Moodle 3.0.2 or later, otherwise you will hit problems with backup and restore.
  • Tim
    Thu, 10 May 2018, 2:27 AM
    I have just tested this with Moodle 3.5, and the plugin itself works fine, but it revealed a small bug in the latest Moodle changes: https://tracker.moodle.org/browse/MDL-62376. The only effect of this is if the student does not check the checkbox when trying to start the quiz. The form with the checkbox reloads, but the 'You must agree to this statement before you start the quiz.' does not show up, so it might be a little bit confusing for users, but there is no problem if they check the box.
  • Fernando Robles
    Fri, 22 Nov 2019, 2:17 PM
    I am not a systems developer, but i´m tryin to use your plugin in spanish and thinkin that probably your text would much better (clear) if says somethin like this:

    "Entiendo que es importante que el intento de examen que estoy a punto de realizar, se trata totalmente de un trabajo personal. Igualmente comprendo lo que es el plagio intelectual o simplemente "hacer trampa", y por lo tanto, no incurriré en tales acciones.
    [ ] He leído y estoy de acuerdo con dicha declaración."

    I really appreciate if you could consider my suggestion.
    Great job ;)
    Thanks a lot.
  • Tim
    Sat, 23 Nov 2019, 4:19 PM
    Thanks for making this suggestion. However, the best way to suggest changes to transations is to use https://lang.moodle.org/. Then the maintainer of the language pack will review it. Thanks.
  • Fernando Robles
    Sun, 24 Nov 2019, 12:58 PM
    Ok. I´ll make the suggest at that space. Thanks smile
  • Ross Jorgensen
    Wed, 8 Apr 2020, 9:16 AM
    Is it possible to change the text in this plugin? I'd like to use it to capture a student acknowledgment that, for example, "Assessment Appeals Policy has been provided to me"..
  • Tim
    Wed, 8 Apr 2020, 3:31 PM
    Yes, using the standard https://docs.moodle.org/en/Language_customisation feature that lets you change any of Moodle's text.
  • Dave Emsley
    Thu, 28 May 2020, 11:31 PM
    Hi Tim, great plugin thanks. FYI though: from a user's point of view the location of the option to turn it on is a bit too well hidden, it took me a while to find out where it was and had to look in honestycheck/internaldoc/testcase.txt to find the instructions.

    Cheers

    Dave
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