Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Re: disabling Word features

Can someone tell me what the reasoning is for not having cut and paste
in a testing situation? There must be something I'm not understanding
here.

On 29/04/2009, at 12:12 PM, Dickenson, Steven wrote:

> There is software out there designed to turn a computer into an exam-
> friendly word processor, but unfortunately I don't recall the name.
> It's not free, but it really locks down the PC to prevent many
> functions, including cut/paste.
>
> There is no native Windows way of restricting copy/paste functions,
> as they're OS level. You can restrict grammar and spelling tools
> using Group Policy. You'll need to load the ADM templates available
> from the Office Resource Kit.
>
> S
> ---
> Steven Dickenson <sdickenson@keyschool.org>
> Computer Network Manager
> The Key School, Annapolis Maryland
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: A forum for independent school educators [mailto:ISED-
>> L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Debbie Anderson
>> Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2009 10:15 AM
>> To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Subject: disabling Word features
>>
>> I have two students who need to use laptops on their AP exams next
>> week.
>> The proctor just told me that grammar check, spell check and cut/
>> paste
>> are not allowed and wants me to disable the functions. I know that
>> I can
>> turn off the automatic spell and grammar checks but does anyone
>> know how
>> to easily disable all three functions?
>>
>>
>>
>> I did look at WordPad which doesn't have spell check but does allow
>> cutting and pasting. I know that my school can't be the only one
>> trying
>> to comply. Any and all ideas are appreiciated.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>> Debbie Anderson
>>
>> Webmaster/Upper School Technology Coordinator
>>
>> McLean School of Maryland
>>
>> danderson@mcleanschool.org
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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