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Posted by Akhter Rasool
Akhter Rasool
8,597 Points

detecting print screen

i am creating a web-app where students have to type their assignments and submit their assignments, but they might also copy

so what i have done: the website would detect the print screen key, (but screenshot will be successful) as a result the person who is taking screenshot would lose the entire assignment and the assignment saved in server would be destroyed and logged out, so out of frustration students don't take screenshot (the text-area would be of medium size so that entire assignment's screenshot isn't taken), is this a good idea? if no, can there be any other alternative

4 Answers

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

What will keep them from doing their assignments on their laptops, paste them into your website for submission, and then give copies to their friends? Or take a photo with their phone and send it to their friends?

Akhter Rasool
Akhter Rasool
8,597 Points
Akhter Rasool
Akhter Rasool
8,597 Points

if the basic policy of our college is not to allow students to paste from external source, so only option is that the students must type in their assignments, and no pasting.

sir, i am just concerned with screenshot , would this technique be okay for screenshots? (shots from phone are excluded)

Akhter Rasool
Akhter Rasool
8,597 Points
Akhter Rasool
Akhter Rasool
8,597 Points

if the basic policy of our college is not to allow students to paste from external source, so only option is that the students must type in their assignments, and no pasting.

sir, i am just concerned with screenshot , would this technique be okay for screenshots? (shots from phone are excluded)

jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points
jcorum
jcorum
71,830 Points

Can they work on their own laptops? If so, what keeps them from giving a copy to their friends?

If they are going to cheat, why do you think they will observe a rule like "no pasting"?

Akhter Rasool
Akhter Rasool
8,597 Points

yes they can work on their laptops,

when a student gives a copy to their friends, those friends might directly cut,copy and then paste it. so the college demands that the students deal with their assignments without copying from others and do those themselves.

for images, students can draw diagrams the rule 'no-pasting' is observed again to prevent them from cheating, so that they don't blindly copy and paste and not deserve those marks allotted.

so, would it be a good idea to delete those assignments automatically if screenshot is detected (As a punishment)