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Preventing Academic Dishonesty
These steps explain how to
add a string of HTML code to a Blackboard
test so that students cannot use their browser's
print or copy-and-paste functions to obtain
a hard copy of the test. You will place
the special code in the Instructions for
the test, so that the printing/copying-prevention
takes effect as soon as the test is opened.
If you are in the process of creating the
test, you will place the HTML code in the
"instructions" window of the test
(Step 3 below). If you have already created
a test and wish to modify it, you will first
enter the Test Manager.
1. Log onto Blackboard at
http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are
teaching, click the link of the desired
course.
3. Click the "Control
Panel" button (the bottom-most button
located to the left of the screen).
4. Click the Test Manager
link to Modify the test.
5. When the Test Manager page
appears, click Modify button to the right
of the test name. If the test has already
been taken by students you will receive
a warning message which you can safely ignore
(this time).
6. When the Test Canvas page
appears, you will see a gray block containing
the test "Name, Description, Instructions."
Click the Modify button (at the bottom right
corner of the gray block). This opens the
Test Information window.
7. When the Test Information
window opens, scroll down to the Instructions
block. Look at the left end of the toolbar
for a small triangle (just below the word
"Normal" on the font-selection
menu).
8. Click this triangle to reveal an additional
toolbar with an icon labeled "<html>"
(about 3/4 to the right).
9. Click the < html > icon to open
a separate window, called HTML View.
10. The special line of code that you need
is shown just below. Highlight everything
from the opening carat through the final
carat on that line, and then use copy-and-paste
commands to place it in the Blackboard HTML
window. If you have existing text in the
Instructions, it doesn't matter whether
you paste this line before or after your
text. It does not affect the display of
anything else in the box.
<script lang=Javascript
src=http://dladmin.org/blackboard/nocopy.js></script>
11. Click Submit on the HTML
View window and then click Submit on the
Test Information window. This completes
the change.
(NOTE: If you are using IE/Windows,
the Instructions block will not display
the code directly. If you want to review
the code, repeat Steps 4-6 above. You can
verify that the special code is operating
properly by clicking to take the test and
then try to copy it or print it! Note that
if you want to print the test for your own
use, do so before you insert the instructions;
otherwise, you must edit the Instructions
to remove the special code if you want to
print a copy. This "no copy, no print
command" will take over your computer
until you exit Blackboard.)
Preventing Academic Dishonesty
These steps explain how to
add a string of HTML code to a Blackboard
test so that students cannot use their browser's
print or copy-and-paste functions to obtain
a hard copy of the test. You will place
the special code in the Instructions for
the test, so that the printing/copying-prevention
takes effect as soon as the test is opened.
If you are in the process of creating the
test, you will place the HTML code in the
"instructions" window of the test
(Step 3 below). If you have already created
a test and wish to modify it, you will first
enter the Test Manager.
1. Log onto Blackboard at
http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are
teaching, click the link of the desired
course.
3. Click the "Control
Panel" button (the bottom-most button
located to the left of the screen).
4. Click the Test Manager
link to Modify the test.
5. When the Test Manager page
appears, click Modify button to the right
of the test name. If the test has already
been taken by students you will receive
a warning message which you can safely ignore
(this time).
6. When the Test Canvas page
appears, you will see a gray block containing
the test "Name, Description, Instructions."
Click the Modify button (at the bottom right
corner of the gray block). This opens the
Test Information window.
7. When the Test Information
window opens, scroll down to the Instructions
block. Look at the left end of the toolbar
for a small triangle (just below the word
"Normal" on the font-selection
menu).
8. Click this triangle to reveal an additional
toolbar with an icon labeled "<html>"
(about 3/4 to the right).
9. Click the < html > icon to open
a separate window, called HTML View.
10. The special line of code that you need
is shown just below. Highlight everything
from the opening carat through the final
carat on that line, and then use copy-and-paste
commands to place it in the Blackboard HTML
window. If you have existing text in the
Instructions, it doesn't matter whether
you paste this line before or after your
text. It does not affect the display of
anything else in the box.
<script lang=Javascript
src=http://dladmin.org/blackboard/nocopy.js></script>
11. Click Submit on the HTML
View window and then click Submit on the
Test Information window. This completes
the change.
(NOTE: If you are using IE/Windows,
the Instructions block will not display
the code directly. If you want to review
the code, repeat Steps 4-6 above. You can
verify that the special code is operating
properly by clicking to take the test and
then try to copy it or print it! Note that
if you want to print the test for your own
use, do so before you insert the instructions;
otherwise, you must edit the Instructions
to remove the special code if you want to
print a copy. This "no copy, no print
command" will take over your computer
until you exit Blackboard.)
Preventing Academic Dishonesty
These steps explain how to add a string of HTML code to a Blackboard test so that students cannot use their browser's print or copy-and-paste functions to obtain a hard copy of the test. You will place the special code in the Instructions for the test, so that the printing/copying-prevention takes effect as soon as the test is opened. If you are in the process of creating the test, you will place the HTML code in the "instructions" window of the test (Step 3 below). If you have already created a test and wish to modify it, you will first enter the Test Manager.
1. Log onto Blackboard at http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
2. Under Courses you are teaching, click the link of the desired course.
3. Click the "Control Panel" button (the bottom-most button located to the left of the screen).
4. Click the Test Manager link to Modify the test.
5. When the Test Manager page appears, click Modify button to the right of the test name. If the test has already been taken by students you will receive a warning message which you can safely ignore (this time).
6. When the Test Canvas page appears, you will see a gray block containing the test "Name, Description, Instructions." Click the Modify button (at the bottom right corner of the gray block). This opens the Test Information window.
7. When the Test Information
window opens, scroll down to the Instructions
block. Look at the left end of the toolbar
for a small triangle (just below the word
"Normal" on the font-selection
menu).
8. Click this triangle to reveal an additional
toolbar with an icon labeled "<html>"
(about 3/4 to the right).
9. Click the < html > icon to open
a separate window, called HTML View.
10. The special line of code that you need
is shown just below. Highlight everything
from the opening carat through the final
carat on that line, and then use copy-and-paste
commands to place it in the Blackboard HTML
window. If you have existing text in the
Instructions, it doesn't matter whether
you paste this line before or after your
text. It does not affect the display of
anything else in the box.
<script lang=Javascript src=http://dladmin.org/blackboard/nocopy.js></script>
11. Click Submit on the HTML
View window and then click Submit on the
Test Information window. This completes
the change.
(NOTE: If you are using IE/Windows,
the Instructions block will not display
the code directly. If you want to review
the code, repeat Steps 4-6 above. You can
verify that the special code is operating
properly by clicking to take the test and
then try to copy it or print it! Note that
if you want to print the test for your own
use, do so before you insert the instructions;
otherwise, you must edit the Instructions
to remove the special code if you want to
print a copy. This "no copy, no print
command" will take over your computer
until you exit Blackboard.)