Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end?
by naikrovek on Monday September 23, 2019 @08:35PM
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The HP Prime calculator has these features. Non-destructive but restrictive test mode, and the teacher/instructor or whomever can see if you've escaped test mode thanks to status LEDs on the device.
They thought of those things and implemented a good system.
Re:Is the era of the $100 graphing calculator coming to an end?
by michaelmrose on Tuesday September 24, 2019 @04:57AM
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If you really controlled the calculator you could tell the light to lie. Then again you probably don't care because it's a calculator.
The original thought expressed was
>Now if Apple/Android made a simple way for a test proctor to put your phone into a single app only that you couldn't easily break out of, maybe things will change.
This expresses the idea of Apple/Google granting a third party control of your machine to render it suitable for use during the test. This restriction must happen at a level that is superior to the user on a device with a lot of personal information.
This is hard to implement and terrible for the users right to con their own device and their privacy.
The same restrictions on a school owned device not used for personal communication would be easier to implement and less worrisome.
It would on the other hand be trivial to provide a device owned by the school that Only runs calculator software without admin access. It would also probably cost at least a $100 per unit and be less familiar to students.
On the other hand it could be trivially used to say read electronic books/videos when not in use during tests.