I suspect students are using autofill function for the exam (based on practice exam)

SeanKim
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Hey everyone. 

I suspect some of my students are using autofill feature of web browsers or extensions, to create their own database of answers based on practice exams which have the exact same wording as the actual exam. When the prompts are the same, the autofill function will populate the answers they have entered previously. (like filling out your home address, etc on a form using a browser.)

I've looked into respondus lockdown browser, but it appears it has to be downloaded on to students' computers, but many of my students use phones to take the exams. 

is there any other alternative to the lockdown broswer? (a possible solution to this problem is to reword the exam questions by adding a word or two which might throw off the autofill function.)

Thanks for any thoughts. 

Sean 

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