Preventing Test Printing

spipitone
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Did you know that your online tests are not secure and can be easily printed from your browser (although not within Canvas)? Simply open a quiz in Canvas and use the print function in your browser. According to a Canvas Product Manager, " printing quizzes was a popular request by other institutions and the complexity surrounding the ability to block a browser is already developed by other vendors, this is not a priority for the quizzes team at this time." I do realize that some instructors might want to give students the ability to print their tests, but those of us now teaching online need better security for our tests. I think a lockdown browser should be a part of Canvas with instructors given a choice as to whether or not they want to use it. Yes, it is available from other vendors, but it is an added cost.

Does anyone have a script that would prevent the printing of tests from a browser?

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