[LAU] Exam Cheating investigation

Chris Bannister cbannister at slingshot.co.nz
Sat Jan 18 11:19:33 UTC 2014


On Thu, Jan 16, 2014 at 09:41:28AM -0500, Bill Gribble wrote:
> Ivan K <ivan_521521 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> > To summarize, from an mp3/ogg file that was put on-line
> > of one track from a CD, the student was able to identify
> > _other_ tracks from the CD that were not put on-line.
> 
> The Shazam app for iphone will do this pretty easily if the audio is
> being played out loud.  It works even in pretty poor listening
> environments, such as loud restaurants.  In a quiet exam room it should
> have no trouble :) 

Wow! Why are students even allowed smart phones at an exam?

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