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Further tweak explanation
Signed-off-by: David A. Wheeler <[email protected]>
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In addition, some learners may be unable to figure out the answer, so we
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provide a "give up" button.
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However, cheating is fundamentally a lazy approach, and we take steps to
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However, cheating is fundamentally a lazy approach, and we take some steps to
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address this.
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The "give up" button has a timer, so people can't load the page and
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*immediately* give up to see the answer.
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When a lab is completed, that is clearly indicated at the bottom.
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In English this stamp has the word "Completed" at the bottom.
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After that, it has a precise datetime of the completion time, followed
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by a random unique value (a UUID).
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The random value is followed by `(GA)` if the learner gave up in this session.
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by a random unique value (a UUID), and a hash value computed from the
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datetime stamp and random value.
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All of this is followed by `(GA)` if the learner gave up in this session.
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If two learners submit labs with the same datetime and random value,
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then a single lab
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session is being claimed by more than one learner (in other words,
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there was cheating).
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This doesn't detect all cheating, but it does provide a way to detect
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some kinds of cheating.
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Changing the datetime or UUID, without fixing the hash, can also be used
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to detect an invalid lab submission.
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This doesn't detect all cheating, but these mechanisms
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do provide a way to detect some kinds of cheating.
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## Potential future directions
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