Exams on Chromebook without AI cheating
Short answer
Run the exam in kiosk mode on the school's managed Chromebooks: no tabs, no other apps and no AI chat, only the exam. No technology stops all cheating, so let the teacher see the class while the exam runs.
Digital exams in locked modeFour ways to take an exam on a computer. Only one of them closes everything else.
- Ordinary browser
- Everything is openAn AI chat is one tab away.
- Locked form
- Locks one tabWorks only on the school's managed Chromebooks.
- Chrome extension
- Locks the browserOther apps on the computer can still be opened.
- Kiosk mode
- Only the examNo tabs, no other apps, no files. Starts from the sign-in screen.
How to set up kiosk mode. Once, for every exam.
- Managed ChromebooksKiosk mode needs managed devices with the Chrome Education Upgrade licence. That holds for every exam tool.
- Add the exam app as a kiosk app in Google AdminIT does it once, for the organisational units where pupils take exams.
- Tell pupils to sign outKiosk mode starts from the Chromebook's sign-in screen. The pupil picks the exam app and signs in there with the school account.
- Follow the class while they writeSee who is at the exam computer, how far each pupil has come, and what happens along the way.
Good to know. Before you decide.
- Windows
- No locked exam mode todayLocked exams in Viafocus are for Chromebook.
- National tests
- Follow the agency's instructionsThe national tests are on paper for now.
- The network drops
- Answers are keptThey are saved on the computer and sent when the network is back.
Sources
- Google, help pages on kiosk apps on managed Chromebooks
- National Agency for Education, information on the national tests