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shwak23
2008-09-30, 17:58
I have an online exam using the info portal Blackboard Academic Suite. It is timed and once started must be finished. Is there any way I can pause this time?

oddballz194
2008-09-30, 18:01
I doubt it, without getting in and changing some of the programming of the server (or stopping its system time clock).

shwak23
2008-09-30, 18:30
Other than the obvious, studying, are there any other solutions? (I could do well on the test right now but an A plus is too tempting if it's possible.)

trippson
2008-10-01, 01:58
I've used blackboard before. I tried altering the cookies with javascript but that didnt work. But my new teacher gives us two attempts so I just open a new tab and compare the questions and answers.

kenshiro_kid
2008-10-01, 02:44
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You expect a university to be that unsecured?

OneMestizo
2008-10-01, 02:48
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You expect a university to be that unsecured?

You'd be surprised (http://www.totse.com/community/showthread.php?t=2162566).

shwak23
2008-10-01, 14:12
^^^^^^^
Exactly. That was part of my inspiration. We only get one shot. I could always submit one with no answers and say that "I no computtar g00d?!" and get allowed a second attempt.... Fuck it i am just gonna study.

Mutant Funk Drink
2008-10-02, 01:36
I've never used blackboard so I don't know if the timer is client-side or server-side.

Tsearch comes to mind though.

nshanin
2008-10-02, 01:44
I remember being able to pause it by holding the top bar of the window if it wasn't maximized. That bar that runs parallel to those three buttons at the top, yeah, I used to be able to just hold it and pause the time. Don't know how effective that is now.

Prometheum
2008-10-02, 01:58
I remember being able to pause it by holding the top bar of the window if it wasn't maximized. That bar that runs parallel to those three buttons at the top, yeah, I used to be able to just hold it and pause the time. Don't know how effective that is now.

Probably that stopped the time from being rendered.

I'd guess that it's offloading the control to the client via javascript, so just look over that and see what you can do.