How to ensure the person named on the certificate actually took the course?

Forum|Forum|7 years ago
March 20, 2019
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Hi Gang,

Apparently there is a trend for people who have to take eLearning courses (but can't be bothered) to palm the task off to someone else, so they can show their completion certificate, get 'HR' off their back but not have to put in any personal effort.

A client has asked if there is any way to stop this, and ensure the actual user shown on the certificate was the one taking the course.

I must admit, I can't think of a way to ensure this, but I wonder if that's just because I'm a luddite and there are plenty of new fangled ways to make sure, hence the question.

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TLCMediaDesign

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I developed a solution for a client, where when the course is started for the first time, ten security questions are presented to the user.

The answers are stored and then at specific intervals during the course, a random question pops up and they get 30 seconds to answer the question. If they do not the course closes and a failure variable is set which does not allow then to access the course. The admin is sent an email and they are the only person who can give them access again.

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dan561

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Tricky! But wouldn't work if the ghost course taker is the one who answers the security questions. If security questions could be imported from a place where only the true learner had access long before starting the course, this could be very valuable. People will always try to find ways to cheat or get out of things they don't want to do.... I imagine a security question database could be set up and the contents downloaded to the course on the fly via JS and GIFT, but that's beyond where I want to look at the moment.