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| Feature | Time Frame | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Porting SEB to Windows 7 Service Pack 1 | Q2 2011 | SEB will run on Windows XP, Vista, 7 and the latest version Windows 7 Service Pack 1. |
| Adapt SEB to Mac OS X 10.7 | Q2 2011 | SEB MacOSX will run on OS X 10.6 and the latest version 10.7 Lion. |
| VM detector for SEB (Windows and Mac OS X) | Q2 2011 | SEB detects if it is running in a virtual or native environment. In a virtual machine SEB refuses to run. This hinders manipulating SEB when used in unmanaged environments. |
| Possibility to open additional browser tabs or windows in SEB. | Q3 2011 | Additional browser tabs or windows in SEB are necessary to support additional quiz systems/LMS and to allow additional websites or pages to be opened during an exam (see below). |
| Securing the integrity of the SEB application and configuration: Signing the binary on operating system level and detecting manipulation. | Q4 2011 | While starting up, SEB detects if its binary or configuration has been manipulated and refuses to run in that case. This increases security when using SEB in unmanaged environments further. |
| SEB Server: URL of the quiz and the SEB configuration for that particular exam are send from a (local) SEB server to the exam clients. A quiz token send to the clients and the LMS server guarantees the integrity of the exam environment. | Q1 2012 |
Exams can be started authenticated by the SEB Server. This "triangle" improves security of the exam process considerably. |
| Automatic quitting (or activating a menu command/button for quitting) SEB after finishing a quiz. | Q2 2012 | After the examinee finishes and submits the quiz, SEB can quit automatically. You won't need to communicate any secret quit password or key shortcut to exit SEB. The SEB software interfaces in the supported LMS need to be adjusted as well for this feature. |
| Integration of a virtual desktop client into a exam system based on SEB. | Q2 2012 |
The SEB kiosk application will be used together with a VDI client to achieve safe exams together with third party applications using virtual desktops. On Windows the vmware View Client will be used, on Mac OS X open source solutions will be integrated into SEB. |
| URL filter (whitelist) with configuration interface. Filtering of specific content embedded in web pages. | Q3 2012 | A URL filter with a configurable whitelist makes SEB usable also for exam systems which don't have a safe quiz mode (which shouldn't incorporate links to external websites) and without using another firewall software or hardware. Some content (configurable) might also need to be filtered by SEB, mainly on external websites which are allowed to be opened during exams (see next feature). |
| Option to open additional web pages or sites during an exam in separate SEB browser tabs or windows. | Q3 2012 | In some exams it can be necessary to allow students to use some additional resources available on the web. SEB will get an option to configure which sites or pages can be opened. The GUI will get elements to navigate on these web pages, to arrange the browser windows on the screen or to switch between open tabs. |
| Concept for using tablet computers for browser based online exams with a SEB version ported to a tablet operating system | Q3 2012 | Important aspects of using touch based tablet computers for online exams (keyboard, battery life and recharging, costs, LAN vs. WLAN, ergonomics, infrastructure) need to be evaluated well as a first step before a possible porting. |
| Porting SEB to a tablet operating system. | Q4 2012 | Porting SEB MacOSX to iOS would be quite obvious and feasible with no additional resources, porting to other tablet OS might require external contributors. |
| Digitally signing the exam as a PDF file after submitting results: Detail concept and optionally basic implementation | Q4 2012 | After getting a command from the LMS, SEB creates a PDF of the completed quiz and signs the PDF, using the digital identity of the examinee and a cryptographic secured (therefore authenticated) time stamp. Changes in LMS and SEB are necessary. Modular implementation to allow to interface various infrastructure for digital identities. |
| Porting SEB to Windows 8 | tba | This milestone depends on the release of a developer beta and the final release date of Windows 8. |
| Porting SEB to OS X 10.8 | tba | This milestone depends on the release of a developer beta and the final release date of Mac OS X 10.8. |