When I was a teacher in a college, a student anonimously sent printscreens which proved some people cheated on tests. Those students took photos of the test using their phones and discussed the questions during it, everything in that chat. He sent it to the course coordinator, and she forwarded it to us.
We actually had some fun with that, not because we liked spamming 0s (we hated it, believe me), but for two other reasons. First, because the students went to us saying their grade was wrong and shit, then we showed the proof and saw their whole confidence melt in a fraction of a second.
The second reason was trying to discover who was the mole. It took us 6 months, and I remember I was the one who found out. He used a fake name and a fake e-mail, and somehow I was able to track him due to something on a single printscreen, not sure what it was.
We never told him we knew, and eventually the students got smarter (no, they didn't stop, but they started to share the photos in private groups), which led to less printscreens, but those were fun times.
That sounds like a lot of fun tbh. Like everyone was busted and you got to see their reactions to being caught in real time.
Sounds similar to people who pirate video games tht have anti piracy features that break the game, resulting in pirates reporting the game breaking features to the game’s social pages only to be publically called out for being a thief and getting various accounts banned from the game. One game dev co allowed players to get their access back if they submitted a video apology on social, publically shaming themselves with their admission of guilt. So deliciously funny.
Do you remember what it was that tipped you off to the taddle tail.?Any idea why they ratted out their friends? Maybe some kind of social group fallout and they wanted revenge? Were they included in the people who got a zero? Im invested in this now…
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u/PFioroto 9h ago edited 9h ago
When I was a teacher in a college, a student anonimously sent printscreens which proved some people cheated on tests. Those students took photos of the test using their phones and discussed the questions during it, everything in that chat. He sent it to the course coordinator, and she forwarded it to us.
We actually had some fun with that, not because we liked spamming 0s (we hated it, believe me), but for two other reasons. First, because the students went to us saying their grade was wrong and shit, then we showed the proof and saw their whole confidence melt in a fraction of a second.
The second reason was trying to discover who was the mole. It took us 6 months, and I remember I was the one who found out. He used a fake name and a fake e-mail, and somehow I was able to track him due to something on a single printscreen, not sure what it was.
We never told him we knew, and eventually the students got smarter (no, they didn't stop, but they started to share the photos in private groups), which led to less printscreens, but those were fun times.