Quiz Conditions: Discourage AI Shortcuts in Quizzes

A student can photograph a quiz question, paste it into an AI and type in the answer in less time than it takes you to walk across the room. No piece of software can make that impossible, and anything that claims to is overselling. What software can do is make the shortcut harder, make it visible, and tell students so. That is what quiz conditions in ClassKite do. This guide explains exactly what they do, what they can't do, and how to use them well.

Quiz conditions come with SBQ mode

There is no separate switch to remember. When you start a live practice and tick SBQ mode (School Based Quiz), the session becomes a one-attempt quiz under quiz conditions:

Each question is answered once, in a shuffled order, with no going back.
Students see "Answer recorded" rather than right or wrong, and get their results when you release them.
Require full screen is ticked for you. You can untick it.
Copying the questions is turned off.
For every answer, ClassKite notes whether the student left the page, or tried to copy the question, while that question was on screen.

Copying is turned off, but not accessibility

In an SBQ quiz, students can't copy, cut or drag the question or its answer choices into another app, and the right-click or long-press menu is blocked on the question. If they try, they see "Copying questions is turned off in this quiz."

Two things deliberately keep working. Answer boxes copy and paste normally, so students can work as they usually do. And the question text can still be selected, because screen readers and Speak Selection need it.

Every answer, noted

While a question is on screen, the student's device notes two things: whether they left the page for 5 seconds or more, and whether they tried to copy the question. "Left the page" means the browser saw the page hidden, focus leave the page, or the student exit required full screen. Any answer given after one of those is flagged.

You see this in three places:

On the Live Student Grid, each card shows a count such as "⚑ 2 answers after leaving".
On a student's card, a Quiz conditions list shows which answers were flagged and why, for example "after 40 s away (Page hidden)" or "tried to copy the question 2 times".
In your reports, an "After leaving" column shows how many of each student's answers were flagged and how many of those were correct. The session's CSV file includes the same two numbers.

Students are told, and that is the point

An SBQ quiz shows students a note: "Quiz conditions: your teacher can see if you leave this page or copy a question." Students never see the flags themselves. Knowing that leaving the page will show up is what stops most students from trying; the flags are there for the few who do.

What no website can do

It's worth being clear about the limits, so you can close the gaps in the room:

No website can block or detect a screenshot, on any device.
Nothing on screen can stop a phone camera. Phones away during the quiz is still the most effective rule you have.
AI built into the browser, such as Gemini in Chrome or Copilot in Edge, can read a page without a screenshot. Your school's device settings can turn these off, and ClassKite's in-app guide lists the settings for Chromebooks, iPads and Windows laptops.

On iPads, you can go a step further: Safe Exam Browser locks the iPad to the quiz, including screenshots, until you end the session.

A flag is a conversation, not a verdict

A flag means something happened on the device while a question was on screen. It doesn't say why. A notification, a dropped connection or a student checking the time can all hide the page for a few seconds. Treat a flag as a reason to talk with the student, and look at the pattern across the quiz before drawing conclusions.

Tips for a smooth quiz

Tell the class before you start that the quiz runs under quiz conditions, and what that means.
Ask for phones away, and keep the Live Session grid open where you can see it.
Exempt any student from full screen who needs it: open their card and choose to exempt them.
Release the results once you've looked at any flags.

Create a free teacher account and run your first SBQ quiz.

Frequently asked questions

Can I use quiz conditions without SBQ mode?

Quiz conditions are part of SBQ mode. In other live sessions you can still tick Require full screen, and the grid still shows who is away and why.

Does full screen work on iPads?

iPads and iPhones are never asked to use full screen, because Safari interrupts typing in full-screen websites. Leaving the page is still noticed on those devices.

Which plan do I need?

SBQ mode and quiz conditions work on every plan, including the free Teacher Basic plan. The live grid and reports, where you see which answers came after leaving, are part of ClassKite Plus and the School plan.

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