To maximise the value of the application, it is important to know how configuration settings work and affect the sessions.

There are 2 fundamental screens used for configuration purposes. The first is for general student usage. Here the students can customise a variety of features as they work through the modules.

The second screen is designed for ‘Administrators’ and controls what students can change and some general functionality.

As an example if printing certificates is not allowed or students are not allowed to play games or change the default number of questions in modules, then this privilege should be removed in the Administrators area.

When the application is installed all the necessary data and configuration files are loaded into the application directory.

For stand alone installations that is all that is required for the application to work.

In a networked configuration, the stand alone defaults are often not sufficient and additional security is required to protect the file system and application areas.

In a broader eduction environment, it is often advisable to secure files from students to prevent data loss, unauthorised changes or accidental deletion. The following security considerations are recommended.

The application directory should be in an area where students only have read access. This area contains files that point to the various file location directories that will be used for logging, session defaults and photos.

Therefore in a typical environment Education providers or network administrators who need to change file paths should be the only people with write access to this application directory area.

More information is provided at the end of this documentation about network installation recommendations.