r/webdev • u/Kind-Astronomer-1997 • Oct 28 '25

Question Is this cheating?

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Please feel free to direct me to another subreddit if this isn't a good place for this question...

I'm a virtual teacher, and I saw a student doing something weird with the website's developer code and then inputting the correct response very quickly afterward. I watched him do this 3 times until it looked like he was using the code to uncover the correct answer. Is he cheating and, if so, how?

Update (but I had to add additional images via a new post): I watched him for a while today via GoGuardian, and he continued opening several IXL tabs in addition to the side window. All I've said so far is for him to "take ownership" of his own learning (which is how I remind students to submit original work/not cheat) and avoid distractions during content blocks. For context, this student is in 7th grade completing 3rd grade lessons, and this is why I'd much prefer him learn how to make a word plural or be able to compare numbers because these are pretty basic skills he missed along the way. I love curiosity and building extension skills, but as an educator, I also have to value being able to string together words coherently.

Questions I still have: Some of you said you used to do things like this, and he's just intrigued by how coding works. Do you have suggestions for ways I can engage him related to coding? I don't know...websites that he'd find interesting to learn from, self-directed projects he could do online, job suggestions for someone who is undereducated in traditional areas but has a knack for understanding code?

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u/[deleted] Oct 28 '25

We were remotely turning off other peoples’ PCs in the lab in like grade 6. This ain’t much

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u/Bosonidas python Oct 28 '25

In todays ipad swiping Kids World, this is much.

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u/ShadowDevil123 Oct 28 '25

Yall are underestimating kids if you think inspect element is something impressive for the current generation.

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u/LionApprehensive9745 Oct 31 '25

most of the population in the modern world underestimates kids. That's why most kids are over infantized... the common excuse is "kids need to be kids" or "their brain isnt fully developed to understand complex things" meanwhile there's 1-2 kids out of class of 20 that can do tech, while 5 out of the 20 can do enough to game or to content create on social media. The rest dont even remember the curriculum they had the year before