[cross-posted to Cyberprof -- only tangentially cyber-related, for which I apologize, though not completely off-topic]
As I'm finishing my grading of last semester's exams, I'm re-energized in my search for the perfect exam for upcoming classes. I'm teaching copyright law and computer law this semester, and want to try out a different format -- at least for copyright, and maybe for computer law as well -- that I've never used myself but which I recall worked well when I was a student and subject to it from the other end. I'm thinking of handing out a *long* hypothetical, far in advance of the exam date, and telling students they should begin working through it and identifying all of the issues that are there -- for the exam, I'll choose a subset of those to ask them about. The hypo needs to sufficiently rich and complicated and detailed that it has *lots* of potential issues, both so that students who really work through it cover a lot of ground and are forced to think about a wide sweep of questions, and so that it can be re-used from year to year (or by other instructors) without diminishing its usefulness.
I think what has kept me from doing this in the past is at least partially the high start-up costs involved. So my question is whether anyone knows of, or has, such a thing that I might be able to use, or use with modifications, for this purpose. As always, feel free to respond privately, or publicly, as you see fit - and thanks in advance for any help
David
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