Assessments

Testing remote students can create  new challenges for faculty Two of the biggest ones are: 

• How to accommodate students in different time zones

• How to minimize cheating and promote academic integrity 

You can find a list of testing options here. They are organized around the basic mechanism used and each includes an indication of how well each method is likely to achieve our accommodation and cheating objectives. 

An important reminder that no method can completely eliminate cheating. However, faculty can increase both the effort required for cheating and the risk of being caught.  Most importantly, students who feel respected, trusted, and fairly treated are more likely to stick with an ethical frame. Faculty can  reinforce the importance of ethics to students by cultivating fair, respectful classrooms that value integrity.

So, you’ve decided to host an online exam. We recommend proctoring an exam over Zoom so you can supervise testing. 

To get started, have students log in to Zoom to monitor test taking, so you can keep an eye on them and answer any questions that may come up using the Chat tool. 

Prior to beginning the meeting, configure your chat settings so participants can chat privately only with you (see in the screenshot below). In the chat window, click three dots at the bottom and select "Host Only". For longer interactions, you can send a student  to a breakout room and join them there.