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Mitigating Cheating and Plagiarism
Office of Learning & TechnologyPurdue University North Central
Our Objectives
Implement various pedagogical strategies to teach students the importance of academic integrity
Use technology tools such as SafeAssign and Respondus LockDown Browser to help mitigate and prevent cheating and plagiarism
Identify new tools that may be available for preventing cheating such as Remote Proctor NOW
Academic Integrity Concerns about cheating
and plagiarism can be a big obstacle, and may limit our choices for assessment
Studies show that students may cheat less online than FTF (see http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/spring131/watson131.html)
Luckily, there are ways to use technology to help ensure that students are doing authentic work
Why Students Cheat There are lots of reasons
why a student might choose to cheat
Most commonly: They lack proper
knowledge The don’t understand
university policies They don’t understand the
seriousness The class is too high-
stakes Poor time management
skills
How Students Cheat For the “amateurs” (more commonly the case):
Copy and paste Homework and Answer-sharing sites (not always a bad
thing, but can lead to cheating) Taking pictures with smart phones
For the “pros” (far less common): Term paper mills Identity-swapping Lessons posted on YouTube (it’s true!)
See http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/solveproblem/strat-cheating/
What Can We Do? There are many ways that technology can
help us mitigate cheating: LockDown Browser Respondus Monitor SafeAssign Remote Proctor Now (new)
Some pedagogical strategies can help as well Help students with time management Tighten up the syllabus Send them to our online course in BlackBoard!
Lessons on Time Management Most students don’t set
out to cheat, but when time becomes the enemy they often feel too much pressure
Help students set up calendars and set aside time for study
Help students learn to prioritize
Keep in mind that they have other classes to study for, too!
Syllabus Changes Include the Academic
Integrity Policy in your syllabus
Take time to explain the policy in class
Ask students to complete a class contract at the beginning of the semester
If they think it’s important to you, they’re more likely to listen
Purdue Code of Conduct: http://www.purdue.edu/purdue/about/integrity_statement.html
Academic Affairs policy on Academic Integrity: https://www.pnc.edu/academic_affairs/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2013/05/Academic-Integrity.pdf
Lessons on Ethics Provide lessons on
ethics, paraphasing, and time management
Uses short videos and other attention-getting strategies
Allows students to explore what “academic integrity” really means at their own pace
Our Online course is available for both faculty and students
Tools for Preventing Cheating SafeAssign (BlackBoard assessment
to check student work for plagiarism) Respondus LockDown Browser
(for test-taking) Respondus Monitor (for remote
automated proctoring) Remote Proctor NOW (for remote
semi-automated proctoring) ProctorU (live proctoring)
SafeAssign
Included in all assignments in BlackBoard Checks written work against a database
Drafts should not be sent to the database otherwise final copies will be “100% plagiarized”
Shows you a score and specific areas that are questionable
May have false positives – 10% is about the tolerance for error You may wish to share your error tolerance
determination ahead of time to avoid panics!
SafeAssign
Set in Assignment settings -> Submission Details
Check in Needs Grading or Course Tools -> SafeAssign
Lockdown Browser Available through the
MyPNC portal Removes the ability to do
anything else on the computer except go to BlackBoard and start a test
Good for lab situations where everyone is in the same room together
Does not really mitigate cheating for those with access to multiple devices at home
Download link in MyPNC or at http://www.itap.purdue.edu/learning/tools/lockdown/
Get there: Course Tools -> Respondus Lockdown Browser
Respondus Monitor Available in BlackBoard –
set within Lockdown Browser Course Tool
Records the student taking the test through their webcam
Automatically walks students through the preparation process
You must watch the videos to review suspicious behavior
Only works with BlackBoard tests
Remote Proctor Now Available at an extra cost,
$15 per exam per student, picked up by your department (ask for authorization)
Semi-automated – the student activity and screen is recorded, but a human watches the recording and flags suspicious behavior for you
Easy to use, integrates with BlackBoard or works with other products like Pearson
ProctorU Live proctoring through the
Internet and a student’s webcam
Incurs a fee of $17-$25 depending on the length of the exam – students must pay this fee for each exam
Use only for extremely high-stakes tests, and be sure to warn students in the syllabus that there may be additional fees for the course
More info: http://www.pnc.edu/distance/proctoru
Resources for Addressing Academic Integrity OLT resource on cheating: http
://www.pnc.edu/distance/cheating/ Dean of Students incident reporting:
http://www.pnc.edu/sa/report-an-incident/ LockDown Browser information:
http://www.pnc.edu/distance/lockdown-browser-instructions/
Respondus Monitor information: http://www.pnc.edu/distance/monitor/
SafeAssign information: http://www.pnc.edu/distance/safeassign/
Remote Proctor NOW information: http://www.softwaresecure.com
Thanks!
Reach us: TECH 206 and 298 219-785-5734 pncolt@pnc.edu Twitter and Facebook: @PNCOLT http://www.pnc.edu/distance for all
workshop notes, links, and training needs
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