With online tutoring and / or teaching, a way of assessing whether a student understands the lesson or the material is to test them on it. But like any test, must be aligned with the learning objectives set for the lesson. Online test are not free of fraud and may have a higher overall percentage of students making traps. Cheating can come in several forms, but there are steps to take to reduce cheating in online exams.
1. Attempts limited response: many online exams only allow a chance to take it. After the test, the recipient can immediately test to see how s / he did it. Yet, it can be frustrating for students because some students may have test anxiety and can not do well and may need a new attempt by the to overcome test anxiety. It depends on you how many times a student is allowed to take the test, but you could take a practice test, but the final test once.
2. Ability to access test: Have a user ID and password to access the test prevents accessibility to anyone. Tests may have access to your password or password and identification, and limit access online domain. The use of these methods to test access to test ensures propagation.
3. Shuffle choices: Each time the test is opened, the shuffle response options, so that responses are not the same for every student who takes the testing. Even if we admit the test twice answers will be different. This will make it difficult for students to copy each other.
4. Target date in the test: This is the amount of time to complete the examination, for example, you can give students an hour to complete the test and once it runs out of test time is no longer accessible to the student. Be careful not to be too restrictive because some students need extra time for review. Another suggestion would only make the test available the day you want students to take.
5. Randomize questions test questions in random order to keep students from cheating easier, because questions will not be in the same order as each other. Students have one hour more difficult to compare responses and would deviate from it if it is timed test.
6. Good relationships and effective communication with students: Make sure your students understand the penalty for cheating, but more than that will allow students easy access via e-mail, telephone, text messaging, or chat. Students who can not reach your teacher may frustrated if they do not understand a concept or the class material. Then, students can rationalize their way into the deception, saying it is not their fault they do not know the test material.
Cheating only hurts those who cheat, but can allow a student to make a good grade, not giving a honest picture of what they know. Cheating online may increase with the popularity of e-learning and tutoring, these steps can help reduce the amount of cheating in his classroom.
Katherine Houseman, teacher at that Access Academy, addresses AUW's Inaugural Symposium
