Post on 14-Dec-2015
Cheating
• Honest students rely on us to attempt to level the playing field
• What can we do to reduce cheating and plagiarism?
Test and Exams
• Different test/exam for different sections
• Different test/exam for students writing early/late
• Students should bring photo ID and sign in
• Students may not bring electronic devices
Test/Exam Setup
• Book a second/larger room
• Use dividers and/or assigned seating
• Mix up order of questions (A and B tests)
• Use long answer questions
Test/Exam Admin
• Encourage washroom visits BEFORE test starts, discourage drinking
• DT-L checks bathroom before exam for cheat notes (has found material)
• No hats, or hats on backward
DRC Cautions
• Tests in DRC should be written at SAME time as yours
• Confirm student has no access to internet if using a computer
• Fill out the form DRC sends regarding what student is allowed to use
Papers/Reports
• Original research (video, interview, survey)
• Choose article to be reviewed or ensure it is from the last 3 months (for example)
• Watch for papers appearing in more than one course or for different instructor
Tools of the Trade
• Hats• Bathroom tricks• Laptops• PDA’s• MP3 players
• Mobile phones• Dictionaries &
Translators• Highlighter
scanners• Voice
recognition software
Washroom options
• Notes or texts behind the toilet tank or on the drainpipe under the sink
• Crib notes rolled up in the toilet paper
Laptop computers
• Store enormous amounts of text, video and audio files.
• Can connect to the internet wirelessly anywhere on campus
• Access to Hotmail accounts for unverifiableuploadednotes
Personal Digital Assistants
• AKA - PDA, Palm pilot, Blackberry, IPAQ, etc.
• Virtually the same issues as laptops only much smaller!
Dictionaries and Translators
• Dictionaries and Translators now all have storage capacity making them unsuitable for examinations
Highlighter scanners
• Copy text into WORD as quickly as you can highlight a passage
Tricks of the Trade
• Paper mills & Custom papers • Simple cut and paste from HTML files• More complex procedures with
protected PDF files
Paper mills & Custom Papers
• Paper mills ($9.95+/pg.)– There are dozens of sites offering pre-
written papers– Some offer to buy papers too
• Custom papers ($19.95+/pg.)– They claim these are written by grad.
students– Some offer unlimited re-writes
Cut & Paste
• It is easy to “cut & paste” from HTML files, WORD documents, PDF files (with Adobe Acrobat Full)