Jean Lacoste Department of Accounting & Information Systems Virginia Tech
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ScanTrons? We Dn’t Nee’ No Stnk’n ScanTrons:
i-Clickers, Testing, Cheating and Large
ClassesJean LacosteDepartment of Accounting & Information SystemsVirginia Tech
You are a student in ACIS 1504.
Today is exam day.
Nightmare Come True
Use POWER button to turn on as needed.
Connected when ACIS 1504 is displayed.
Use default frequency AA.
i-Clicker Review: Get Started
Use LEFT/RIGHT button to◦ Move between Question Selection & Short Answer
modes◦ To move from character to character in Short
Answer mode
Use UP/DOWN button◦ In Question Selection mode to move between
questions◦ In Short Answer mode to cycle thru available
characters to build your answer
i-Clicker Review: Arrow Keys
SEND◦ Submits answer to short answer question◦ Checkmark is displayed to confirm submission
A-E Keys◦ Used to answer multiple choice questions◦ Automatically sends answer as soon as button is
selected (note checkmark)
i-Clicker Review: Other Keys
1. Enter your initials. (short answer)
2. Enter your favorite age. (short answer)
3. Enter choice A. (multiple choice)
4. Enter choice E. (multiple choice)
Change your answers to any of the above.
i-Clicker Practice
2 Sections (early morning)
500 students each
90% freshmen
The Real ACIS 1504
Check ID’s upon entry
Verify i-clicker is off upon exit
Different questions on each version
Seating chart
Additional Precautions
Exam 1 Summary Results
Exam 1 Detail Results
Student copies from another student.
Student claims to be present when they were really absent
Someone else tries to take the exam for a student in the class.
Cheating With/Without Clickers
Copying
Forgotten i-clicker.
Answer(s) not entered in i-clicker.
Two students swap clickers.
Honest Confusion
Forgotten i-Clicker
Missing Entries
Wrong i-Clicker
Student passing answers outside room.
Discrepancies between i-clicker and paper answers
One student submitting answers on two clickers.
Clicker-specific Cheating
Answer Discrepancies
Two-fisted Submissions
Base Crashes
Clicker Stress
Other Complications