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Using Oral Assessments to Collect Evidence of Learning

Oral assessments can serve as a great method to collect another type of evidence of student learning. It typically consists of a time-limited interview with a student to verbally confirm to what degree they’ve met one or more course outcomes…

2 weeks ago March 30, 2021 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Remote Teaching.

Contract Cheating is Riskier than Students Think 

“Contract cheating occurs when a student procures a third party (who knows about and benefits from the transaction) to produce academic work (that is usually, but not always assessable work) that the student then submits to an educational institution as…

January 27, 2021 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation.

Instructor Strategies to Mitigate Contract Cheating

“Contract cheating occurs when a student procures a third party (who knows about and benefits from the transaction) to produce academic work (that is usually, but not always assessable work) that the student then submits to an educational institution as…

January 27, 2021 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation.

What is contract cheating?

 “Contract cheating occurs when a student procures a third party (who knows about and benefits from the transaction) to produce academic work (that is usually, but not always assessable work) that the student then submits to an educational institution as…

January 27, 2021 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Copyright.

Ready to Talk to Students About Suspected Academic Misconduct?

When you suspect academic misconduct in your course, it’s common to feel frustrated.  Some educators feel insulted or angry.  Some blame themselves.   Some people have a mix of all of this.   Regardless, if you suspect a student has engaged in…

January 7, 2021 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Learning Charter, Remote Teaching.

13 tips for talking to students about academic integrity

Do you wonder how best to speak with students about academic integrity?Here is a great resource from Kwantlen Polytechnic University, developed by Dr. Kristie Durkewich (thanks again for creating this, Kristie, and for the CC-BY license). Watch this eight minute…

September 10, 2020 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, General.

Academic Integrity ‘Talking Points’ for Instructors

In addition to pointing students to the USask academic misconduct policy (a minimum requirement as part of your syllabus), it’s important to talk about academic integrity and academic misconduct with students.  Students need to know that: You know about academic…

September 8, 2020 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, General.

What Can You Do About Academic Misconduct?

The causes of academic misconduct have been well-studied and the following points explain most of this concerning behavior.  Research shows that very few students  plan on doing things like buying papers or crowd-sourcing exam questions when they enroll in courses. …

June 15, 2020 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Instructional Strategies.

Worried About Take Home Exams and Academic Misconduct?

There is more than one way of looking at the extended time period for open book exams when it comes to academic misconduct worries.    You can see 24 hours of unsupervised time with an exam as more time for students…

April 2, 2020 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Remote Teaching.

How much help are students getting on their assignments?

You may be concerned with how much feedback or advice students are getting on their assignments or open exams. Below are some options, reasons to try them, and some tools for implementing. Option Reason Helpful tools for this Require an…

March 26, 2020 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Remote Teaching.

Ways To Limit Concerns About Non-permitted Collaboration

Are you worried about non-permitted collaboration? It’s true, students can seek each other out for help, examples, interpretations, translations, feedback, and peer teaching when unsupervised. In fact, we often encourage students to do so as part of the learning process. …

March 23, 2020 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Instructional / Course Design, Remote Teaching.

Academic Integrity and Remote Teaching

The commitment of the University of Saskatchewan to academic integrity and fair assessment remains in place during this time of remote and online learning. As instructors, here are key points for academic integrity: You should explain your rules again, or…

March 18, 2020 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Remote Teaching.

Promoting Academic Integrity: Some design questions for instructors

[social_share/] Here are some propositions about students’ academic integrity that I’ve been working with: Students are more likely to do their work honestly when they see the personal value in what is to be learned. Students are more likely to…

October 31, 2017 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Instructional / Course Design, Instructional Strategies.

3 Ideas for Promoting Academic Honesty

[social_share/] With Elana Geller (Student Learning Services at the University Library) & Heather M. Ross (GMCTE) A session on this topic will be held during the Fall Fortnight on Wednesday August 24, 2016. Register here. #1 Student skill development (Libraries)…

July 13, 2016 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, Educational Technology, General, Instructional / Course Design, Instructional Strategies.

Talking with Students About Suspected Plagiarism: Ten Guiding Questions

[social_share/] As assignments start to come in, this can be the time in the term when faculty notice what may be inadvertent or intentional plagiarism by students.  Hopefully, you rarely encounter this yourself. But, if you do suspect plagiarism, how…

October 13, 2015 in Academic Integrity, Assessment and Evaluation, General, Instructional Strategies.

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