This session will be held on Friday, February 5, 2020 at noon.
Are you ready for midterms? Are you wondering what settings or software you should be using for your midterms? The topic of this Friday’s Lunch & Learn will be Planning your Midterms.
We will discuss instructors’ plans and recommendations for the following:
- Canvas quiz settings
- 3rd party software (e.g. e-books, LockDown)
- Time zone accommodations
- Preventing academic dishonesty
As usual, there will be plenty of time for discussion and questions so please be ready to share your stories and experiences.To register for the session, please visit https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5cscumsqDwrG9OI5NHXco_FeqnmI0pzdWM1
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What settings will you be using for your midterms? (answers from attendees)
What timezones are most problematic? (answers from attendees)
Effective ways to deal with timezones? (answers from attendees)
- Poll students and decide
- Have a secondary exam
- Record what timezone students are in
- Leave exam open for 12-24 hours
- Have multiple exam windows
- Have different exams for different time zones
Secure testing pros and cons: (answers from attendees)
Effective ways to prevent academic dishonesty? (answers from attendees)
- Explain that midterms, etc. are valuable learning exercises
- Focus on academic integrity
- Open ended “personal” questions in exams
- Have students sign a ‘contract’ before the test
- Make sure students know what’s expected of them
- Transparency
- Personally meaningful questions in exams
- critical thinking questions in exams
- relate academic integrity to professional integrity
- distinguish “fake news”
- Tell students that it “breaks the educators hearts”
- Have lower stakes