Edsurge

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Students were used to being watched as they took tests in-person, says Tricia Bertram Gallant, a board member of the International Center for Academic Integrity and the director of the Academic Integrity Office at the University of California San Diego. But as courses rushed online during the pandemic, things changed.

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eSchool News

AUGUST 17, 2022

Establish and share online learning guidelines First, I recommend asking yourself these key questions: Do you have safeguards in place to ensure academic integrity? How often and when will students take exams? How will your staff communicate with students who aren’t submitting assignments? What is your grading policy?

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

The most controversial new tech tool for colleges since the start of the pandemic is automated proctoring, which aims to detect cheating on online exams by using algorithms that watch students via their webcam and look for suspicious patterns of behavior—often sending clips of questionable moments to professors for later review.

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 28, 2021

Tension about assessments, trust and technology surfaced in conversations and materials throughout the conference, such as in a poster presented about “promoting academic integrity in online ‘open note’ exams without surveillance software” and a session description that said “e-proctoring may be the most problematic of solutions” that colleges use (..)

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Edsurge

MAY 27, 2021

Instead, it will focus on its longer-standing approach of having human proctors watch exams via webcam in real time. “We For many students, he says, distractions at home from living with siblings or in multigenerational households make it difficult to find a quiet place without interruption to take an exam.

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Edsurge

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

In research and surveys conducted by Dr. Donald McCabe and the International Center for Academic Integrity over the span of 12 years, 68 percent of undergraduates who responded admitted to cheating on tests or written assignments. They can’t say after-the-fact ‘Oh, well, I didn’t know that was an academic integrity violation.’”

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Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

This claim was validated when I graded the final exam, a rigorous three-hour subjective type of exam. When I raised this concern, one student who seemed offended assured me that they would not do such a thing. The class average was an impressive A.

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Edsurge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

But others worry that they can lead to violations of academic integrity. Concerns About Cheating The biggest concern many professors have about these unofficial online platforms is whether students use them to cheat, both Zachmeier and McNamara acknowledge, by sharing answers on homework or exams.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. Redesigning academic integrity statements is essential.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

AUGUST 1, 2023

Should you redesign your academic integrity syllabus statement or does your current one suffice? Should you change the way you give exams and design assignments? Banning the use of technology for exams can create an inaccessible, discriminatory learning experience. Redesigning academic integrity statements is essential.

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Academic Integrity Plagiarism Exams Syllabus 98

Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The rise of ChatGPT, Google Bard, New Bing, and others in the academic space, however, is skyrocketing. As I scanned topics like academic integrity, academic dishonesty, and plagiarism, I quickly adopted others’ persuasive opinions based on limited information. My initial encounters with this rising AI were biased.

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Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 144

Faculty Focus

MAY 1, 2025

This claim was validated when I graded the final exam, a rigorous three-hour subjective type of exam. When I raised this concern, one student who seemed offended assured me that they would not do such a thing. The class average was an impressive A.

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Edsurge

MARCH 5, 2020

At about the same time, though, Rutgers officials sent out an email to all faculty at the university, warning about Course Hero and another service, Chegg, where students were posting faculty tests and exams without permission. “We One of the other giants of the study-aid world, Chegg, has also come under criticism by professors.

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Edsurge

JULY 11, 2023

His professor said he’d used ChatGPT to take a history exam, the charge buttressed by GPTZero, one of the many new tools that have emerged to try to detect student use of generative AI systems. Academic integrity watchdogs also point out that a dismissal of cheating charges does not mean no misconduct occurred, only that it wasn’t proven.

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Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

The few years of operating in a pandemic saw higher education institutions heightening their efforts in online proctoring, ensuring academic integrity, and earnest longing for “things to return to normal.” Higher education locally and internationally pivoted to distance learning during the pandemic. This is a call to action!

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Faculty Focus

DECEMBER 5, 2023

The rise of ChatGPT, Google Bard, New Bing, and others in the academic space, however, is skyrocketing. As I scanned topics like academic integrity, academic dishonesty, and plagiarism, I quickly adopted others’ persuasive opinions based on limited information. My initial encounters with this rising AI were biased.

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Intelligence Plagiarism Quizzes Academic Integrity 111

Faculty Focus

MAY 2, 2023

The few years of operating in a pandemic saw higher education institutions heightening their efforts in online proctoring, ensuring academic integrity, and earnest longing for “things to return to normal.” Higher education locally and internationally pivoted to distance learning during the pandemic. This is a call to action!

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Education Academic Integrity Fairness Exams 98

Edsurge

DECEMBER 12, 2019

ASU said it is also investigating the situation, as it does for any allegation of academic dishonesty. After our review, we will determine if any changes are needed to our policies and protocols related to maintaining academic integrity,” said a statement by the university.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

While this might not be feasible in a large class, there are other ways you can incorporate trial and error in large classes, like having low-stakes quizzes that can be taken multiple times to demonstrate mastery of learning rather than high-stakes one-short midterms and final exams.

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Faculty Focus

AUGUST 3, 2023

While this might not be feasible in a large class, there are other ways you can incorporate trial and error in large classes, like having low-stakes quizzes that can be taken multiple times to demonstrate mastery of learning rather than high-stakes one-short midterms and final exams.

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Failure Academic Integrity Assignments Universal Design 98

Edsurge

MARCH 1, 2018

Universities usually have strict honor code policies about students cheating on exams, homework and other assignments. However, the Chegg Tutors honor code policy states that if a student’s institution contacts Chegg to investigate his or her academic integrity, Chegg is authorized to fully cooperate and commonly does so.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The bot has raised many questions, to name just a few: how ChatGPT will affect exams, how to help students use it critically and within the boundaries of academic integrity, how to talk about it in class, and whether it can help faculty plan activities or even generate content like examples or cases.

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Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Survey data from Best Colleges reveals that as of March this year, 22 percent of students admitted using ChatGPT to complete an assignment or exam, with 57 percent indicating they intend to use AI tools for future coursework. But as educators, it’s important to remember we aren’t the only ones struggling to find our footing.

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Faculty Focus

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The bot has raised many questions, to name just a few: how ChatGPT will affect exams, how to help students use it critically and within the boundaries of academic integrity, how to talk about it in class, and whether it can help faculty plan activities or even generate content like examples or cases.

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Multiple Choice Questions Plagiarism Writing Questions 98

Faculty Focus

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Survey data from Best Colleges reveals that as of March this year, 22 percent of students admitted using ChatGPT to complete an assignment or exam, with 57 percent indicating they intend to use AI tools for future coursework. But as educators, it’s important to remember we aren’t the only ones struggling to find our footing.

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Minute Papers Instructors Students Assignments 119

Scholarly Teacher

JANUARY 29, 2025

Becoming physics people: Development of integrated physics identity through the learning assistant experience. Socio-academic integrative moments: Rethinking academic and social integration among two-year college students in career-related programs. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 12 (1). Ellerbrock, C.,

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Edsurge

OCTOBER 5, 2023

As educators have looked to alternatives to assigning essays, one idea that has bubbled up is to bring back oral exams. But even fans of administering oral exams admit a major drawback: They’re time-consuming, and take a lot out of educators. Even so, some educators have been giving the oral exam a try.

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Edsurge

DECEMBER 21, 2022

The figures show that cheating has increased dramatically, but the actual figures may be undercounts, says Derek Newton, who runs The Cheat Sheet , a newsletter focused on academic fraud. Most of the academic integrity studies rely on self-reporting, and it can be hard to prove someone’s cheating, he adds. What’s causing that?

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