We
have a university license for Crowdmark - it provides something similar
to what Kate describes below. It's used heavily in math and in other
science departments. In fact, today there is an "experimental" midterm
being run in a large physics class - tomorrow in a large Calculus class.
If these go well, it will be used for the final exam. I would
volunteer the names of the people involved but they are all at capacity
helping out other people in their home Departments. I will forward a
message that gives some info and then you can contact IT. -mc ______________________________________
Mary-Catherine Kropinski, PhD
Professor | Department of Mathematics
Simon Fraser University | K10502
8888 University Dr, Burnaby BC, V5A 1S6
T. 778.782.5683 | www.sfu.ca/math/about
I
respectfully acknowledge SFU is on unceded Coast Salish Territory; the
traditional territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh
Nations.
Colleagues, I am not teaching this term (on my sabbatical
till Fall), but I feel the pain and the struggle you all are going
through! Thought I will mention this in case we still have time to
consider alternative solutions.
I learned about Proctorio (from my daughter who has been
taking several distance courses at UBC that use this Canvas integrated
system). It’s essentially a Chrome extension that would run while a
student
takes an assessment (including full length university administered
finals) that monitors/records the screen, camera, microphone etc. and
freezes functions like copy/paste.The exam starts with a pre-screening
where the student displays their student ID card,
has photos taken, and signs the agreement and the system monitors the
exam environment continuously, including the eye movements (there is
even an “exam dress code” to follow!). All files are automatically
uploaded, and you/TA can access them (and check any
suspicious events flagged by the system). Is this something that might
work for us and that we could set up in the time that we have? Has
anyone used it? It’s basically putting your exam on Canvas (in case you
do not have it there already, almost all exams
and quizzes in my corses are on Canvas) and administering it with
Proctorio (it could be used with any Canvas exam, MCQ, essays, etc.).
Perhaps it’s worth asking our distance learning folks and learning
more?
The following is the information that was provided by UBC
Distance Education for courses using this system to invigilate all the
major assessment pieces (and they have been doing this well before we
found ourselves in the COVID19 pandemic).
This course will
use Proctorio, an online remote invigilating tool for the
midterm and final exam. Proctorio
will record your webcam, your computer screen, or other actions during
the exam session and share that information with your instructor.
The recorded information meets British Columbia's Freedom
of Information and Protection of Privacy Act.
In order to use Proctorio you are required to have access
to, a regular computer (Windows/Mac computer
or laptop). You cannot take the assessments from mobile devices (e.g.,
iPhone, iPad, Android device, etc).You need a working webcam and
microphone. You also must install the Google Chrome web browser &
the Proctorio Extension.
Good luck with all your experiments, and thank you for
doing your part to keep us all safe!
Kate
Kate Tairyan, MD, MPH
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Director of Public Health, www.NextGenU.org
Office: 778 782 9064 Fax: 778 782 5927 Cell: 604 671 2919
Email:
ktairyan@sfu.ca ; ktairyan@nextgenu.org
I respectfully acknowledge that Simon Fraser University is on the
Traditional Coast Salish Lands including the Tsleil-Waututh
(səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ), Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm), Squamish
(Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) and Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) Nations.
Who makes up
these rules??? "can't drop a final . . . "
I have been
extremely dissappointed with the persistent undertone that students will
try to get away with something.
I reiterate:
This is not
some kind of game, this is a genuine, global health emergency, in which
real people (many of them the age of our "older than average" faculty)
are dying. No one can plan for this kind of
thing. That means that "normal rules" just don't apply. In extremely
condensed zones, medical personnel are forced to decide who is going to
get treatment. The real issue is health system capacity. If we screw
around any longer and a bunch of people get really,
really sick, then . . . what???
Put the
students in the lifeboats first, then let us old timers in. The rest of
you can don masks and come quickly after.
(Forgive the
Titanic metaphor, but its begged . . . we're sinking.)
From: Nicky
Didicher
Sent: March
16, 2020 8:53:22 PM
To: Cynthia
Patton; Christopher Pavsek; academic-discussion (academic-discussion@sfu.ca)
Subject: Re:
Good ideas for final exams?
In FASS,
we've been told we can't drop the final if it's worth more than 20% of
the total grade, but we can offer an alternative online assessment,
presumably one that would offer students a chance
to demonstrate their knowledge, understanding, and skills. Some
students may be counting on the final to bring their grade up, for a
variety of reasons.
My preference
would be for a reflective essay in which students talk about what and
how they've learned in the course, what they still struggle with, how
they might apply this in their lives outside
the class, etc.
Chris, do you
have to mark the 230+ exams by yourself or do you have TAs?
Nicky
I am a really
strong advocate of eliminating the final exam. You could take the
mid-term exam and extrapolate a grade, or you could take the current
average. If students can make the case that their
final exam would have raised their grade, then do different math.
If this were
an Earthquake with buildings fall around us, would we be having these
conversations???
Folks, please
get real about this situation. Let's appreciate the great learning that
we're been able to accomplish and just get the semester done as quickly
as possible.
Hi all—I’m wondering if anyone here has come up
with an interesting solution for administering a final exam to a large
class (230+ students).
I thought about doing a final within Canvas at my allotted time slot,
but I think a fair number of students might be back home in very
different time zones or without good internet access.
My course is an intro to film studies, fwiw.
Has anyone come up with something good?
Thanks
Chris Pavsek
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