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7 techniques to prevent student
cheating
Dishonest practices during virtual exams represent a major inconvenience for institutions and educators. How can this situation be prevented?
On occasions, teachers share the same mission: to prevent students from cheating on online assessments. This goes against academic integrity and damages not only the institution but also education in general.
This article will explain how to discourage and prevent cheating by appealing to a combination of best practices supported by new learning technologies.
In that sense, there are certain tips to keep in mind if you want to prevent the appearance of offenses that lead to cheating during online evaluation instances. Let's look at each one below.
Prevention tips to prevent student cheating
- Recognize illicit conversations
It is key to have a voice detection system that listens for specific words or phrases. In this way, students who may be trying to obtain an unfair advantage are identified.
- Monitor through technological resources
To obtain detailed monitoring, it is necessary to have videos that record the student's screen and their physical environment. After that, it will be possible to audit conduct, determining whether there are incidents or not during the exam.
- Prevent access to unauthorized pages
Browser blocking is mainly used to restrict access to other sites, applications and unauthorized programs. It also serves to disable keyboard shortcuts and functions.
- Recognize the student's identity
Running exam monitoring with biometric data helps maintain the veracity of the assessment and security throughout the process. It also confirms student identification and scans the ID card or valid document.
- Reduce anxiety
Many people experience nervousness before an exam because they don't know what to expect or because they have concerns about technology. To minimize anxiety, it is essential to provide practice tests that help understand the evaluation instance, focusing on the proper functioning of the technical part.
- Explain the rules for exams
Sometimes certain class policies are overlooked. Because of this, it is crucial to provide explicit and clear evaluation rules, detailing which resources can be used by students and which cannot.
- Offer 24/7 support
It is important that the student feels comfortable to perform well. That's why, when creating Klarway, all necessary resources were taken into account to achieve learning without borders, anytime and anywhere.
How to contribute to student well-being?
Klarway provides automated application proctoring, as it is the most complete option to supervise and prevent student cheating. This system prevents evaluation interruption, giving the student complete freedom to take their exam without concerns.
If the software detects any suspicious behavior, the possible incident is recorded for later review, while the person continues with their evaluation instance.
If the actions are attributed to good practices, the exam and its result will have full validity, preventing the student from experiencing a bad moment. On the contrary, if it is dishonest practices, it will only be communicated to those involved, without that being an obstacle for others.
The academic field requires that educational institutions have efficient technological solutions, capable of meeting the challenges and demands of new generations. To achieve successful learning, it is essential to ensure a good virtual experience in all its forms and prevent student cheating.
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