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Now that we are in distance learning settings, online assessments have become a concern for many educators around the world. How do you know if students are really learning? How to reduce dishonesty in a test or an evaluation? How to avoid essay writing help from services like https://www.wiseessays.com/essay-writing-help? Surely during the last months, you have asked yourself these and other questions. Clearly, although these concerns have always existed, now with the pandemic they are much more prevalent due to the ongoing questioning about the quality of online teaching.In today's post, I present 5 strategies you can consider to ensure integrity in the online assessment process and check student learning progress.Learning firstBefore reviewing the strategies below, keep in mind that the purpose of administering assessments to your students is to check the knowledge they have acquired, what they can do with what they know, and whether the educational objectives have indeed been achieved. Keeping this first point in mind is essential because it allows us as educators not to lose sight of what is most important: student learning. Moreover, in learning environments online the formative assessment occupies a leading place. Due to the lack of physical presence and those observations we get in face-to-face settings, it is important that teachers know how their students are progressing.5 strategies to prevent students from “cheating”:# 1: discuss academic honesty policiesAs in face-to-face learning scenarios, discussing the rules and policies is extremely important and should be the first step. Doing so reminds students of the consequences of engaging in inappropriate behavior when completing an assessment, be it formative or summative. It is also a good opportunity to introduce or review core concepts of digital citizenship such as copyright and plagiarism.# 2: Avoid “Googling” ReviewsInstead of creating Google-searchable quizzes or questions that students can easily copy, design questions that demand a higher order of thought. Consider application exercises that are not easy to solve with a simple Internet search and that allows you to validate your understanding of a topic or concept. This strategy allows you to foster a culture of critical analysis in your classes, as some students are used to getting answers immediately. Even in most cases the consultation and review of information on the Internet do not reach the second page of results that Google shows.# 3: Set aside time for the examAlthough a bit "radical", setting aside time prevents those students with a "cheat" or "cheat" agenda from having to focus on the exam and not being able to look up the answers on the Internet, their notes or the book. Some educators also choose to ask students to activate their camera and microphone while they complete the assessment. This offers them the security of recording any strange behavior and confirming that who is on the other side of the screen is the student. When determining the time for the evaluation, do not forget to consider the variations that apply, including the concerns and educational needs that each student may have.# 4: Hide the answers and alter the order of the premisesIf you use tools like Google or Microsoft Forms, configure the evaluation so that the alternatives are random and the results are not shown with the final grade. This prevents them from being able to share the answers or pass the information on to other colleagues. This video created by Cerebrote presents five tips to minimize plagiarism when creating exams using the Microsoft Forms tool.# 5: Integrates alternative assessmentOf all the strategies that I present to you, this is my favorite. Integrating alternative assessment activities allows students to demonstrate what they know in different ways, beyond a traditional true and false or multiple-choice assessment. For example, instead of asking students to select alternatives in an exercise on the functions of the parts of a cell, ask them to imagine which object or with what system of daily life they could compare them. You will be greatly surprised by their creativity and what they can think of to compare a cell and its functions. Visit the We are Teachers page to be inspired by the ideas they propose. As a final note, we know that all systems are not 100 percent reliable. As in a face-to-face exam or assessment, students manage to copy themselves. On the other hand, although there are digital tools and programs, such as Respondous , that allow monitoring and disabling options on the computer while the student completes an evaluation, not all educational institutions have a budget to implement these systems.Now more than ever, fostering a culture of academic honesty, ethical values, and digital citizenship is essential. Technology offers many advantages that you should not miss for fear that students will "cheat." With good strategies and a little creativity, you can promote online learning that is effective, but above all that encourages critical thinking, an atmosphere of trust and responsibility when completing an evaluation.

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Created February 10, 2021

Updated November 15, 2021

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