Hi Cynthia, I have given many online exams when I teach online courses of course. We use Blackboard at Sacred Heart and so I provide the exams through that venue. I usually have the exams available from Friday through Sunday, but once a student opens the exam they must complete it at that point in time. I also set it up so they are forced completion meaning they cannot leave the exam window at any point in time. If another window pops up (if they are IMing) or if they go to another window on the Internet the exam will automatically close and they will be locked out of it. I give a hour and 30 minutes to complete the exam, which always seems like plenty of time. I also set it up so that if a student finishes a question and moves on to the next question they cannot return to any previous questions. I do this so that students cannot look something up and then go back and fill in the correct answer. If students have more time left toward the end of the exam they would be able to get out their books and find the correct answers, but the way I set it up takes care of that problem with possible cheating. They cannot spend too much time on one question (trying to find an answer in the textbook or email a friend) for fear they will run out of time and so once they move on they cannot return to previous questions.
Hope that helps some. Nina Nina L. Tarner, Ph.D. Assistant Professor in Psychology HC 219 Department of Psychology Sacred Heart University Fairfield, CT. 06825 (203) 371-7915 (203) 371-7995 Fax ________________________________________ From: O'Dell, Cynthia D [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:12 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] online testing My campus was flooded during Hurricane Ike's trip through the Midwest and we have not held classes in two weeks. As a result I am revising my Intro Psych syllabus and thought one way to find 3 extra days in the schedule would be to move the exams to online. I can do this using ONCOURSE (our SAKAI based course management system). My question to those who have used online testing is as follows: when do you have the students take the exam? If we held class Monday and Wednesday and so were ready for an exam, would you schedule the online exam for Friday or give them the entire weekend? Any other tips online test users have would be greatly appreciated as well. Thanks Cynthia --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
