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ScanTrons ? We Dn’t Nee’ No Stnk’n ScanTrons : i -Clickers, Testing, Cheating and Large Classes. Jean Lacoste Department of Accounting & Information Systems Virginia Tech. Nightmare Come True. You are a student in ACIS 1504. Today is exam day. i -Clicker Review: Get Started.
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ScanTrons? We Dn’t Nee’ No Stnk’nScanTrons: i-Clickers, Testing, Cheating and Large Classes Jean Lacoste Department of Accounting & Information Systems Virginia Tech
Nightmare Come True • You are a student in ACIS 1504. • Today is exam day.
i-Clicker Review: Get Started • Use POWER button to turn on as needed. • Connected when ACIS 1504 is displayed. • Use default frequency AA.
i-Clicker Review: Arrow Keys • Use LEFT/RIGHT button to • Move between Question Selection & Short Answer modes • To move from character to character in Short Answer mode • Use UP/DOWN button • In Question Selection mode to move between questions • In Short Answer mode to cycle thru available characters to build your answer
i-Clicker Review: Other Keys • SEND • Submits answer to short answer question • Checkmark is displayed to confirm submission • A-E Keys • Used to answer multiple choice questions • Automatically sends answer as soon as button is selected (note checkmark)
i-Clicker Practice • Enter your initials. (short answer) • Enter your favorite age. (short answer) • Enter choice A. (multiple choice) • Enter choice E. (multiple choice) Change your answers to any of the above.
The Real ACIS 1504 • 2 Sections (early morning) • 500 students each • 90% freshmen
Additional Precautions • Check ID’s upon entry • Verify i-clicker is off upon exit • Different questions on each version • Seating chart
Cheating With/Without Clickers • Student copies from another student. • Student claims to be present when they were really absent • Someone else tries to take the exam for a student in the class.
Honest Confusion • Forgotten i-clicker. • Answer(s) not entered in i-clicker. • Two students swap clickers.
Clicker-specific Cheating • Student passing answers outside room. • Discrepancies between i-clicker and paper answers • One student submitting answers on two clickers.
Other Complications • Base Crashes • Clicker Stress