Showing posts with label academic integrity. Show all posts
Showing posts with label academic integrity. Show all posts

Thursday, July 20, 2017

Quizzes: New Shuffle feature

Have you wanted to be able to shuffle both the questions and sections in your quizzes in BOLT? Previously you were able to randomize questions or add random sections in quizzes. Now, you are able to also shuffle the order of sections, or the order of questions in a section, in quizzes.


Starting Friday 7/21, you will be able to use this new feature in BOLT.


To discourage cheating in quizzes, instructors can now shuffle the order of all questions in quizzes, or specific groups of questions (sections) in quizzes.


When editing a quiz in the Quizzes tool, a new option to Shuffle order of questions at the quiz level displays in the Quiz Questions section. When creating a new section to group specific questions in a quiz, a new option to Shuffle order of questions in this section is visible in the Display Options section. Once the shuffle option is selected, a shuffle icon appears next to each affected question in the quiz.



screenshot showing the option to "Shuffle order of questions at the quiz level" on the Properties page of a quiz
The new Shuffle feature coming to Quizzes on July 21




To shuffle all questions in a quiz,
1. On the quiz Properties tab, under Quiz Questions, select “Shuffle order of questions at the quiz level”.
2. Save the quiz.


To shuffle specific questions in a quiz,
1. On the quiz Properties tab, under Quiz Questions, click Add/Edit Questions.
2. Create a section.
3. Import questions to the section.
4. Under display options for the section, select “Shuffle order of questions in this section”.
5. Save the section.


You can shuffle the order of random sections at the quiz level, but random sections do not have the new shuffle questions option since the nature of random sections is to provide a random number of questions from a pool of questions, performing a similar function.

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

ProctorU Pilot

Are you teaching online? Do you want to ensure the integrity of your online exams?




If you are interested in online proctoring for exams, we are offering a pilot with ProctorU.



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If you would like more information, please contact us at imdc@bloomu.edu.

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Did you know... we have Examity?

If you are teaching online, you can have high stakes online exams proctored through Examity!


Examity is an online proctoring solution that aims to preserve academic integrity when students take exams online.




There are no extra costs.
Students do not have to pay any extra fees to use Examity to take their online exams at Bloomsburg University.

Easy set up for instructors.
The IMDC has information and documentation for you and for your students.

Hands on help from Examity.
Examity personally assists all instructors using the tool to proctor online exams.


If you would like to use Examity this Spring, contact Julie Wolfe NOW to get started. 

Wednesday, March 16, 2016

New feature: Export quiz event log of all quiz attempts

Previously, instructors were able to view the event log of individual attempts to look for patterns or cheating.

Now, the Export Event Logs button on the Grade Quiz page enables instructors to export the quiz event log of all quiz attempts made by students of a quiz to a Comma Separated Value (CSV) file for offline analysis. The IP address of all students' actions is included in the event log.

This feature will be available March 18th when the version 10.5.7 update occurs.

To use this feature:

1. Go to Coursework > Grades
2. Click the drop down arrow beside the name of a quiz with attempts.
3. Select Grade.
4. Click the new Export Event Logs button and download the CSV file.
screenshot of the grade quiz page with the new Export Event Logs button highlighted with a red rectangle

5. The CSV file will contain event log data for all attempts on the quiz. You can compare IP addresses for events that occurred during students' attempts.
a screenshot of the new exported events log in CSV format, with columns User, Attempt, Date, Time, Event, and IP Address, and event data in rows


Thursday, October 15, 2015

Respondus LockDown Browser Available in BOLT

RLDB is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within BOLT. When students use Respondus LockDown Browser they are unable to print, copy, go to another URL, access other applications, or close a quiz until it is submitted for grading.



RLDB is available to all Bloomsburg University students and can be requested to be installed in computer labs on campus.

If you use RLDB, your students will need to download and install RLDB to any computer they take quizzes on. RLDB can be downloaded at http://www.respondus.com/lockdown/download.php?id=666246493

There is information in the BOLT Help Course (Tools Integrated with BOLT > Respondus LockDown Browser) to get you started using Respondus LockDown Browser.


For questions about Respondus LockDown Browser or any other BOLT topics, you can contact BOLT Support and the IMDC at bolthelp@bloomu.edu or by calling (570)389-2888.

Thursday, September 17, 2015

Respondus LockDown Browser Workshops

RESPONDUS LOCKDOWN BROWSER (Coming to BOLT in October 2015)

Do you use the Quizzes tool BOLT? If so, you may want to learn more about Respondus LockDown Browser. We now have a campus-wide license. 

LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within BOLT. When students use LockDown Browser to access an exam, they are unable to print, copy, visit other websites, or access other applications. Once an assessment is started, students are locked into it until it’s submitted for grading. For a complete list of features, visit the Respondus website at www.respondus.com/ldb.

For more information on Respondus LockDown Browser and how it works with D2L (Brightspace), view this introductory video to RLDB. 

We will be offering several workshops on Respondus LockDown Browser in Andruss Library room 243. The workshop dates/times are as follows:
  • Monday, September 28th -  3:00 – 4:30PM
  • Tuesday, September 29th -  9:00 – 10:30AM
  • Thursday, October 1st – 2:00 – 3:30PM
  • Monday, October 5th – 3:00 – 4:30PM
  • Wednesday, October 7th – 9:00 – 10:30AM
  • Thursday, October 8th  - 8:30 – 10:00AM

YOU MUST REGISTER BY SEPTEMBER 25TH IN ORDER TO ATTEND. Please go to http://tinyurl.com/RLDBtraining to register for the workshop. All sessions are the same so you will only be able to register for ONE.