jean lacoste department of accounting & information systems virginia tech

ScanTrons? We Dn’t Nee’ No Stnk’n ScanTrons:

i-Clickers, Testing, Cheating and Large

ClassesJean LacosteDepartment of Accounting & Information SystemsVirginia Tech

You are a student in ACIS 1504.

Today is exam day.

Nightmare Come True

Use POWER button to turn on as needed.

Connected when ACIS 1504 is displayed.

Use default frequency AA.

i-Clicker Review: Get Started

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: Arrow 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 Review: Other Keys

1. Enter your initials. (short answer)

2. Enter your favorite age. (short answer)

3. Enter choice A. (multiple choice)

4. Enter choice E. (multiple choice)

Change your answers to any of the above.

i-Clicker Practice

2 Sections (early morning)

500 students each

90% freshmen

The Real ACIS 1504

Check ID’s upon entry

Verify i-clicker is off upon exit

Different questions on each version

Seating chart

Additional Precautions

Exam 1 Summary Results

Exam 1 Detail Results

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.

Cheating With/Without Clickers

Copying

Forgotten i-clicker.

Answer(s) not entered in i-clicker.

Two students swap clickers.

Honest Confusion

Forgotten i-Clicker

Missing Entries

Wrong i-Clicker

Student passing answers outside room.

Discrepancies between i-clicker and paper answers

One student submitting answers on two clickers.

Clicker-specific Cheating

Answer Discrepancies

Two-fisted Submissions

Base Crashes

Clicker Stress

Other Complications