Timeline for How can I distribute an exam to a large class without a lockdown broswer such as Respondus/Proctorio?
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| Jul 9 at 13:25 | comment | added | Xander Henderson♦ | @kcrisman Indeed---the crappy copier is the real problem here. If I were in that position, I would probably just bite the bullet and spend $200 of my own money on a cheap laserjet. Such a tool is more than sufficient for the typical class sizes at a SPLAC. | |
| Jul 9 at 13:01 | comment | added | kcrisman | @XanderHenderson I'm truly sorry to hear that :-( perhaps a reality check was in order for some of those students. And to be fair, in a place with a graduate program, probably it would NOT be hard to just print them out! Perhaps at the OP's institution students would be more accommodating (even though this doesn't work for that specific exam), particularly if honest about wanting to guarantee that a busy/unreliable copier didn't mean the exam started late. Experience definitely teaches that starting an exam late is sure to cause complaints :-) | |
| Jul 8 at 16:54 | comment | added | Xander Henderson♦ | @kcrisman I mentioned "perceived cheapness" only because that is an actual thing which was commented upon in a class I TA'd for while in grad school. In a 30 person class, 8 people complained about the instructor not handing out paper exams, and writing problems on the board. Several of them asked how hard it would be to just print out the damn problems. So you may not find it compelling, but my experience tells me that students want to be handed paper exams (when it is possible to do so). | |
| Jul 8 at 16:50 | comment | added | kcrisman | @XanderHenderson the accessibility argument is good, but the "perceived cheapness" is not particularly compelling. Yes, they can be given paper - maybe A. Magnus has bluebooks available? - but for certain types of exams and rooms this would be a very feasible solution, and one students maybe prefer to LockDown Browser. An accommodation for partly visually impaired students, if there are few, would be easy to provide (namely, one written piece of paper). Actually pdfs are worse from this standpoint for math stuff, most mathematical ones are not usable by screenreaders (or so I am told). | |
| Jul 7 at 13:59 | comment | added | Xander Henderson♦ | @A.Magnus Not to mention the fact that not everyone will have the same level of access to whatever is written on a blackboard / whiteboard at the front of the room (e.g. it is going to be easier for someone up front to see what is going on than someone in the back). And students are likely to feel somewhat aggrieved by the perceived cheapness of the method---they've paid good money to take that class, basic supplies should be provided (e.g. exam sheets). | |
| Jul 7 at 1:14 | comment | added | A.Magnus | Thanks for the response. But sometimes it is not entirely possible because some problems are long and drown-out, involving graph, etc. Thank you again though. | |
| Jul 6 at 14:52 | comment | added | Gerald Edgar | Low tech! What a concept. See hsm.stackexchange.com/q/12945/229 | |
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