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BYU INDEPENDENT STUDY PILOT ONLINE TESTING

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Page 1: BYU INDEPENDENT STUDY PILOT ONLINE TESTING. PILOT DETAILS AND SCOPE 6 BYU IS courses have online exams 1-5 exams per course 169 students total We will

BY U I N D E P E N D E N T S T U DY P I LO T

ONLINE TESTING

Page 2: BYU INDEPENDENT STUDY PILOT ONLINE TESTING. PILOT DETAILS AND SCOPE 6 BYU IS courses have online exams 1-5 exams per course 169 students total We will

PILOT DETAILS AND SCOPE

• 6 BYU IS courses have online exams • 1-5 exams per course• 169 students total

• We will administer 441 online exams this semester • We administered 148 in Sept-Oct 2013• 169 exams will likely be during Finals week

Page 3: BYU INDEPENDENT STUDY PILOT ONLINE TESTING. PILOT DETAILS AND SCOPE 6 BYU IS courses have online exams 1-5 exams per course 169 students total We will

WHY

• Benefits from Online Testing:• Added convenience for all students• Added student base (don’t need to be near testing

center)• Possibly decrease cheating• Decrease costs • No printing or mailing test packets• No scantrons or scantron reading machines• No building costs• Students don’t have to pay to use other testing centers

Page 4: BYU INDEPENDENT STUDY PILOT ONLINE TESTING. PILOT DETAILS AND SCOPE 6 BYU IS courses have online exams 1-5 exams per course 169 students total We will

HOW

• Using our testing software we can:• view the student via webcam • control the student’s screen• view the student’s screen• record

Page 5: BYU INDEPENDENT STUDY PILOT ONLINE TESTING. PILOT DETAILS AND SCOPE 6 BYU IS courses have online exams 1-5 exams per course 169 students total We will

SO WHAT

• We have experienced some technical difficulties• Every issue is new/different• They pop up while students are waiting to take exams