Enhancing Academic Integrity in Online Courses: Best Practices

Explore recommended procedures and practices to promote academic honesty and quality in online courses, including secure testing technologies, communication strategies, faculty training, and approaches for high-stakes testing. These guidelines aim to uphold academic integrity and enhance the online learning experience for students.

• Academic integrity
• Online courses
• Security
• Quality
• Faculty training

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1. BEST PRACTICES FOR PROMOTING ACADEMIC HONESTY IN ONLINE COURSES September 20, 2016 Center for Faculty Excellence Brownbag Presentation Caryn Lanzo Center for eLearning

2. Security and Quality in Online Courses Admissions and Standards Committee recommended procedures and recommended practices to promote academic integrity and quality of online courses Admission and Standards Committee and eLearning Committee will be joint owners of the procedures and practices Disseminate information, get feedback, pilot courses

3. Security Required procedures Recommended practices for online testing Technologies for online testing https://www.csuohio.edu/center-for-elearning/test-proctoring-and-security Tegrity Remote Proctoring http://www.mhhe.com/tegrity/products/remote-proctoring.html Proctor U https://www.proctoru.com/ Respondus LockDown Browser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dCpcSQf0sA Respondus Monitor http://www.respondus.com/products/monitor/movie-monitor.shtml Recommended practices for online assignments (Writing) Turnitin https://guides.turnitin.com/03_Integrations/Turnitin_Partner_Integrations/Blackboar d/Blackboard_Learn/Blackboard_Basic/Instructor_User_Manual/01_Creating_a_Turni tin_Assignment Communicating policy to students

4. Quality Faculty Online Teaching and Design Course (FOTD) CSU Template Faculty teaching online must participate in one educational activity per year beyond taking FOTD Encourage QM standards and training

5. High Stakes Testing Instructors should consider use of proctoring tools Blended courses could have f2f testing requirements Departmental space / registrar s office Single time slot Center for eLearning to develop a procedure to work with students who cannot attend f2f testing alternate proctoring site/ online live proctoring student to absorb cost