Most of this information is from the syllabus. Some of it is reordered or has a heading to make it easier to find or is spread out to make it easier to read.
Distance
Education’s Statement of Requirements
Departmental Final Exam—F for the Course If
Not Taken
Requirement to Do
the Sample Respondus Exam Correctly in Order to Take the Final Exam
Introduction to
Respondus Monitor
Exam Conduct: Respondus 1-page Checklist
Used to Grade the Sample Respondus Exam and the Final Exam
How to Make the
Full 10 or 15 or 20 Points and Save Time
You will need a computer, an external webcam and microphone, a
reliable internet connection, and access to the WCJC Blackboard site. Following
the method recommended by the Distance Education Department, this course requires an external (clip-able) webcam.
Caution: You must use an external (clip-able) webcam. Clip-able means that you:
1.
Unclip the external webcam from your laptop
or from the monitor on a desktop computer.
2.
Point the external webcam at your laptop or desktop computer
showing all of the areas left and
right in the checklist.
3.
When you are done, clip the external webcam
back on the laptop or monitor of your desktop computer.
4.
Then you look again at Respondus Monitor’s
screen to be sure the external webcam continues
to point at your face and shoulders and you stay in that position during
the test.
Caution: Respondus Monitor alerts
instructors to problems with “facial recognition” so your staying so your face is consistently visible is
essential.
Tips
for buying the external webcam efficiently and cheaply. After Spring Break, I did check with Distance Education to confirm
that it is still true that WCJC bookstores have cheap but adequate external
webcams. I also learned that “students can also use their financial aid to
purchase them if need be.”
The Final Exam consists of 25 questions, at 4 points each. A review
is provided in Learning Modules. Cautions:
·
Departmental policy is an F for the course if
you do not take the Final. Example: if you have an A average for all the
prior work in the course and if you
do not take the Final Exam, your instructor
is required to enter an F for your final LETTER grade for
the course.
·
Do not ignore the
requirement to do the Sample Respondus Exam correctly in order to do the Final
Exam. Meet that due date early in the 3 weeks that the Sample Respondus Exam is
available to be sure you are safe.
Distance Education has provided this introduction: This
course requires the use of Lockdown Browser for taking online exams. The
Lockdown Browser software prevents a user from accessing other applications or
going to other websites during an exam. The webcam records you during the exam
to ensure you're only using resources that are permitted. Together, these tools
make it possible for students to take online exams from any location, and at
times that are convenient. It also creates a fair testing environment for
everyone in the course. Instructions for downloading the Lockdown Browser
software are posted in the course.
In
this course, we use Respondus Lockdown Browser only with the Final Exam. You
have a 3-week period to take the Sample Respondus Exam and have me watch it so
you can be sure you know what to do when you take the Final Exam.
All students must observe carefully Distance Education’s excellent video. Online at How to Test with Respondus. Link address: https://softchalkcloud.com/lesson/serve/8hkmXWAjVbt9S4/html. Respondus 1-page checklist of each action shown in the video serves a reminder to students and a way for your prof to grade your video.
Click here
for the Respondus 1-page Checklist or here
if you prefer to see the checklist with more space between lines. The one that fits on 1-page is easier to use as a checklist that
you follow when you set up the test area and when you do the
Respondus Steps. I also use it to grade by.
Tip: In this course, you may use this 1-page checklist to
help yourself to do Respondus correctly in the Sample Respondus Exam. At
the start of your taking the Sample Respondus Exam, show the Checklist. Then check
it off as you work. Redo incorrect steps until you know you followed the
checklist.
Personal
Comment about why I take Respondus and cheating so seriously.
1. I believe that people who get away with cheating are not prepared for the world of work—unless they live with mom until they die. In my view of life, it’s not honorable for me to let you cheat because you will be damaged.
2. Also consider that a prof who let people cheat would get in trouble with WCJC and—with Respondus—if I let people cheat, WCJC could prove it with same videos that prove that you cheated.
Think about both of those for a bit.
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Exam
Conduct Requirement: |
Consequence
for Violation of Exam Conduct: |
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Valid photo ID shown |
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Correct placement of webcam |
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Complete environment scan |
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Microphone turned on and recording |
Penalty up to minus 30 percentage
points |
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Sufficient lighting of the testing environment |
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Student is in seated position with computer on hard
surface (desk, table, TV tray etc.) |
Penalty up to minus 30 percentage
points |
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Student remains in webcam view during exam |
Penalty up to 0 for the Exam |
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No unauthorized materials near desk area |
Penalty up to 0 for the Exam |
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No talking with others during the exam or playing of music
or other audio recordings. |
Penalty up to 0 for the Exam |
You
must earn 5 for points for the grade
“Video Review“ to see the Final Exam. You may earn 10
or 15 or 20 points for this assignment if you act early and are correct
the 1st time as measured by the Respondus 1-page checklist (above):
·
20 points - 1st
week Respondus is available and you meet Distance Education’s (DE’s)
requirements the 1st time.
·
15 points - 2nd week
Respondus is available and you meet DE’s requirements the 1st time.
·
10 points - 3rd week
Respondus is available and you meet DE’s requirements the 1st time
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5 points - Any time in the three-week period but you had to try more than 1 time to meet DE’s
requirements
To
succeed the 1st time with
the sample exam and have no
Penalties with the Final Exam, do these practical things:
1.
Use the top of the Respondus 1-page checklist. Examine
where you will take the Sample Respondus Exam and later the Final Exam. Check
off each item to be sure you
have prepared the room as required. Caution: If
you were correct with the Sample Respondus Exam, you must also be correct on the Final
Exam. Do not trust your memory or you will lose points on the Final Exam. Check
off each item for the Final too.
2.
Use the bottom of the Respondus 1-page checklist as you look carefully
at the Distance Education video (above) to understand what you must do. Then use the 1-page checklist as
you do the Sample Respondus Exam--Just tell me in the video that you are using
it. As you work, slow down and look at yourself. Respondus Monitor
lets you see how you did and—if you look at yourself and realize you are
incorrect—it lets you try again. Get
it right.
3.
If you trouble making your
name readable and your picture clear enough in the external
webcam so your instructor can confirm your identity, you may make a clear
picture of your photo ID and email it to me using Course Messages (Email). When
you take the Sample Respondus Exam and the Final
Exam, remind me a) orally in the video and b) by an email just before the exam
that I have a picture of your Photo ID on file.
4.
When you are sure you meet the requirements and want me to check
the video, reply in the Respondus Sign up discussion. I check your last sample exam and reply in the
discussion saying to check your Course Messages.
5.
When I say I have checked, go to Course Messages. I either tell you that you
did fine and enter the points or—if there is a
problem—I send you screen prints so you can see what I see and you can redo the
Sample Respondus Exam correctly. If you do not understand, just email me back
or call during office hours. I am glad to help you succeed, not only
with history but with meeting these requirements all Distance Education students must meet.
6.
Before you do the Final Exam, use the Respondus 1-page checklist
to remind yourself of the steps. Tip: If where you live has people who play loud music or
come into your room even with a sign on the door or if you do not want to buy
an external webcam, remember WCJC has Respondus testing facilities at its
campus locations.