This course will explore Respondus LockDown Browser, Respondus Monitor, and related online exam security topics to increase participants’ level of confidence with both using the tools and being able to trust the results of such assessments. These software tools will be approached specifically within the context of the Moodle Learning Management System (LMS). However, the more general online exam security topics and best practices with have broader range application with regards to online instruction. The participant will explore what each of these tools do, when certain tools should be applied, where tool configurations and reported data are located, why online assessment security is not one-size-fits-all, and how to combine best practices to maintain integrity of online assessments. Attention will also be given to how to analyze the data that the LockDown Browser as well as the Monitor products via the Respondus Dashboard within Moodle present. Care will be taken to avoid reading too much into the data. Consideration will also be given to how to cross-reference the Repondus data with Moodle to get the larger picture of an assessment. The course will employ two optional Zoom sessions as a form of office hours with the facilitator to ask any questions for clarification concerning the topics presented within. Final deliverables within the course will be a case study/quiz on selecting appropriate measures and technologies to employ for specific instructor assessment situations and construction of a “rainy day” plan for when something goes wrong or students lack access to the technical prerequisites.
- Teacher: Jonathan Young