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Online Examinations in a Large Australian CS1 Course

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Timothy Baldwin,

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ACE '22: Proceedings of the 24th Australasian Computing Education Conference

Pages 20 - 26

https://doi.org/10.1145/3511861.3511864

Published: 14 February 2022 Publication History

Abstract

Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, universities were required to shift teaching online in 2020, including exams. This rapid move required many changes and compromises to be made in order for students to take their exams remotely. We report on the experiences of running online exams for a large CS1 course at an Australian university, describing the changes made to the online learning platform to support this task, as well as the authoring of the exam and the support provided to students. Several clear instances of academic misconduct are presented to illustrate some of the issues endemic to online exams. Broadly, this approach to examination was a success that we plan to continue in future years, and we reflect on how the approach can be improved.

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Gordon PMcDougall M(2023)A Tool for the Discovery of Academic Misconduct in Online Assessments Using Student Activity Logs2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings10.18260/1-2--42541Online publication date: Jun-2023
https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--42541
Sindre GHaugset B(2022)Techniques for detecting and deterring cheating in home exams in programming2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962547(1-8)Online publication date: 8-Oct-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962547

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Online Examinations in a Large Australian CS1 Course
1. Applied computing
  1. Education
    1. E-learning
  2. Enterprise computing
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Professional topics
    1. Computing education
      1. Computing education programs
        Computer science education
        Information science education

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ACE '22: Proceedings of the 24th Australasian Computing Education Conference

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DOI:10.1145/3511861

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Gordon PMcDougall M(2023)A Tool for the Discovery of Academic Misconduct in Online Assessments Using Student Activity Logs2023 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition Proceedings10.18260/1-2--42541Online publication date: Jun-2023
https://doi.org/10.18260/1-2--42541
Sindre GHaugset B(2022)Techniques for detecting and deterring cheating in home exams in programming2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962547(1-8)Online publication date: 8-Oct-2022
https://doi.org/10.1109/FIE56618.2022.9962547

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