To: All Faculty
Fom: Jerry Rosenberg
Re: Exam Cheating
PSME Faculty:
This is a reminder to be particularly vigilant about cheating during your final exam. In addition to the usual precautions such as well spaced seating, numbering all exams (so you are sure whether or not you collected all the exams and so you can tell who sat next to whom), remaining hyper alert and walking around the room during the exam, using different versions of the exam, etc, please be sure to announce that the appearance of any cell phone (or other sign of cheating) will result in an immediate 0 on the exam. I would suggest that you place a prominent statement to that effect at the top of your exam.
Lately we have had a rash of an even more insidious form of cheating; students have had other people taking exams for them. A math faculty member just received an anonymous email this weekend warning that such an attempt is going to take place during his final exam. My strong suggestion is if you have a chance at your last regular class, to announce that all students will be required to bring an official (CA driver’s license, Visa, etc.) photo ID to the exam. If a student does not have one at the exam, you can allow them to take the exam but require that they bring the ID to you before you will issue a grade. In such a case, please be sure to take a good look at the person in the exam room, because the person who returns with the ID may not be the same one who was in the class. If you have any uncertainty when they return with an ID, you might have them write out their name and a few lines so that you can compare handwriting.
In the past year we have had multiple cases of “replacement” students who attend the course the entire quarter. Be sure the name on any ID exactly matches the name on your roster. The campus police found a math “student” who had multiple college ID’s; one of which had the registered student name and a photo of the replacement student. That is why it is better to rely on more official photo ID’s.
I strongly urge you to take all reasonable precautions. The integrity of our courses and college depend on your efforts.
Jerry
Fom: Jerry Rosenberg
Re: Exam Cheating
PSME Faculty:
This is a reminder to be particularly vigilant about cheating during your final exam. In addition to the usual precautions such as well spaced seating, numbering all exams (so you are sure whether or not you collected all the exams and so you can tell who sat next to whom), remaining hyper alert and walking around the room during the exam, using different versions of the exam, etc, please be sure to announce that the appearance of any cell phone (or other sign of cheating) will result in an immediate 0 on the exam. I would suggest that you place a prominent statement to that effect at the top of your exam.
Lately we have had a rash of an even more insidious form of cheating; students have had other people taking exams for them. A math faculty member just received an anonymous email this weekend warning that such an attempt is going to take place during his final exam. My strong suggestion is if you have a chance at your last regular class, to announce that all students will be required to bring an official (CA driver’s license, Visa, etc.) photo ID to the exam. If a student does not have one at the exam, you can allow them to take the exam but require that they bring the ID to you before you will issue a grade. In such a case, please be sure to take a good look at the person in the exam room, because the person who returns with the ID may not be the same one who was in the class. If you have any uncertainty when they return with an ID, you might have them write out their name and a few lines so that you can compare handwriting.
In the past year we have had multiple cases of “replacement” students who attend the course the entire quarter. Be sure the name on any ID exactly matches the name on your roster. The campus police found a math “student” who had multiple college ID’s; one of which had the registered student name and a photo of the replacement student. That is why it is better to rely on more official photo ID’s.
I strongly urge you to take all reasonable precautions. The integrity of our courses and college depend on your efforts.
Jerry