How do teachers prevent cheating if you take an on-line class?

[Anonymous]

From what I see, you could use your computer to access the test while having your phone right next to look up answers. The teacher would have no clue.

[Ms_Vanderquack]

Most of them don’t bother TBH. Although I have had one who had us use this special app that force closes everything running in the background and keeps your camera and microphone on during the test. But most college level professors write their own tests which means you can’t exactly look the answers up on chegg.

[FilmGuy93]

Sometimes they use an online proctoring service called "Honorlock." Other times they just make the exams open note and then make the questions extraordinarily difficult and detailed. I'm in an online law school and my professors keep us honest by telling us which resources we can use (usually our prepared outlines) and then give us tight time limits to complete the exams in. We need to use our own outlines because we literally can't afford to waste time trying to find other information.

[NathanDavis]

That is true yes... but most of the time, you're cheating yourself out of a more proper education

and then a lot of teachers don't really care about that, which is sad

[rcljr]

Just “ proper” education, NOT more proper, your use of “ more” proper is improper. Class dismissed.

[NathanDavis]

@rcljr adjectives, adverbs... especially the later can be subjected to degree or in a gradable manner, given the circumstances, they're rarely absolutes.

differentiation matters

[rcljr]

You write like a barefoot hillbilly

[NathanDavis]

@rcljr that's almost a compliment... based on the few comments I've seen from you around the site.

[rcljr]

And your writing still sucks.

[NathanDavis]

@rcljr Now it's more of a compliment

[rcljr]

Sensors in the test program can see you on camera and sense when your eyes wander from the screen even minutely, like putting small post it’s above the screen, the camera can also catch reflection of what you are looking at in your eyes.