Month: February 2021

Registration Open for PD Opportunity: Assessment
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Pathway registration is open for this virtual professional development opportunity: XPOT 116-01 (90040).

Date: March 5th

Time: 9AM-10:30AM

Session Title: Assessment

Description: This session will cover strategies for using programmatic assessment information to increase student and institutional success. Topics include how to utilize assessment data, alignment to college and state goals, and creating an assessment culture.

Presenter: Dr. Rosline Sumpter
Interim Vice President – Academics, Student Affairs & Research
SC Technical College System

Academic Integrity
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As a reminder, we utilize these three applications at our college to help ensure academic integrity: LockDown Browser, Respondus Monitor, and Honorlock.

  • LockDown Browser prevents students from printing, copying, going to different URLs or accessing other applications during an online exam.
  • Respondus Monitor enhances LockDown Browser by using a student’s webcam to record the assessment session. This enables online exams to be taken in non-proctored environments and deters students from accessing other resources during an exam (such as a phone, a second computer, etc.). It also ensures the right student is taking the exam, and that the student isn’t getting help from others. This application does not work well with Chrome books or with third-part sources (like “My Labs”). PLEASE NOTE: If Respondus Monitor is rolled from a Master shell or another course, the instructor needs to open Lockdown browser within the course, or the students will receive an error that the instructor needs to finish the setup. No changes need to be made by the instructor, but they just need to go to the Respondus LockDown Browser setup page, and that is all it takes to make it active.
  • Honorlock is an online proctoring service that is available on-demand to students 24/7/365. It utilizes a Chrome extension, which will need to be downloaded by the student prior to taking the test, and will work with Chrome books and third-party sources (like “MyLabs”) where the assignment is password protected. Students will be required to verify their identity prior to gaining access to the assignment. This is the suggested method of online proctoring for Dual Enrollment students with the high number of Chrome Books utilized in that population.

To learn more about Honorlock’s “Standard Exam Guidelines,” visit their website: https://honorlock.kb.help/faculty-policies-and-procedures/honorlock-standard-exam-guidelines/.

Honorlock updates this site when they offer webinars; you may want to add it to your favorites for reference: https://honorlock.kb.help/faculty-policies-and-procedures/upcoming-honorlock-webinars/.

Respondus offers weekly webinars: https://web.respondus.com/webinars/. There is one this Thursday at 1PM.

Faculty Scholarships With NISOD Now Open
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Are you interested in attending the 2021 Virtual NISOD Conference? If so, please consider applying for a Suanne Davis Roueche Faculty Scholarship. This scholarship covers the cost of registration to NISOD’s annual conference for five faculty members at NISOD member colleges.

For more information, please visit: https://www.nisod.org/virtual-events/conference/faculty-scholarships/

IMPARTANT FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP DATES:

February 1, 2021: Applications Open

March 12, 2021: Application Deadline

March 26, 2021: Scholarship Recipients Notified

April 28-30, 2021: 2021 Virtual Annual Conference

Assessment Webinar: Continuous Improvement During Uncertain Times
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Lisa MartinLeave a comment

Good afternoon, all:

If you have responsibilities with assessment and operational reporting, you may be interested in attending this webinar that Donna shared.  Please note this is central time.

February 10, 2021, 10:30 – 11:30 AM CST

Continuous Improvement during Uncertain Times: Transforming the Institutional Assessment Culture

San Antonio College – Integrated Planning & Performance Excellence Office

For registration information, click here:  https://txahea.org/webinar.html.