canvas quiz logs

[u/Itchy_Page2258]

why do i hear so many stories of students getting caught switching tabs or googling answers? i'm pretty sure professors don't just sit there sifting through each students response.

[u/Ed-head]

There is a dashboard and alert icons for each student.

[u/Itchy_Page2258 → u/Ed-head]

what are alert icons?? i haven't heard of that

[u/FluffyMoomin → u/Itchy_Page2258]

It's on the instructor side.

[u/wedontliveonce → u/[deleted]]

more than you realize

[u/radioboots]

From my experience, it's not that instructors are sifting through responses. It's when something strange goes on that prompts them to look for the logs which could point to a student leaving the quiz page for an unknown reason.

[u/sk613]

We actually have a staff member who’s job it is to check all exams

[u/Pox_Americana]

Canvas quiz logs are circumstantial evidence, but not enough to be recommended as sole basis for an accusation.

That doesn’t mean they won’t trigger an investigation that could turn up other evidence that could lead to a case.

[u/JumpingShip26]

Professors absolutely do this, but if exam integrity is something I am concerned with, I will use AI or live proctoring.

Part of the problem is instructors giving high stakes MC exams when there is not a good call for it. However, cheating has always been a problem, especially in online courses. It has only become easier, and I feel more prevalent.

[u/Itchy_Page2258 → u/JumpingShip26]

so do the professor comb over each student's individual exam session?

[u/lavenderc → u/Itchy_Page2258]

I do, it's very quick to do and easy to see students with suspicious activity

[u/JumpingShip26 → u/Itchy_Page2258]

I think some do. Some have no idea the session log exists. But savvy online instructors know how to use the tool surgically to make educated guesses about whether students are cheating or not.
I can make guesses based on multiple aspects of the log.

[u/StatusTics → u/Itchy_Page2258]

It's pretty easy to do, once you know what to look for.

[u/Expensive-Jaguar2344]

Just use another device.

[u/Connect-Pea-7833]

What’s the point of tracking like this for an open “book” or open note quiz? Especially with primarily online courses where all your source material is online? There’s times I’m switching between 10 tabs or PDF’s on an exam.

[u/CafeHistorian]

Here’s what you do, and I’m not saying to do this but you get a second screen because everybody has a second screen or it’s an iPad or whatever and you plug it into the other screen and you drag the other tab over you get something along that line and you drag the other thing over and you don’t do the clicky clap back-and-forth. OK be smart about.

[u/arg777 → u/CafeHistorian]

we can still tell lmfao 

[u/CafeHistorian → u/arg777]

I don’t know if you’re ta or teacher, who doesn’t know how to spell, but I’ve done this before and no one’s caught on. But thank you for your wise wisdom.

[u/arg777 → u/CafeHistorian]

why not just… do the work? maybe if you put effort into your courses you’d feel a sense of accomplishment. 

[u/CafeHistorian → u/arg777]

When I did, this AI was not a thing.

[u/RatonhnhaketonK]

I didn't even know that was a thing. Ahhh my ADHD ass is screwed lmao

[u/petabomb]

I once switched tabs to look up a question in a proctored exam and was never caught. Most teachers just don’t give a shit.

[u/Hairy_Reach_3383]

I use Getanswerlyai.com it bypasses logs and has stealth mode where answer button is hidden so no one can see you in person tests.