[ARCHIVED] "Let Students See The Correct Answers" also allows them to copy and give answers to others

[areyes252]

I teach Spanish in a community college. I allowed the students two days within which to take the final exam, and apparently one student took the exam on the first day, then copied the exam and gave the answers to others. At first I thought that maybe my tests were somehow being posted online, but when I couldn't locate any such link, I simply tried to copy what the students get to see once they have submitted a test. All I had to do was to highlight the beginning of the test and scroll down, then copy and paste it on a new document. For some reason it did not copy which answers were correct for those the student got right, though it did when there was a wrong answer. But all I had to do was to go back to the screen to see which one was right, then mark it on my new document, and I had the entire test with the correct answers in a matter of minutes. This test was mainly multiple choice, but students also got the exact prompts for ten written sentences. A student has now admitted that he got the answers this way, and that some others did, too. I now see that I can choose on the test to "Show Correct Answers at..." a date after everyone has taken the test, then "Hide Correct Answers at..." the following day if I want. That should prevent cheating in that precise semester, but will not stop someone from copying tests and providing them for future semesters if I happen to use the same tests. So my question for Canvas is: Is there any way that you can make it more difficult for a student to copy a test once they have been shown the answers? I thought they would have to do screenshots and then paste them together, but it is way simpler than that.

[epulham · Accepted solution]

Your Canvas admin at your college should be able to tell you if you have licenses for cheating deterrent software like Proctorio or Lockdown Browser. Those programs disable copying/pasting, among other things. Canvas does not have the native ability to block people from copying/pasting.

[sjones11]

Aside from what you said about limiting when the correct answers can be seen, you might be able to shuffle the questions so they are in a different order the next time, or use different but similar questions from question banks so they aren't necessarily identical quizzes each time.  

[SusanNiemeyer]

There is nothing you can do from preventing your students from taking screenshots. That being said, here are some suggestions:

1) Create a large Question Bank so that each students gets a different, randomized Quiz.

2) Allow your students to see only one question at a time, and lock each question so they can't go back. 

3) Set the timer and give the Quiz at the same time for all students. (Tuesday 10:30 to 10:45 a.m.)

4) Divide larger assessments into shorter Quizzes and put them on a schedule: (Part A 10:30 to 10:45; Part B: 10:45 to 11:00, Part C: 11:10 to 11:15...)

5) Show the students the correct answers at a later time or day.

[epulham]

Actually, Proctorio and Lockdown Browser disable screenshots. So if there is cheating deterrent software purchased by the institution, instructors should be aware of it and use it, while also implementing the measures that you have stated.

[gnoack]

For on campus sections, I know that some professors don't allow students to see their test results without coming to office hours to go over them in person.  Could you do the same, but online?  For example, you could set the final exam to never show the answers.  If a student wanted to review their results, you could schedule an online office hours meeting.  During the meeting you could screen share your web browser and go over their individual exam results in the speed grader. 

[admin19]

Do not let the students see the correct answers until after the final due date for all students. Then open a window of time in which they can go back and see the correct answers. 

I have a self-paced class in which I do not let them ever see the correct answers on the final because I cannot control them doing the copy and paste.