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Why is it suggested not to use logs as confirmation of cheating?
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@jbelliotti Canvas Quiz logs are not designed or intended for that purpose. Please review the information in the blue box of How do I view a quiz log for a student?
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HI @hesspe and @jbelliotti
In my practical experience, the only important thing the log can tell you related to academic honesty is when a student clicked away from the web browser. There could be many reasons for this, such as clicking the taskbar by accident, clicking another tab (again, maybe by accident), or perhaps a notification appeared on their device and they clicked to close it. There are so many reasons that log notice could be triggered I don't think it would be fair to judge a student's performance by it. So, the log is more useful for understanding how a student progressed through the quiz, or to verify other activities that might have happened.
If you want a true understanding of what students are viewing you'd need software designed to do this, these are called online test proctoring and some examples include HonorLock, Lockdown Browser, or ProctorU.
I hope that helps.