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One thing I love about using CPS and other clickers, is that often you 
can do alternative versions of the test and still test them all at the 
same time. I used to do this all the time but for my smaller classes it 
was more trouble than it was worth. When students start the test, they 
click in the version of their test and it's graded accordingly. I used 
to get one or two students per semester who'd click the wrong form. When 
I put in a 5 point penalty for that action the mistakes went away.

For my class the time to create the two versions and enter in both keys 
(prolly a total of 15-30 minutes extra) was just one more thing I didn't 
want to do but the capability is there if you need it.

Christine Kuramoto wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> In my last TBL class evaluations by students, I had some disappointing 
> responses to the item "Cheating is no problem in this class." Only 8 
> students agreed, 26 said they were unsure, and 37 said they disagreed. 
> I was using clickers, so I got the responses right away and was able 
> to ask each team to write suggestions for solving the cheating 
> problem. I got several suggestions that said "stop using clickers."
>
> I had been using clickers on the iRATs for the first time in this 
> course. I can only guess at why using clickers might have made it 
> easier to cheat. I'm thinking that in the process of clicking in 
> answers it may have been possible for students to send text messages 
> via cell phones to other students without being noticed. Or maybe it 
> was just easy to see what answers other students around them were 
> clicking. Perhaps students in other countries would be more explicit 
> about how the cheating was taking place, but here the students are 
> only vague. Even those that are angry about the unfairness of cheating 
> are unwilling to "rat out" their peers by telling me clearly how the 
> cheating is taking place.
>
> I'm not sure if I should just stop using the clickers for the iRATs or 
> not. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
>
> Christine
>

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Herb Coleman,Ph.D
Dir. Instructional Computing and Technology
Adjunct Professor of Psychology 
Austin Community College
Highland Business Center
5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.
Austin, TX 78752
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“I, and every other professor on this campus, are 
here to help you to find, take back, and keep your 
righteous mind.” 

---Professor Melvin Tolson 
    from the motion picture "The Great Debaters"
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