Secure Testing Best Practices

Set a time limit for your test or assignment. Time limits give students less time to search for answers they do not already know.

Set a password to be sure your students cannot access tests ahead of time. Students will not be able to begin the test until you share the password.

Record students taking assignments to ensure academic integrity. Respondus Monitor® automatically flags recordings that might include suspicious activity.

Make tests available for a short window of time. If tests are available for a long time, students have more opportunity to share answers. A short window of availability means students begin their tests at the same time and prioritize their own work.

A question pool is a list of questions from which a specified subset of questions are randomly selected for each student's assignment. This makes it difficult for students to share answers.

If algorithmic questions are included in your exam, you can set these questions to generate different numerical values for each student. Students will be tested on the same concepts but have different answers, so they cannot share answers.

Do not allow any feedback on students' test performance until after the test is closed. Students that finish their tests early can use this feedback to assist those still taking the test.