Blackboard what is force completion

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It will not allow them to pick up where they left off. So what is the "Best Practice" for exam settings if I want to prevent academic integrity issues?

The primary recommendation is to leave force completion unchecked. Instead, we recommend that you 1 set a timer and 2 combine that with Respondus Lockdown Browser. For example, if you have a 60 minute exam period, and will use the first 5 minutes to introduce the exam and get people started, you might set it to 55 minutes.

This will ensure that they can not go back to the dorm afterwards and finish it. If you use the timer, you can also have Blackboard automatically submit the exam at the end of the timer. If you do not set a timer, then it is possible for students to continue to work past the 55 minutes.

It is possible to see when they go over time in the access log in the exam information. If you set a timer and also use Respondus Lockdown Browser , this will prevent students from being able to access other material or looking at other places on the internet while in the exam.

So if they have music running, have other browsers open Chrome, etc , or word documents pulled up, it forces them to close those applications before they are able to access the exam.

If a student leaves the exam early, they must type in a reason why. You can then go into the Respondus tool and see who left the exam and returned to it later. Some students require additional time to take an exam, such as CEA students and those with documented accommodations. The timer will continue to record the time from the initial exam entry.

This results in less instructor intervention and less student frustration with the exam. For additional information , see Force Completion of a Blackboard Test Palomar College , "Force Completion is one of those functions that sounds like it will be useful, but really is just a way of going swimming in cement boots. Send comments to: webmarketing cod.