Faculty Resources: Academic Honesty & Testing Center

Respondus LockDown Browser: 

Contact Paula Lee for the Respondus password.

• See the Faculty Resources Course in Blackboard for Respondus instructions and documentation specific to Lee College.  All faculty are automatically enrolled in the BB Faculty Resources Course.

• Introduction to Respondus LockDown Browser for Blackboard Learn Ultra: Very brief video explains the basics of Respondus lockdown browser.

• Respondus Training Webinars: Free webinars provided by Respondus.

Honorlock:

• Remote online proctoring software provided by Lee College
• Works with Chromebooks
• Best practices are to let your students take a simulated exam with Honorlock BEFORE taking a graded test.
  • Simulated exam toggle article:  explains how to administer a simulated exam.

Cheating Prevention Techniques:

• Deterring Cheating in an Online Course: Describes 11 tools and techniques to help prevent student cheating.
• How to Emphasize Academic Honesty on the First Day of Class: PowerPoint demonstrates how to emphasize the importance of academic honesty not just on the first day, but throughout the course to hopefully prevent students from cheating.

• Impeding Students’ Efforts to Cheat in Online Classes, by Hearn Moore, Paula, et al. Journal of Learning in Higher Education, vol. 13, no. 1, Jan. 2017, pp. 9–23. 

Lee College faculty have access to both of these plagiarism detection tools through Blackboard.

Turnitin:

• Available through Blackboard
• Students submit work through Turnitin, which checks for plagiarism against an existing database of materials
• Used for written content or programming
• How to create a Turnitin Assignment in Blackboard:  Instructions with screenshots.

SafeAssign:

• Available through Blackboard
• Checks student papers for plagiarism and originality against an existing database of materials
• SafeAssign Help for Instructors:  Instruction on how to use SafeAssign in your Blackboard course.

For assistance, contact:

• Paula Lee, LMS Administrator, 281-425-6285

Lee College Testing Center

• Rundell Hall, Rm 211
• Phone: 281-425-6262
• Email: leetesting@lee.edu

The Testing Center’s main objectives are:

• Administering college entrance testing (TSIA)
• Assist faculty by administering their make-up exams
• Assist faculty by administering their exams for online classes that need to be proctored on campus
• Provide special accommodations for our ADA students
• Administering community-based testing (Proctored exams, Pearson VUE, ACT, & SAT) 

Please note:  the Testing Center does not test for lecture courses and cannot test entire classes all at once.  

Hours:

• M-Tu: 8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
• W-Th: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
• F: 8:00 AM - Noon

For more information about Academic Honesty procedures or policy, contact:

• Paul Arrigo, Library Director
  • Phone: 281-425-6447
  • Email: parrigo@lee.edu

To schedule instruction for your classes on how to avoid plagiarism, contact:

• Dr. Tolley Reeves, Instruction Librarian
  • Phone: 281-425-6380
  • Email: toreeves@lee.edu

To schedule instruction for your students on proper citation techniques:

• William Tripp, Director of the Lee College Writing Center
  • Phone: 281-425-6279
  • Email: wtripp@lee.edu

To use the Lee College Testing Center to proctor your students' exams, contact:

• Faviola Bernal, Testing Center Coordinator
  • Phone: 281-425-6842
  • Email: fbernal@lee.edu