I worked in a tech lab for a college that had screen viewers installed for all the systems.
semester finals were hand written and PC use was forbidden.
Prof had to leave for a few minutes and asked me to watch the students and ensure nobody cheated.
as soon as he left four students started to use the PCs. I simply sent them a message that popped up on the screen that said, “PC use is forbidden during exams”.
three of them accepted it and turned off their monitors. one of them closed the message and continued, so I waited. I waited long enough to take screenshots of them cheating and saved them to my shared drive, then I shut their PC down. they finally got the message.
Prof came back asked if everything was ok and I confirmed and went about my day. an hour later the student came up to me and started bitching at me how I made them fail their exam. told them they should have studied. they continued to press me so I told them to follow me. I logged into an open system and showed them the screenshots and let them know I was being nice before because I didn’t want to see a student be expelled for cheating but there was still an opportunity for me to share these with administration.
they changed their tune pretty quickly and never bothered me again.
some students learn more than what the curriculum has to offer.
I worked in a tech lab for a college that had screen viewers installed for all the systems.
semester finals were hand written and PC use was forbidden.
Prof had to leave for a few minutes and asked me to watch the students and ensure nobody cheated.
as soon as he left four students started to use the PCs. I simply sent them a message that popped up on the screen that said, “PC use is forbidden during exams”.
three of them accepted it and turned off their monitors. one of them closed the message and continued, so I waited. I waited long enough to take screenshots of them cheating and saved them to my shared drive, then I shut their PC down. they finally got the message.
Prof came back asked if everything was ok and I confirmed and went about my day. an hour later the student came up to me and started bitching at me how I made them fail their exam. told them they should have studied. they continued to press me so I told them to follow me. I logged into an open system and showed them the screenshots and let them know I was being nice before because I didn’t want to see a student be expelled for cheating but there was still an opportunity for me to share these with administration.
they changed their tune pretty quickly and never bothered me again.
some students learn more than what the curriculum has to offer.
If they’re Gen Z and later, I’d be pleasantly surprised that they could read and write at all.
this was years ago, so millennials.
edit: not sure why the DV, it’s just a matter of fact 🤷