Finally... Brightspace Confirmed for Fall 1

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I agree with everything... It's interesting though, I thought that with the proctoring, it'll be better at curving the cheaters.  I still don't know how they would cheat as they are being recorded or whatever proctoring system they use... Anyways, there are always pros/cons for moving into different systems of learning.

WGU has had lots of issues with cheaters even though we're proctored. And it's a live proctor. Doesn't stop people. All of these goofy things we have to show the proctor before we begin an exam is because someone was caught cheating. They added a search of your computer background functions. Why? Someone was cheating. Proctoring also costs $$$$. One way to help keep tuition in check is to stick to papers/projects. 

When I was at Amberton, I had a couple of classes with unproctored exams. They were all open book, but timed so you didn't have much time to search your notes or the textbook. It wasn't stress free, but a different type of stress than being proctored. We also had limited days to take the exams. It was like 2-3 days. You could take them whenever you wanted during the time it was open. You had to complete it though. Once you started it, it counted whether or not you finished it. You also didn't get multiple chances on an exam like WGU. UMPI could move to this, but it may be an accreditation issue. YourPace is CBE and Amberton is not. It's a typical semester based type program crammed into 10 weeks. They also have 2 different accreditation boards. All of the U of M system is now accredited instead of the individual universities which is a new concept and I think they're the first to do it - at least in their board.

Back when I was first in college in the 80's, it was VERY common to pay someone to write a paper for you.  Cheating is not new, and it's not restricted to tests.  My kids both say that ChatGPT is writing all high school and college papers these days, the smart kids just know that they need to refine the output, and then change a few things to make it sound like they wrote the paper.  They figure it out in like 5 minutes.