Rebecca Johnson and Katie Bush--The digital tools that you may be using to teach in a physically distanced classroom can be used to facilitate academic continuity in the event of a pivot to different modes of instruction. In this post, we'll describe digital tools that facilitate common classroom activities across all modes. Contact the Innovative Learning Institute with questions about any of the digital tools that you may be using.

Katie Bush--As an instructional technologist I get a lot of questions around midterms or finals about how to prevent cheating or how to catch students suspected of cheating. The best way to encourage students to take your class with academic integrity is to design it into your course from the beginning.

Michael Starenko--RIT is committed to the continuity of instruction (also called academic continuity) in the event of an emergency disruption that may result in the suspension of all activities, including face-to-face classes on RIT campuses. To prepare for any significant disruption in classes, ranging from closure due to weather or a medical emergency, to a campus evacuation or closure, all RIT faculty should have a plan in place to:

You can use myCourses and other RIT-supported online technologies to conduct learning, assessment, and course management activities when on-campus classrooms are unavailable to you and/or your students.

Joe Zelazny—While cheating is not exclusive to online courses, the online environment presents some unique challenges to promoting academic integrity. Tools and settings within myCourses can help you make your exams more secure.

UPDATE Sept 2, 2020: Many of the myCourses workflows have changed in the four years since this post was made. A revised blog post is available at Building Academic Integrity into Your Course