SAM - Best Practices Lisa Lopez and Karen Ravan Spartanburg Community College

Agenda Creating Sections Instruction Sheet for Students Creating and Scheduling Training with Corresponding Exams Assigning Projects Reports

Creating Sections Use standard naming conventions for sections for easier location Do not allow “auto enroll” Distribute student instruction sheet for account creation Provide institution key in writing Have students use their LMS login (username and password) for account creation Have students use their personal addresses for the SAM profile

Creating Sections (continued)

Creating Training Auto-generate companion exam to correspond with training at the time of training creation Make training “always available” in scheduling Demonstrate observe, practice, and apply

Creating Training (continued)

Training Module  Demonstrate observe, practice, and apply  Demonstrate the use of the “Show Task List” for students that might be short on time

Creating and Scheduling Exams Concepts Tests Assign a password “Never make report available” in order to prevent the exam from being printed and sold to other students in different sections Applications Tests Place a time limit on exams Limit the number of attempts per questions Use corresponding training as a review for applications tests

Assigning Projects Adjust step weights if necessary.

Reports

Report – Section Results by Exam

Cheating Detection

Cheating Dection (continued)

Any Additional Questions?  Lisa Lopez  Karen Ravan 