Timeline for Accused of cheating due to the time accounted by Blackboard
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| Nov 18, 2020 at 1:46 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | @Corey - My answer is aimed at proving competence. A demonstration of competence gets as near as can be obtained in real life to proving that one did not cheat (or, more accurately, that one did not need to cheat). I can see no other way of proving it without the OP having access to a time-machine. If you have one then I shall be very interested to hear it. | |
| Nov 18, 2020 at 0:20 | comment | added | Corey | @chasly-supportsMonica you are conflating demonstrating competence and proving innocence. Your stated reason for suggesting that OP retakes or offers to retake the exam is that you are answering the direct question about proving innocence. You are not, because it does not. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 17:34 | comment | added | Ian Kemp | Showing you are willing to take a second test to prove your innocence might appear to be the most logical course of action - but when witches are being hunted for, logic doesn't come into the equation. In the same perverse way that those who drowned were judged innocent while those who floated were supposedly witches, showing willingness to cooperate is likely to be perceived as an attempt to sway the accusers to your side because you are guilty. Don't make that offer - you know you are innocent, other answers (e.g. @Buraian's) have suggested far better ways you can prove it. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 17:09 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | @lalala - That is for the OP to judge. Firstly I don't think it will come to that but if the OP shows confidence about getting a good result even if assessed under strict conditions, the accusers will have to choose between re-testing or accepting the original result. They can't have it both ways. If it were me, I would insist (in writing) on having either a withdrawal of the allegations or a re-test. Being accused of cheating is a serious matter in academia - people who are accused should be allowed to clear their name. I would keep insisting and escalating until one or the other was done. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 15:35 | comment | added | lalala | @chasly-supportsMonica also what if all questions were correct in the first exam, and second a few wrong, should he then accept a B? or is it proof of cheating an gets an F? | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 12:52 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | @Lewian - I see what you are saying, however the OP's question is "So how do I prove that I did not cheat ... Please help me prove that I am not cheating." (final sentences of the question). I am simply answering that question as requested. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 12:46 | comment | added | Christian Hennig | I don't buy that the student has to prove their innocence if there's actually no evidence at all of their guilt. (What was presented in the question surely doesn't constitute evidence of guilt in any credible sense.) Apart from this a re-test doesn't prove innocence. Just because you pass a re-test doesn't imply you haven't cheated in the initial one. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 12:41 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | @Lewian - I don't quite understand your argument. How else can someone objectively prove their innocence in this situation? My point is that, whether or not the re-test is administered, the offer is there. When and if the OP wishes to escalate to a higher level a method of proof of innocence has been offered. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 12:34 | comment | added | Christian Hennig | I see your argument, however doesn't this amount to an admission that something may have gone wrong with the initial assessment? I think it somehow implicitly states that the university is right to trust this system and if the system says "cheat" then at least a re-test should be done. I wouldn't be inclined to grant them this. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 12:11 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | @user2723984 - There is a very good reason. If this escalates, the OP has shown willing to provide a way out. Merely having a "he said, she said" argument causes bitterness and resolves nothing. The only argument that actually proves the competence of the student is another test. The test is unlikely to take place but the offer puts the student in a very strong position. The reply to any question by the opposition is, "Fine, Let's have another test!" The offer to prove oneself takes away a cloud of suspicion that would otherwise hang over the student for the rest of their studies. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 11:54 | comment | added | user2723984 | I don't have much experience in this, but is it really necessary to offer to take an additional test? OP did the exam like everybody else. If the universities policing strategies are not effective, why should it be the students' problem? They really cannot prove OP was cheating, it looks like they can be at best suspicious, not sure. Taking another exam on these ground is not only a great source of stress, it's unfair on many levels. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 11:05 | history | edited | chasly - supports Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 17, 2020 at 10:19 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | Note I have added a sample email. Use your own words and check the content carefully before sending. I take no responsibility for the result - I'm just saying what I would do. | |
| Nov 17, 2020 at 10:18 | history | edited | chasly - supports Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Nov 17, 2020 at 10:05 | history | answered | chasly - supports Monica | CC BY-SA 4.0 |