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Promoting academic integrity with Imagine Edgenuity

Widely accessible information on the internet today means students sometimes try to find the easy way out of challenging assignments, particularly when working virtually, which makes it harder for educators to maintain high standards of academic integrity. For example, students may use scripts and bots to complete coursework or they may resort to plagiarism and generative artificial intelligence (AI) to complete written activities.

As your partner in education, Imagine Edgenuity supports your goal to ensure academic integrity among your students with:

These features and settings, when used with a strong academic integrity policy, can help maintain high standards of academic integrity with your students. For information about developing an academic integrity policy, reference Imagine Edgenuity guide to implementing an academic integrity policy.

If you are made aware of Edgenuity cheat/answer sites, please report them to Support and we will work to have Edgenuity's copyrighted content taken down. Please be aware that unfortunately, we are not able to have bots and scripts removed, as their creators are generally unresponsive to requests.

Read more about addressing automated cheating in education in this flyer: The Challenge of Scripts and Bots.

Embedded features

The following embedded features are available as part of the Academic Integrity add-on. To learn more or get these features activated for your district, please contact your Imagine Learning Account Executive.

  • Plagiarism Checker: Automatically scans final student essay submissions and alerts educators when a possible plagiarism match is found.
  • Speed Radar: Helps you see when students are progressing through activities more quickly than expected. This can be a sign of low engagement or could indicate the use of scripting software to quickly advance through the assigned tasks.
  • Generative AI Detector: Scans student work to report the confidence level that the text was written by a human vs. an AI tool.
  • Academic Integrity Report: EdgeEX customers have access to the Academic Integrity Report. The report helps teachers identify and stop threats to academic integrity. Threats captured in this report include plagiarism flags, Speed Radar violations, and potential uses of AI.

Reference the following articles for more information:

District-level settings

Districts can implement the following features:

  • Proctorio Lockdown Browser: This browser extension blocks userscripts and bots on Edgenuity and EdgeEX assessments. Proctorio works on both district-managed and student-owned devices and is an essential tool in ensuring academic integrity.
  • SecureLock Browser: This feature prevents students from opening new tabs, browsers, or programs while they’re working in Imagine Edgenuity. This setting leverages your district’s existing Active Directory or Google Admin setup to create a single Imagine Edgenuity profile that students must use to access their coursework. This feature can be combined with IP Registry to control access to Imagine Edgenuity outside the school network.
  • IP Registry: When activated, IP Registry can block students from accessing assessments from home — or block students from accessing Imagine Edgenuity from outside the school network at all. If a student gets to an assessment while working at home, the system can bypass it so the student can continue working; the student will automatically be presented with that assessment when they return to school.

Reference the following to learn more about these features:

Course-level settings

Teachers can protect academic integrity using the following course-level settings:

  • Teacher Review/Require Teachers to Unlock Assessments: This proctoring option alerts educators when a student has reached an assessment, giving the teacher the chance to review submitted work and confirm that the student is completing their work as expected. Students must complete an unlocked assessment while the teacher is proctoring and cannot open the assessment offsite.
  • Hide Viewed Questions when Save/Exit is Enabled: This feature allows students to start working on an assessment, save their progress, and return to finish the assessment at a later time. Questions students have already seen can be hidden when the assessment is accessed again. This allows students to complete an assessment at their own pace, while also preventing students from revisiting questions after potentially consulting outside sources for assistance. 
  • Assessment Attempts/Automatic Progression: This governs the number of retakes allowed on assessments. When turned on, automatic progression will record the student’s highest score in the gradebook once the maximum attempts are met. This feature helps ensure students’ best efforts by informing them upfront how many attempts they’ll have on an assessment.

Reference the following articles for more information about course options:

 

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