Lallers96 wrote: » I think I need to clarify the language of my previous post. I should not have said the word "random" about this score that is tied to your eye movements or likelihood of fraud. I am still concerned that when I am staring down as I type, reading my legislation, and looking off into space to think that the software will determine a high score for me. I have read the entire email last night and I fully understand the process. At this stage I now have a red flag stuck on my exam, and it will be reviewed by an invigilator (for lack of a better word). At this stage then they have to guess if I am cheating or if I am actually just staring at my keyboard, reading my legislation, and staring off into space the odd time. My worry is what if they decide I am cheating, when I am not? This score is determined by a software with controversies surrounding it and I do not trust that as I am staring down at my keypad that it will not decide "oh he's cheating". Then the onus shifts onto me to defend myself when I have done nothing wrong. *How can I disprove this?* The answer is I can't because I do not have access to my recording, and I also cannot say anything other than "i was looking at my kepypad". As someone who has apparently invigilated these online exams before pointed out, it is easy to tell when someone is looking away to think, and if someone is cheating. How so? I stare at my keypad when I have to type furiously and I do not move my eyes away from it unless to check if my spelling is okay. My eyes will be focused solely down and moving left to right, and right to left. How can you confidently say that I am not reading off a page based on those eye movements, rather than what I actually am doing which is merely typing? You can't.
StabiloLaw wrote: » If this is a real genuine worry, maybe it would be best if you don't sit the exams online and you'll be more comfortable for a physical sitting hopefully in the near future?
maggie95 wrote: » I sat online exams during summer for college and our professors advised us to record ourselves during the exam, like from a different angle so if there was any question of cheating we can show the video to show that in fact, we were just staring at the blank ceiling or into space. I'll be doing this for my exams, just putting my phone on my bookshelf behind me and recording, then just upload to the cloud and if I need them I'll be able to dig it up. It's inconvenient for sure but it's a sure way to excuse yourself if you're innocent.
Fe119 wrote: » Given that you're only allowed to have your phone face down beside you on airplane mode during the exam I don't think this complies with the regulations
Lallers96 wrote: » This is a very "don't like it then lump it" response. I find it hilarious you assume I can do all of the following just because I am rightly concerned about failing some of the most important exams of my life because of software which sounds extremely flawed: - Cancel my leave from work - Afford to wait for a refund for months (210 euro which I could barely afford in the first place) - Wait around for the next 4 months to hope COVID-19 magically disappears and we can go down to Dublin in our hundreds and potentially thousands in the same building
StabiloLaw wrote: » I didn't assume anything, I just don't want fellow students worried about an online system when there will be other opportunities to sit these exams in the future. I was trying to be helpful, but since this is the second time in a number of months you've been aggressive to me online for no apparent reason, I guess you really don't want help from me.
Fe1new4 wrote: » Trespass to land / Rylands v Fletcher, risky to leave out for tort? I’m doing Negl Causation & remoteness Vicarious Liability Employer Liability Damages Defamation Occupier Liability Defective products Nuisance Trespass to person Skimming prof negligence
Lallers96 wrote: » Unfortunately skipping these exams is absolutely not an option for me, and many others for the reasons I have outlined. I would have thought that was obvious given we are 1 day away from starting. I also don't appreciate this strange and bizzare accusation that I was previously aggressive towards you. I do not even recognise your username as I do not keep a tally of these things months back, on a forum with several different posters of whom I recognise none.
maggie95 wrote: » Also further to this, for my legislation, I'm going to hold up the pages that I'm looking at to the camera to show there's only underlining and highlighting - will feel like a proper Youtuber. I'm also going to place it between me and the laptop so it's clear that the legislation is what I'm looking at. I've given this quite some thought lol but I really don't want some accusation of cheating to delay this further
ejm47 wrote: » I don't think any of this debate or aggro serves a purpose. The system isn't perfect but personally I'm glad to be able to sit the exams from the comfort of my home and get them out of the way. No wasted time going to an exam hall and the benefit of looking over notes for the morning in some peace and quiet with a cup of coffee can make all the difference. The exams are in a couple of days and I have faith that I won't be cheating and I won't be accused of such. It's pretty clear when someone is reading something off a piece of paper and trying to transcribe it and it looks nothing like when you're looking at a keyboard typing away. Have faith that the LS know what it looks like to be a human typing something on a laptop! Realistically they know that we all have to look away at legislation, back and forth to the screen and the keyboard and occasionally out the window and set the score threshold accordingly. Plenty of ways to be transparent as have been pointed out - holding up legislation and using another phone or whatever to record you from the other side of the room. Hope nobody is stressing about this because it is what it is and we'll just have to get on with it. I'm glad I can do it in my cosy joggers and slippers and go straight for a nap after tbh....
StabiloLaw wrote: » Again, not an accusation. I just remember you from the August online sitting announcement where you said we could "Hypothetically write in our answer books", stick pages together with writing on them, etc. Followed by saying you touched a nerve when I stated we didn't want to actually cheat on the online exam. As someone who was as stressed then about the online sitting as you are now, it upset me enough the days before my exam that I will unfortunately always recognise your username.
maggie95 wrote: » I'm going to bow out of this thread now as I never find it useful or helpful towards stress during the exams! Thanks all for the camaraderie and allowing me to vent frustrations over the last number of months. Good luck to everyone and hopefully I won't be back on here again!
smiley1989 wrote: » For those of you who are sitting EU law and are stressed out. When I sat that exam my mind went totally blank and I made a total mess of my paper. I attempted 5 questions. I answered one question on the completely wrong topic and in my 5th question I just wrote 2 sentences stating what topic the question was based on (only to discover after the exam the question wasnt even based on that topic). So bassically, having only answered 3 questions I still managed to pass the exam! The EU examiner is extremely generous!
LawLover2020 wrote: » How long do we have for the online exam? Do we have three or three and a head hours? Also, does anyone else not have a scheduled exam when they log into the online system? I am sitting Tort and when I log into the system on better examinations it does not say if I have an upcoming exam. Thanks all.
IgoPAP wrote: » They need to get a new EU examiner it seems.
rickmatt wrote: » We definitely cannot use a pen and paper for rough-work can we??
