Sask. nursing students say they were wrongfully accused of cheating
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Several nursing students at the University of Regina (U of R) are criticizing the school's use of virtual exam proctoring and its academic misconduct policies.
Several students who were involved in the latest round of investigations by the University of Regina (U of R) are criticizing the school’s use of virtual exam proctoring and its academic misconduct policies.
Tyvan Yee is a second year student in the Saskatchewan Collaborative Bachelor of Science Nursing Program (SCBScN) at the U of R.
He was among 50 students in the faculty who were investigated for alleged cheating following final exams in December. All the tests were conducted virtually, using the online exam monitoring software ProctorTrack.
“We were alerted that our final grade is being investigated and we were taken out of classes and we were told not to contact anyone about the investigation, including our instructors and the deans,” Yee told CTV News.
Yee says he was issued a grade of “NR” for his pharmacology course and pulled out of several of his classes a week before the start of the 2024 winter semester.
“I obviously freaked out,” he said. “I knew I didn't do anything.”
The cheating allegations stem from students’ behaviour during exams being flagged by the online monitoring tools.
