Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence -- Verifying Student Identity

In our efforts to verify student identity and to encourage academic integrity in online assessments, Lincoln Memorial University requires all online course participants to authenticate using a secure login and password to access the Blackboard Learning Management System. As well, all online assessments created using the Blackboard assessment feature will be administered with the following criteria:

1. All assessments will be password protected.

2. All assessments will present questions one a a time to deter printing of assessments.

3. All assessments will be timed, and

4. All assessment questions will be randomized.

As new methods of verifying student identity in web-based courses and programs become available, the staff in the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence at Lincoln Memorial University will evaluate their effectiveness and will implement the most effective methods possible to ensure compliance with Federal, State, and accrediting agency regulations.