Proctoring and Grades

Let us say that you were developing a new course, and needed to decide on the grading scheme. Generally, we can divide your assignments into two categories: those that are proctored in-person (exams, classwork, etc.), and those that are not (homework, projects, etc.). Let us say that you cannot trust the unproctored grades, for whatever reason. Perhaps students are using AI tools to complete their homework, or they are sharing answers with each other, or they found people willing to complete the work for money, or the answers are on Cheggs, or your arch-nemesis in the department is sabotaging your course by giving out answers, or whatever. The point is that you believe that students who do not understand the material are getting perfect scores on the unproctored assignments. Let us say further, for the sake of argument, that you can trust the unproctored grades. We’ll take for granted that you have created good exams (following proper instructional design methodology, conducted…