It’s fair to say that most teachers are there to help us achieve our academic goals, but sometimes this can be a double-edged sword.
Students cheating on their exams damages the academic environment and can cause problems with other students. This post has common excuses you’re likely to hear if you get caught cheating.
Can Teachers know you are Cheating on Online Tests?
Teachers are very good at spotting cheating, so they can tell if you’re trying to get away with it. If they catch you, they’ll just let it go and not do anything about it.
Teachers can know that you are cheating on an online test by watching your screen and seeing the results of the test being completed before they are. This can be done using a proctoring program like Camscanner, which will automatically detect when someone is taking a test and upload the results to its server.
This means that if you use Camscanner to take an online test, your teacher will be able to see how much time you spent looking at the computer screen and how many questions were answered correctly or incorrectly.
You may think this information won’t be available to your teacher, but it will sometimes be.
How Professors can Catch you Cheating
Proctoring
Proctoring is having students take a test or exam on a computer and then check the results. This can happen online or in person at a testing center.
Students who participate in proctoring may be asked to log into their accounts to view and grade their test results and receive notifications when there are problems with the exam.
Such a method is the most common way of catching students cheating on an exam or paper. A proctor will sit in the room with a student and watch him/her work on an assignment. When the student gets caught, he/she is given a bad mark for that class.
For example, if a student looks through notes during an exam, it would be considered cheating if a proctor saw him or her doing it.
Plagiarism Scans
Plagiarism scans are a great way for professors to catch you cheating.
Similarly, plagiarism scans are a way to check if your paper contains any plagiarized material.
They can be done by scanning your paper with the scanner and comparing it with the source.
This is one of the most effective ways for professors to catch you cheating because it will show them exactly where you have plagiarized from.
The scanner will show them where your paper has copied other people’s work, and if there is a lot of copying, it will also show how many times you’ve stolen someone else’s material.
Observing Exam room
The most obvious way to catch a cheater is to watch the person as they take their exam. If they appear to be cheating, you can try asking them about it after the exam. This can be very effective if you catch them red-handed.
However, if the person has been caught cheating before, this may not work either. You may have to work with other students on how to approach the situation.
It also depends on how severe their cheating was and whether they will admit it.
Comparing answers
Suppose the professor finds out that there is a pattern in your answers. In that case, he may ask you some questions related to these patterns to find out what kind of pattern was visible in your answers and how those patterns were created using various methods and formulas.
If you compare your answers with other students’ answers, then the professor will have no way of knowing whether or not you copied someone else’s work. If this happens, you might get a bad grade or even fail the course altogether.
So make sure you never compare your answers with other people’s answers and always write your essays.
Best excuses when you get caught cheating on a test
1. I didn’t know it was wrong
Many people think that cheating on a test is wrong and that they don’t need to do it. If this is your mindset, then the best way to avoid any cheating punishment is to tell the professor that you didn’t know about the policy and didn’t know what was right or wrong.
This will give you more chance at getting off with only a warning or possibly even no penalty, depending on what else the teacher finds out about your behavior.
2. You weren’t trying to cheat
It is a common excuse that students use when they get caught cheating. They try to convince their teachers and friends that they don’t intend to cheat.
But this excuse won’t hold up in court – if someone catches you cheating and reports it, anyone who knows about your actions will be able to testify against you at trial.
3. It was an Honest Mistake
You may think it wasn’t cheating because it wasn’t intentional or planned out ahead of time – but our brains are wired for shortcuts.
We often forget details that aren’t obvious until we need them later, e.g., forgetting what page number we were searching for when looking something up.
4. Distracted by the other students.
The best excuses when you get caught cheating on a test are “I was distracted by the other students” and “I was worried about getting in trouble.”
This is because they are not only believable excuses but also show that you cared enough to study hard but not enough to care about being caught.
This will make them more likely to believe your story and less likely to punish you for cheating (because they feel sorry for you). They will also be less likely to call your parents if there are any issues with the test results.
5. I was too busy with my homework
If you’re doing well in your schoolwork, this will also be a good excuse. This is also an excuse that some teachers may not believe because they know how much time it takes to finish homework, so they can’t imagine why anyone would be too busy studying or watching television to cheat on a test.
