This presentation was delivered by Blackboard Collaborate on 5 December 2012 as part of JISC RSC Yorkshire & Humber's eAssessment Online Conference.

1. Don’t Make a Legal Ass
of Assessment
RSC Yorkshire & Humber
5 December 2012

2. Hi!
• Jason Miles-Campbell
JISC Legal Service Manager
• jason.miles-campbell
@jisclegal.ac.uk
• 0141 548 4939
• www.jisclegal.ac.uk
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4. JISC Legal
• Events
• Guidance
• Helpdesk
• Newsletter
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5. Law and e-Assessment
1. How do I deal with
personal information
as part of the
assessment process?
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6. Data Protection & e-Assessment
• Make purpose clear
• Use only for
stated purpose
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7. Data Protection & e-Assessment
• Ensure appropriate security
• Ensure release
with consent
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8. Law and e-Assessment
2. What If I want to use
other people’s
materials as part of
the assessment?
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9. Copyright & e-Assessment
• S.32(3) –
good news!
• Limitations
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10. Law and e-Assessment
3. What happens if
the technology
doesn’t work
or goes wrong?
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11. Liability & e-Assessment
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• General duty of
© Christophe Verdier CC BY-NC-ND
care to avoid loss
or damage
• What if? Risk?
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12. Law and e-Assessment
4. What happens if a
student ‘hacks’ or cheats
in a technology-based
assessment?
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13. e-Security & e-Assessment
• Invoke your policies
• Acceptable Use Policy
• Student Discipline Policy
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14. e-Security & e-Assessment
• Computer Misuse Act 1990 –
unauthorised access
• Fraud and deception
offences
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15. Law and e-Assessment
5. What should I do if I have
a student with a disability who
has difficulty taking
the assessment?
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16. Accessibility & e-Assessment
• Disability equality duty
• Reasonable adjustments
• Competence
standards
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17. Law and e-Assessment
6. What if the student
objects to taking the
technology-based
assessment?
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18. Opting Out & e-Assessment
• No right to object
• Contractual rights
• Right to stop
auto processing
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19. Law and e-Assessment
7. Where can I get further
information?
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20. Law and e-Assessment
• JISC Legal
• JISC infoNet
• JISC Regional Support Centre
• JISC Advance
• Information Commissioner’s Office
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21. JISC Legal is hosted by the University of Strathclyde, a charitable body, registered in Scotland,
with registration number SC015263.