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title: "Online Test Strategies"
type: "wiki"
space: "ITAS"
author: "David Trinh"
created: 2024-11-20T11:56:56Z
updated: 2025-06-04T19:04:51Z
url: "https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/238/itas/wiki/view/21611/online-test-strategies"
---

# Online Test Strategies

When administering an online test, consider the following to promote honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage:

- **Assessment:**Consider if using a test is the best way to assess the student within an online environment. Do [Authentic Assessments](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/articles/press-release/7602/authentic-assessment) make more sense?
- **Authenticity:** Consider creating questions based off of discussions or activities during class or the student's experiences.
- **Question pool:** Consider using pools of questions of similar difficulty using a question bank \([Generating a Question Bank from a Learn@Seneca Blackboard Ultra Document | Blackboard Ultra | Seneca Polytechnic](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/266/blackboard-ultra/articles/artificial-intelligence-ai-design-assistant/20034/generating-a-question-bank-from-a-learn-seneca-blackboard-ultra-document)\).
- **Promote online integrity:** Consider sharing and reviewing how to [Promoting Academic Integrity Online](https://employees.senecapolytechnic.ca/spaces/39/the-teaching-learning-centre/videos/ashley.ribbel/instructional/9833/promoting-academic-integrity-online) with your students.