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​​What to Do When Schools Use Canvas or Blackboard Logs to Allege Cheating
Over the past few months, students from all over the country have reached out to EFF and other advocacy organizations because their schools—including teachers and administrators—have made flimsy claims about cheating based on digital logs from online learning platforms that don’t hold up to scrutiny. Such claims were made ...
The Company Behind Online Learning Platform Canvas Should Commit to Transparency, Due Process for Students
Canvas is an online learning platform created by the Utah-based education technology company Instructure . In the past year, the platform has also been turned into a disciplinary technology , as more and more schools have come to rely on Canvas to drive allegations of cheating—despite student protests and technical...
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: Platforms Want To Be Utilities, Self-Govern Like Empires