Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 38, September 20, 2024
a) Before being
certified, providers must submit procedures to the Secretary of State for
verifying the identity of the student taking the course, which may include, but
are not limited to, the following:
1) If the
course is to be taken in person, an examination of a government-issued photo
identification card, including an Illinois driver's license or Illinois
Identification Card;
2) If the
course is to be taken online:
A) Web video
recording accompanied by an examination of the student's government-issued
photo identification card;
B)
Dynamic knowledge-based authentication;
C) Web video proctoring with screen
monitoring by live certified proctors; or
D) Any method, or combination of methods, of
identity verification submitted by a provider and approved by the Department
that reasonably establishes the identity of the student and the student's
presence during the online course.
b) If the method of verification is challenge
questions, the student must be asked a minimum of two questions per hour,
during each hour of the course, at random intervals. The answer to the
verification challenge question must be verifiable by the course provider or a
third party. Students shall have only 60 seconds to respond. Students who fail
to respond to the question or who fail to respond within the specified time
period must be returned to the place in the course where the student last
successfully passed a verification. A student who, for a second time, fails to
respond to a challenge question or who fails to respond within the specified
time period will be considered to have failed the course. If a student answers
a question incorrectly, another challenge question must be asked. If the
student correctly answers the challenge question, the student may proceed with
the course. If the student incorrectly answers a third challenge question, the
student is considered to have failed a course.
c) Providers must incorporate a course
content validation process that verifies student participation, comprehension
of course material, and course completion, including the following:
1) Built-in timers to ensure that 180 minutes
of instruction have been viewed and completed by the student. Timers must
prevent the student from scrolling, skipping, or advancing through the course
without reading the material and must not allow the student to take section
quizzes or the final examination without viewing or reading the course content.
If a student attempts to take a quiz or the final examination without having
spent the minimum time required for a single section or the course, the student
must be returned to the place in the course where the student last spent the
minimum time required.
2) At least
one course validation question must be asked following each multimedia clip
that exceeds 60 seconds.
3)
Students must complete a final examination at the end of the course, which
shall consist of 50 questions from a test bank of a minimum of 100 questions.
Questions may be multiple-choice, true/false, or a combination of both, but in
no event may more than one-half of the questions be true/false. Questions must
be randomized and of such difficulty that the answers may not be easily
determined without having participated in the entire course.
4) A student must score at least 85% on the
final examination. If a student scores less than 85%, the student must be
re-tested using different questions from the test bank. The student is not
required to repeat the course but shall be allowed to review the course before
retaking the examination. The examination may be retaken at any time by
agreement between the student and the course provider. If the student fails the
comprehensive final examination 3 times, the student has failed the
course.
5) A student who fails the
examination may choose to take a different course before retaking the
examination.
