I am (likely) being accused of cheating by my professor, what do I do? I took my final last Wednesday (it’s Monday) and on Friday I received an email from my professor asking to meet to discuss my performance on the final. I got a little stressed but was more worried about if I failed the exam and have to retake the course. There was one other person I knew that got this email and he had the meeting today. The professor basically just said that there is proof of him cheating and said that he was on Moodle looking at the other tests while taking the final exam. This person said he did not and the professor just said he will have to fill out a form saying he did or did not and has to attend a hearing about it.
I have my meeting with the professor tomorrow and am EXTREMELY worried now. Being upfront, I did not cheat, I had Moodle open on my laptop in a minimized window but was not actively looking at it. I also have a full ride that would definitely disappear if I had something like this. What do I do?
PS: the professor already said to my friend that even if Moodle was open on a minimized window, the site wouldn’t give the report of accessing materials during the final exam.
Edit: grammar in PS section.
First, don't assume that the concerns about one person are necessarily the same as concerns about another. It may just be coincidence.
Second, the history is what it is. If there is some &quot;evidence&quot; that you did something wrong you will just have to explain it as best you can and live with the consequences.
It may well be that the monitoring system gets a report of open windows/apps but can't distinguish what is visible to the user from what is not.
Explain your actions. I suggest honestly. If you didn't cheat, then insist on that and don't agree to &quot;lesser penalties&quot; if you admit to something you didn't do.

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