Remote proctoring is becoming a necessity now more than ever.
Last year when the pandemic peaked, the need for online learning tools also observed a rapid growth. The change was indeed monumental in bringing the long overdue digitalization in education. This paradigm shift encouraged teachers to adopt comprehensive technologies. It also made them realize that these innovations will leverage the future of online education as we advance.
Undoubtedly, technology brings significant benefits to the education sector, but are educators still apprehensive about the fallouts of online classes and exams?
Remote invigilation is in place, but are students outplaying their administrators?
With exams going online, many universities and colleges notice increased cheating incidents and academic misconduct from students. To top it all, test-takers indulge in creative, most unbelievable ways to trick their online invigilators like shoulder surfing, using an auto coding software and many more.
Have a look at one recent cheating incident that occurred in the US:
A Southern California university professor filed a lawsuit against a student who committed copyright infringement by posting the two exams on an education-based document-sharing website to get answers to some of his essay questions.
Cheating on online exams is as easy as it gets; here’s how remote invigilators can control it.
Identity ‘FRAUD’ is also not a joke.
Faking identities is an easy accomplishment, especially in a remote exam setup. As an instructor, it is much simpler to authenticate students’ identities during in-person exams. However, it is much harder to detect the true identities of candidates in an online proctored exam. Students can go as far as impersonating someone by forging their identification, such as a fake driver’s license or school identification card, which may be challenging to authenticate virtually.
Proctortrack offers AI-enhanced auto proctoring intervention capabilities in cases of suspicious behaviors, cheating, or aiding a student. It uses multi-factor authentication to verify the identity of students upon entry. Each student will provide face, ID scans and room scans, which are measured against the student’s baseline profile, stored on file.
Academic integrity compromised (Not when you use Proctortrack)
Today, hundreds of colleges worldwide are offering online certification courses. These online programs do offer convenience to the students who can complete their education remotely. But, do these online degrees hold value when a student cheats and passes the exam without putting any effort? These courses require user authentication and test integrity to be accepted as valid.
Proctortrack is the world’s most comprehensive proctoring solution for Online Certification Programs that deliver continuous identity verification and secure remote test monitoring.
We offer four different levels of proctoring:
Automated Proctoring
Auto Proctoring with QA Review
Live Proctoring with AI
Do-It-Yourself Live Proctoring
Wrapping up
The education sector is teeming with new technologies and tools night and day. Therefore, choosing the right online proctoring solution is not only indispensable to curb cheating but for maintaining academic integrity as well. Keeping in mind the increase in cyber threats nowadays, educational leaders must also consider the importance of student privacy and data security in a remote testing environment.
