Observing the latest Delta variant surge, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced mask mandates – for both the vaccinated and unvaccinated. As a result, many educators are now rethinking reopening schools with more hesitancy, fear and frustration. With so much uncertainty around, instructors are again planning to switch to an online mode of learning. Additionally, some prefer to avoid taking in-person for the upcoming school year and stick to online proctored exams.
What is Proctoring?
Proctoring, to put it simply, is watching test-takers during an exam either in person by an invigilator or through online technology. However, online exam monitoring is considered invasive by many students. Exams, in general, make a lot of students anxious. The idea of being monitored through a webcam amplifies the test taker’s anxiety even more and can also affect their performance and test scores. In such scenarios, students get agitated, feeling that online proctoring solutions infringe on their privacy.
This begs the biggest question: Can online proctoring solutions prevent and detect cheating during the exam without disturbing the test-taker’s privacy?
Ways to make online proctoring less creepy
Are your students voicing concerns regarding invasive proctoring solutions? Here’s how you can solve the problem:
1. Combine AI with human-in-the-Loop
Determining whether a student is cheating in the test or not requires human supervision. While AI detects violations set before the exam, it can misconceive student’s behaviors in a few cases. For example, if a dog barks or enters the room while a student is taking an exam, AI can consider that as an exam violation. At the same time, human intervention can correctly understand that the student is not at fault and no cheating has occurred.
2. Combine AI with human-in-the-Loop
Today, students understand the risks when they share their Personally Identifiable Information (PII) online. Schools and colleges must have clearly defined statements on how they protect student’s personal information.
Reduce student anxiety about online proctored exams with ProctorDIY
It’s important to recognize and address a student’s privacy concerns in a remote learning environment. From the instructor’s point of view, cheating on online exams can be uncontrollable and lead to academic dishonesty. Whereas, students are afraid of live proctoring because they dislike the “creep” factor of having strangers monitor them.
How does ProctorDIY help?
ProctorDIY is the first ever ‘Do-It-Yourself’ proctoring solution that allows professors to invigilate their own students remotely. This means, you can bring your own proctor and invigilate up to 25 students remotely with the help of AI.
Features:
- SPADE Dashboard (Student Privacy and Data Expunge) offers full data transparency
- 99% Accuracy Reports
- Easy installation into any LMS (Also LTI ready)
- Fast, secure and easy launch
- Secure browser lock
- Automated Identity Verification and Facial Confirmation
