Proctoring is nothing but another word for what invigilators do in a pen and paper-based exam – make sure students do not cheat. When this same activity is carried out digitally using tools like a web-camera and microphone then it is called online proctoring.
Online proctoring is a necessity if we want to ensure that students do not cheat or resort to unfair means in an online examination.
Key Uses of Online Proctoring
- Helps to make International Education More Accessible
- Helps Education institutions with online courses as they have students from all over the world.
- Highly cost-effective because it removes the need of physical examination centres.
- Makes taking exams flexible as Students can take tests regardless of their location.
- Helps to schedule exams according to the convenience of students.
If you need flexibility in your schedule, online proctoring is highly helpful and preferred. Also in current pandemic times, it reduces the risk of exposure while taking examinations.
Almost any form of online examinations can be administered with Online proctoring. These online examinations can have all types of questions including multiple-choice questions, essay type, or even handwritten questions which can be uploaded using their Mobile phones.
Types of online proctoring
A variety of solutions exist for enabling online proctoring. So some solutions would take periodic photos using your webcam others will capture your audio and video while you are taking your test. Most solutions also use a mechanism to make sure you do not use some other application or the internet for searching while you are giving the test.
So based on the usage these solutions are called video proctoring, audio proctoring etc. In particular for conducting high stake exams the digital inputs like photos/ video etc are reviewed by trained human invigilators. This is called Live proctoring.
Use of AI in Proctoring
Since the online proctoring generates a large quantity of image/audio/video streams the same can also be analysed automatically using AI-based algorithms. Artificial intelligence provides this secure solution to ensure the integrity of online examination system assessments in a cost-effective and scalable manner. This use of AI can reduce or even eliminate the need of actual proctors / Invigilators. This can make deployment far more scalable.
Recorded Proctoring
In this method, no proctor is monitoring the feed in real-time. But, the audio-video and screen share feeds of the test candidates are recorded during the test. A representative plays back and checks these recordings in many ways including a fast-forwarded way and updates if any suspicious activity takes into place during the test.
Advanced Automated Proctoring
Automated proctoring is the most progressive form of proctoring. Under which the audio-video and screen share feeds of the test candidates are recorded during the test. Apart from it offers the system to monitors the feeds for any suspicious activity using advanced video and audio analytics. The model makes sure that the candidate is focused on the test screen and this model provides face recognition to do student authentication and makes sure the test is unbiased and fair.
Online proctoring is totally revolutionizing the online examination system. It is also helping our examination management system and university management system to follow new models of assessment.
About the organization
Learning Spiral understands assessments and applicant management like no other organization. We routinely deliver more than a million assessments through different modes in a demanding and high stake environment. Our award-winning products SmartExam (University Examination Management System) and UCanAssess (Online Assessment system) today power numerous high stake exams and reputed Universities.
