Abstract: We can use some anti-cheating functions to prevent students from indulging in malpractice.
The unwelcome arrival of COVID-19 had brought a profound change in people’s daily life. Exams can not be taken in exam halls and have to be organized online. Under this circumstance, it seems that students are easier to cheat while taking a remote online exam.
How can teachers prevent cheating in online exams? As far as I am concerned, teachers can use online exam system to reduce the risk of cheating.
Screen Lockdown (Full Screen)
Screen lockdown is one of the most practical functions to prevent cheating in online exams. While using Screen Lockdown, the system will
- Prevent HDMI Cable extension
- Kill background screen sharing application with ease
- Prevent users from switching into other windows
- Prevent users from opening any other background recording applications
AI and Human Intervention
You don’t have to worry about lack of human invigilation. There are AI and human proctor monitoring. AI means the system can smartly catch students of suspicious behavior by a functioning webcam and mike. If a candidate is caught over the set number of times, the exam will be terminated. Besides that, the exam can be monitored under human invigilation. Teachers can remotely supervise candidates. As long as any misconduct exists, teachers can issue an alter to the candidate of cheating.
Random Mode
Even if the students want to copy the answers directly, the random mode increases the difficulty of cheating.
- Random Question. All questions are selected randomly from pool.
- Random Order. Each exams of candidates can be various in different order.
- Random Option. The options of multiple choice can be out of order.
Face Recognition
If you want to prevent cheating in online exams. You are allowed to open the Face Recognition. Before taking exams, candidates need to match their photos with their faces. If the match is failed, it means that the test take is a surrogate one so that he/she cannot enter the exam.
Where can I find Online Exam Maker? Can it really prevent cheating in online exams? Click the “Sign up” button in the upper right corner of the page to try.