For schools, exams are to test students’ learning outcomes, which means that the credibility and authenticity should be taken seriously. We have already known the way how to treat cheating in offline exam. Nowadays, online schools has become a trend in education. How do online schools prevent cheating in online exams?

• Face Detection

Face detection refers to candidate authentication, which is one of the most major step of an online exam. For many schools, in order to prevent a surrogate test-taker, a major concern while taking online exam in the first step is authentication of the candidate’s identity.

• Automated Advanced Monitoring

AI proctoring can help in detecting potential misconduct like taking a bow, hand waving and multiple faces, etc. When the above actions of cheating are detected, an alert will pops up. After *3 such alerts, the exam is terminated.

• Human Proctoring

Proctor can view live streaming of candidates taking the exam. Meanwhile, proctor can also monitor a dozen candidates in the same time. When proctors find someone cheating, he/she can issue a warning or  directly terminate the exam of candidates caught.

• Screen Lockdown

When there is a screen lockdown, candidates are not allowed to use background screen sharing applications. They have no access to any other windows but exam window. It can effectively prevent cheating in online exams through network.

• 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.

In Online Exam Maker, teachers in online schools do not need to worry about malpractice.  The above functions can prevent cheating in online exams so that it can ensure the online exam go smoothly.

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What is the advantages of using AI Proctoring?

To use the AI Proctoring to conduct an online exam, there is no need for invigilators to proctor exams, which is especially good for high-stakes exams. Also, an online exam with AI algorithms ensure test integrity and deter impersonation attempts.

What do we need to use AI proctoring?

The only requirement for candidates to use AI Proctoring during the exam is to have a webcam attached to their computer, and a stable Internet connection.

What can AI Proctoring achieve? How does it work?

Firstly, to make AI Proctoring work, surveillance camera and face recognition function should be enabled. And then the users can turn on the intelligent anti-cheating monitoring function. Multiple people, ghost writers, malpractices of the exam taker and the sound environment of the exam can all be detected by the system, which will effectively prevent any aberrant behaviour during the exam.

Multiple people can be detected by the camera

The administrator can set how many times the system will give a warning if more than one person in front of the camera is detected by the system before the candidate get automatically terminated due to misconduct.

Ghost Exam Taker will not work

Face recognition will be on during the whole exam period. Thus, if a ghost exam taker is detected by the system, the system will give a warning and if the warning count is reached, the system will terminate the exam. Therefore, the ghost exam taker will not be able to go on taking the exam.

Malpractices will be detected

Suspicious behaviour, such as bowing or turning head can be detected by the system and will be regarded as cheating behaviour. Thus, candidate can not bow or turn his or her head to look for answers in the reference book.

Sound environment of the exam can be detected

The administrator can set the times that the system will give a warning if the sound detected is louder than the sound level set. If it reaches the times, the system will hand in the paper automatically. Therefore, exam taker can not listen to others’ opinions to take the exam.

The AI Proctoring can also be used during an online exam along with other anti-cheating functions, such as screen switching limit, interruption limit, full screen mode, no copying questions and pasting content to strengthen the effect of invigilation.

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What is Online Exam Proctoring?

Online proctoring is a method of remote proctoring where an online proctor supervises an online exam in real-time via the test-takers’ webcam and computer screen operations.The proctoring services are used to ensure the authenticity of the candidates and look for malpractice or cheating during the exam.

What Types of Exam Can Online Proctoring be Used For?

Professional proctoring goes further to ensure exam integrity and credibility. Professional Online proctoring can be used for high-stakes exams, professional certification and recruitment. A high-stakes exam is a test with important consequences for the test taker. Passing has important benefits, such as a high school diploma, a certificate, an offer or a license to practice a profession.

Which Online Examination Software Has Professional Proctoring Measures?

Online Exam Maker(OEM) is a professional proctoring that allows you to hold a live proctored exam along with auto-proctoring feature enabled to be sure of catching malpractice.

How Does Online Exam Maker Proctor High-stakes Exams?

Whole Screen Occupying: candidates will enter the full screen mode when taking examinations. They are not allowed to switch the exam page before finishing the exam.

Restrict screen switching: set the limit of screen switching, the system will issue a warning if the limit is exceeded, and the candidates will not be allowed to continue the test.

Face recognition:Candidates can enter the test after successful recognition and match. Face recognition can prevent exam substitution effectively, which can be used before entering the test.

Live Proctoring: Camera should be turned on, the live proctoring screen can be proctored by the test organizers. OEM will randomly take photos of the candidates during the exam.

Intelligent proctoring: the candidates will turn on the camera throughout the test, face recognition will be performed every minute. Once the system detects that the candidate has suspected cheating, Warning will be given immediately or the test will be compulsorily submitted if the exceed the cheating limit.

Online Exam Maker has the strongest online proctoring measures. With our online exam proctoring measures, almost all the online cheating behaviors can be prevented. Therefore, the safety of important online exams like high-stakes exams, qualification exams, recruitment exams can be guaranteed. And more proctoring measures can be provided by OEM, such as random questions, account limit and no copying and no pasting etc.

If you have to organize online tests for high-stakes exams, professional certification or recruitment, Online Exam Maker would be a great auxiliary online proctoring.

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