Many schools and educational institutions have to conduct examinations online using online examination systems at present. But many may ask how to choose an online examination system that is useful? What are the characteristics of a useful online examination system?
A useful online examination system should be functionally powerful.
(1)In a useful online examination system users should be able to develop a question bank. And multiple question types should be supported by the online examination system and be imported in batches into online examination system. Therefore, users don’t have to edit questions again in the system, which would save users much time.
To maintain the credibility of exams, powerful proctoring functions are required. (2)Thus, a useful online examination system must have powerful anti-cheating functions. For example:
- Face recognition can guarantee the authentication of candidates.
- Teachers can proctor an exam in the back-end using surveillance camera.
- Intelligent anti-cheating function can detect the sound of the environment, movement and authentication of the candidates.
- Full screen mode can prevent candidates from switching screens to search for the correct answers.
(3)A useful online examination system should have student management module. Users should be able to add students one by one or import students in batches. And students can also be managed by group or class. Users can also create a registration link of an exam, and send it to their students to register by themselves to join in the exam taking group, which will save teachers a lot of time.
(4)A useful online examination system should support both auto grading and manual grading. For objective questions like multiple-choice questions, the grading work should be done by the system. And for the subjective questions like essay questions, the grading can be done by both the system and the users.
(5)A useful online examination system is a user-friendly system in which an exam should be created within simple steps. And instant results can be provided by the system after auto grading as well as the rich statistical analysis.
These are the characteristics of a useful online examination system. Online Exam Maker(OEM), a professional online examination system with powerful functions developed for online exams, is a rather good choice for users while choosing an online examination system. Users can have a free trial right now so why not have a try?