Live Human Proctoring
A person watching in real time, one to several students at once. The most expensive option, the most defensible, and the one with the fewest surprises.
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Types of proctoring
Five approaches with different costs and different failure modes. The stakes should choose, not the sales process.
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Recorded and Reviewed Later
The session is recorded, software flags moments, and a human looks at the flags afterwards. The most common arrangement and the one whose weak point is review capacity.
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Fully Automated Flagging
No human in the loop until an appeal. Cheap, scalable, and the arrangement that produces the failures that reach the press.
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Lockdown Browsers
Software that restricts what the student's own computer can do during an exam. A different category from watching, with its own intrusions and its own limits.
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Identity Verification
Establishing that the person sitting the exam is the enrolled student. A narrower problem than proctoring, with its own biometric questions.
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Which Type Fits Which Assessment
The five approaches against the kinds of assessment, so the choice follows the stakes rather than the sales process.
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