Towards Greater Integrity in Online Exams

Increased growth of online education has created an additional issue of devising effective proctoring for remotely-administered online examinations. In this research project, we explore some popular proctoring methods for such exams such as live proctoring through a computer’s webcam and biometrics-based proctoring that monitors a student’s mouse movement, and head and eye movements in order to detect cheating attempts. Upon discussion of the various advantages and disadvantages of these two approaches, we propose an integrated proctoring technique combining the complementary strengths of both these methods. Along with potential challenges and solutions, we present an architectural design of this prototype that is currently being developed to be implemented, and mention ways of extending its benefits to exams in the traditional classrooms also. Finally, we present analyses of survey and interview data from faculty and students about their concerns for integrity in online exams and their opinions regarding our proposed proctoring technique