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Companies and educational institutions are opting for online exams to save costs, time, and effort it takes to arrange for offline tests where the candidates have to be physically present...
Technology has endowed us with numerous benefits and conveniences. Online testing is one of them and has a lot of significance in recruitment. Gone are the days when candidates had to travel all the way from their place to an allotted testing centre to take up the exam. This whole testing process requires a lot of planning, preparation, manpower and expense. Proctoring or invigilation is an indispensable part of the testing procedure that ensures its fairness and authenticity. A proctor ensures the genuineness of the test taker and further ensures that he/she doesn’t indulge in any malpractice and/or use any unfair means to attempt the exam.
Online testing these days requires the candidate to only have a computer and a high-speed Internet. The candidates can conveniently take up the exam from the comforts of their own home or any other place they choose. It is convenient not only for test taker but also for the one who is conducting the test. Online exam proctoring is required to make online testing credible and valid.
Advantages of Remote and Offline Proctoring
Proctoring has an important role in ensuring the credibility and authenticity of any test and its outcome. The growth of online exams and assessments has automatically given rise to online exam proctoring. As long as the traditional and online versions of exams coexist, so will both types of proctoring, namely the traditional or offline proctoring and online exam proctoring.
Offline proctoring: Usually an invigilator is allotted to monitor a group of candidates in an examination hall for the entire duration of the exam. It is the responsibility of the proctor to confirm the identity of the candidate and also to ensure that he/she doesn’t cheat or use any other unfair means to attempt the exam. The main advantage of offline proctoring is that the physical presence of both the test takers and the invigilators at the same place makes it difficult to fake identity and/or to indulge in any illegal means. But in reality, the attention and focus of a physical proctor have their own limitations that can’t guarantee 100% foolproof results. And it is restrictive and expensive too.
Online exam proctoring: It is also referred to as remote proctoring in which the candidate is usually monitored via a webcam, mic and access to the screen of the candidate during the exam. There are mainly three types of remote proctoring:
- Live online exam proctoring: A qualified proctor monitors the candidates’ audio-video and screen share feeds in real-time sitting at a remote location. Therefore, it is not very different from offline proctoring except for the flexibility of the proctoring location. Human involvement renders live online exam proctoring unsuitable for scalability as it turns out to be expensive.
- Recorded proctoring: Candidates’ audio-video and screen share feeds are recorded and reviewed by a proctor at a later time. Usually, the recordings are played in a fast-forward manner for the proctor to detect any suspicious activities. The human involvement retains the disadvantages of the live online exam proctoring despite removing location and time constraints.
- Automated proctoring:The latest and most advanced form of proctoring, it almost removes any need for human intervention at all. Face recognition helps authenticate the candidates’ identity. The system records the audio-video and screen share feeds and simultaneously monitors them for any suspicious activities using advanced video and audio analytics. This type of proctoring works by limiting candidate logins to specific IP addresses and blocking copy-pasting. It does not allow the candidate to switch the window or access any other application during the test. Automated proctoring also tracks mouse movement, candidate movement and other set functions. Removal of the location and time constraint make automated proctoring economical and foolproof.
MeritTrac’s End-to-End Exam Services
MeritTrac aims to make hiring and workforce development a convenient and foolproof process. Assessments and proctoring are a part of the entire process and we have seamless solutions to offer a complete package. Our online exam proctoring services add to the security, confidence and credibility of our assessment processes. Given the online nature of our assessment tests and platforms, MeritTrac has weaved in proctoring making the whole process convenient, economical and foolproof.
By ways of analysing actions that may be vulnerable to malpractice – inappropriate movements of the mouse, toggling browsers, eye movements beyond the screen – can prompt the proctor to terminate the exam sessions in order to preserve its sanctity. Our platforms Pariksha and SmartTest allow for end-to-end assessment solutions right from designing the test, administering it and then evaluating and generating the result. These highly adaptive platforms are easy to set up, completely secure and allow for remote delivery and proctoring of the assessments with or without the Internet. They come with plug and play feature, allowing for easy integration with external tools. They can be uploaded onto the cloud and/or used on any device including mobile phones with total confidence over the outcome making recruitment efficient and convenient.
FAQ
1. What is a proctored exam?
A proctored exam is one which has been supervised by an entity, either a person or software to ensure the identity of the candidate and the integrity of the exam venue.
2. What is remote proctoring?
Remote proctoring supports remote assessment allowing the candidate to take up the test from the location of his/her choice while maintaining the credibility and integrity of the results.
3. What are the different types of remote proctoring?
There are three main types of remote proctoring, namely live online exam proctoring, recorded proctoring and automated proctoring.
4. What are the advantages of remote proctoring?
Remote proctoring, especially automated proctoring scores high on convenience, authenticity, credibility and economy.
5. What are the USPs of MeritTrac proctoring services?
MeritTrac’s end-to-end assessment solutions make recruitment almost automatic and efficient. Our proctoring services ensure the credibility and integrity of the assessment outcome allowing organisations to confidently select the candidates based on the remote assessment results.
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