Securexam 'Cheat-Proofs' Remote Test Taking
Software Secure (Cambridge, MA) has released its Securexam Remote
Proctor system, which provides exam security for distance learning
environments. Working with Troy University's (Troy, AL) distance
learning program--which maintains an advanced distance learning
program--the system eliminates the need for remote students to take
exams on-site or in the presence of a proctor.
For increasing numbers of time-strapped and "non-traditional,"
distance learning students and the faculty an educational institutions
that serve securing exams adds a critical link in the remote education
chain. "As distance learning has become mainstream, testing integrity
and degree credibility have remained under the microscope for academic
institutions of all sizes," said Software Secure President Douglas
Winneg, in a prepared statement.
Securexam is used to secure exams at more than 300 academic
institutions. Securexam Remote Proctor replicates this security in a
distance-learning setting by authenticating the identity of a remote
test-taker and ensuring the exam process is as honest as it is in the
classroom. It does so by:
- Locking down online testing tools so and preventing the user from accessing anything else on the computer during a test;
- Biometrically authenticating the test-taker's identity before granting access to the test; and
- Capturing real-time video and audio of all suspicious behavior in the exam location for a remote exam proctor to review.
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