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“Using webcams, headsets, and a real-time screen-sharing technology, proctors scan faces for wandering eyes and unusual behavior that might suggest cheating.”

“ProctorU is part of a cottage industry of online proctoring providers that has grown in recent years as colleges and universities have set their sights on ‘nontraditional’ students who want to earn degrees without leaving home.”

“In a pattern that we’ve seen many times before when technology disrupts the existing model, the core innovations exposed new gaps that needed to be filled and entrepreneurs began emerging to fill them: start-ups like Proctoru, delivering online proctoring services to enable trustworthy online test taking…”

“Employees at ProctorU, a company that offers remote proctoring, watch test-takers by using screen sharing and webcam feeds at offices in Alabama and California. ProctorU recently signed an agreement to proctor new credit-bearing MOOCs from Coursera, including one in genetics and evolution offered at Duke and one in single-variable calculus at the University of Pennsylvania.”

“Both Udacity, another MOOC provider, and Coursera have teamed up with an online test-taking company called Proctor U that pays employees in Alabama and California to monitor test takers through a webcam trained on the student’s face.”

“Each course was reviewed by two independent faculty members, who looked at a number of aspects, including the tests and anticheating measures, which, in this case, involved a remote monitoring service called ProctorU.”

“This includes requiring simple identity authentication processes and remote proctored exams through services like ProctorU.com, where students connect with a live proctor via their webcam, audio feed and desktop views via screen sharing.”

“We are very concerned about cyber security. The potential of identity theft is great and monitary loss can be quite large. We use best practices guidelines, which dictates: who has access; password protocol; encryption of data and emails; backup security; computers timing out; strong network security; top-of-the-line firewall and malware programs. There is also a procedure if anyone suspects a breach in cyber security.” – ProctorU Vice President of Operations Matt Jaeh

“Hoover-based ProctorU will open its second West Coast office as the 4-year-old company that offers online test proctoring for remote and traditional learners pushes ahead with an aggressive expansion plan.”

ProctorU now has another tool available to distance education administrators, exam delivery engine Questionmark. Last month the two companies announced their partnership, and this week Business Analyst Jim Farrell posted a very informative blog entry that helps describe the new pairing. According to the post, the announcement is “very exciting announcement as it provided our customers with […]