Online Learning Update

January 15, 2021

With exams now online, colleges look to new tools to prevent cheating

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:01 am

ERIC KOLENICH, Richmond Times-Dispatch

College students largely took their final exams at home this semester, trading in blue books for laptops, webcams and specialized proctoring software. In some instances, students answered questions while being filmed by their own computers. Other software isn’t so invasive. Certain tools can prevent a student from opening a new window and Googling the answers to the questions. Yet some professors have steered clear of the high-tech software altogether and administered open-book tests, making duplicity impossible.

https://dailyprogress.com/news/state-and-regional/with-exams-now-online-colleges-look-to-new-tools-to-prevent-cheating/article_4887c70d-222c-5796-8b1c-27428edf6b24.html

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