Technologies May Curb Online Cheating

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Online education along with the huge amounts of benefits has some drawbacks as well which have resulted in the form of cheating and use of unauthorized material and modes of accessing data during exams and tests. this can be curbed by use of modern technology, and in this article all the aspects have been elaborated in detail. the rate of cheating events also vary with the institutions and the quality of education and training provided. It is always better to seek for better institutions and schools instead of going to any available options at-hand. this highly disturbs the student's learning ability and also develops in them the habbits of cheating and misleading in accordance to the environment provided online. While looking for certain online schools i came accross a wonderful resource of online schools, online degrees which provides a complete details about schools in US providing quality online education.
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Matt of IL 9:05AM April 16, 2012

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Douglas Winneg of MA 9:54AM August 21, 2011

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Shaun Sims of TX 10:33AM August 19, 2011

Jason,
Kryterion does in fact monitor students through both audio and visual methods to detect and prevent student being fed answers. In addition, they also lock down the browser so that IM programs are not used. If you would like a demonstration feel free to contact me. I believe you will find the technology and human monitoring combination is very effective, some would say much more effective than traditional proctoring.
RE"Kryterion offers a toolkit that combines keystroke recognition with webcam technology to identify test takers. But neither system can prevent students from being fed answers by a parent, talking with classmates on an instant messaging program, or using Web searches to do research."

Mike Garland of AZ 10:26AM August 19, 2011

ProctorU is another company that offers online proctoring, but the major difference between them and the competitors mentioned above is that their proctors maintain audio and video connections with students they are monitoring. ProctorU also uses screen-sharing technology that allows the proctor to see the student's desktop and prevent them from using instant messaging software. The company relies less on "mechanical" cheating prevention methods and aims to replicate the classroom model of test monitoring. Their proctors can see the student, see what they are doing and authenticate the students' identities so that they know who they are. Check out their website at www.proctoru.com.

Frank of AL 10:15AM August 19, 2011

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tammiforbe of CA 8:23AM August 19, 2011