How To Merge Remote Online Proctoring and Offline Human Proctoring?

For a multitude of reasons, online proctoring is a non-negotiable requirement in remote examinations. Online proctoring applications prevent test-takers from using unfair means to perform well in remote assessments. Additionally, such tools give educators a measure of control over test candidates even when they are taking an assessment from a faraway location. While online proctoring ensures that deserving candidates will do well in remote tests, there are several reasons why a human touch is also needed in online and offline assessments. But, how can educators amalgamate online proctoring and this much-needed human involvement for all types of assessments? Here’s how:

By enabling human proctors to make judgment calls

Students may have their fair share of apprehensions about how an automated application will monitor them during an assessment. They may, quite rightly, feel that such an application will flag them for cheating on sensing the smallest of movements — drinking water, mumbling a test question to themselves and similar other actions. Additionally, there have been several instances of online proctoring applications being discriminatory against disabled students or those belonging to a specific race. What’s more, students may find the relentless monitoring too obtrusive and feel that their privacy is being violated during a test. All these factors bring the credibility and practicality of such proctoring applications into serious doubt.

To quell students’ worries, human proctors can also monitor them within regular intervals during an assessment. Schools must allow them to control and manage the working and decision-making of online proctoring applications during a test. They must have the authority to make judgment calls for every contentious incident during an online assessment. In this way, discriminatory decisions and incorrect flagging can be overturned. Online assessments will carry on smoothly if human proctors are allowed to make such vital decisions.

By including human input in proctoring reports

After an assessment is over, online proctoring tools generally create a detailed report regarding the ethical performance of a candidate. In this report, all the movements and actions of a test-taker are scrutinized and reported. Before such reports are sent to candidates’ parents and teachers, a human proctor must read and evaluate them for accuracy. They can also leave remarks regarding their evaluation of how a given candidate performed during an assessment. This will ensure that such reports have a sense of “human validation” in them.

Blending online proctoring and offline human proctoring is essential to make assessments not only more ethical but also fair for all test-takers. If you are looking for a proctoring tool that achieves a perfect balance between the two for remote or on-site assessments, look no further than uLearn.

uLearn’s AI-powered proctoring application ensures that test-takers are prevented from cheating in an examination. At the same time, the tool also provides student privacy and data security. The tool enables human proctors to be present during an online assessment for verification purposes. Our application is compatible with all LMS platforms, making it easier for institutions to conduct remotely proctored assessments using the platform of their choice.

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