How uLearn is helping universities in Africa transform their online examination process?

The new millennium has witnessed many exciting developments in the field of education. The internet is increasingly being utilized for educational purposes by leading institutes across the world. Today, online classrooms and examinations are fairly common for learners and educators everywhere. Remotely conducted examinations are appealing for institutes, learners, and their parents due to a host of safety, time, and convenience-related benefits associated with the process. However, online examinations pose a few unique problems for everyone involved too. Institutes are resolving these issues by partnering with web assessment experts. Renowned institutions in Africa, are choosing uLearn, a leading web assessment portal, to improve the online examination process for their educators and students.

As specified earlier, online assessments come with their own set of challenges. One of the prominent ones is conducting an examination while the internet connectivity is not optimal. A sketchy network connection and low data speed can seriously slow down or stop an online exam for students and test supervisors. ULearn’s web assessment tools are designed to operate even with low broadband connectivity to resolve this issue. In fact, uLearn’s test management and remote proctoring performances remain consistent throughout the online test duration, regardless of the connectivity strength. This ensures students in remote locations who may not have access to good internet connectivity can also take their exams smoothly. uLearn has made sure that it is accessible to all.

Most modern colleges have their own Learning Management System (LMS), for instance, Yardstick International College has its own LMS for optimized organization and delivery of their various educational courses and developmental programs designed for their students and teaching staff. During remote assessments, uLearn’s test management software can be easily integrated with the LMS to provide a smoother user experience to students and test supervisors. uLearn is also integrated with Blackboard, Canvas, D2L, and all other top LMSes. Students will get a single interface and will not have to worry about learning a new system, making the assessment process hassle-free.

Students generally have concerns about the security of their data while taking an online examination. Fortunately for students in Africa, uLearn’s test assessment software can quell those worries with its fool-proof data security protocols. Firstly, the information collected from students during a uLearn-proctored online examination is used exclusively for assessment purposes. Secondly, such tests are end-to-end encrypted to prevent unauthorized entities from accessing candidate data, thus making

For uLearn, student privacy is the foremost priority during the research, development, and design phases of our web assessment tools. Therefore, uLearn removes the ‘creep’ factor from an online examination in a few ways:

1. Designated proctors cannot take control of the students’ systems.
2. Test candidates needn’t extensively show their surroundings to the proctor before taking the test.

This makes the test-taking experience stress-free for the students.

While the examination process may have changed, there is no substitute for vigilance therefore we believe that the right to a fair evaluation should be available to all. Also due to the pandemic, institutions are facing a financial crunch in terms of implementing new methods of teaching which is why we have made our solution completely cost-effective and easy to implement without burning a hole in the pocket.  If you also wish to positively transform your online examination process without any hassle or burning your budget, please get in touch with uLearn.

To know more about uLearn visit: https://ulearn.io/