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>There are only proctored exams, but they only help if you use a locked down browser. I'd rather not put what amounts to spyware onto my students computers. AND
by throwaway6734 6y ago
>There are only proctored exams, but they only help if you use a locked down browser. I'd rather not put what amounts to spyware onto my students computers. AND they are pretty easy to fool anyway.
Couldn't they also just use a second computer?
- kfriede 6y agoOften times these browsers also require microphone and webcam access and track eye movement. Huge privacy violation, but I also don't have a proposal on an alternative other than proctored in-person tests.
- davrosthedalek 6y agoYes, or their phone. I mean, they could monitor your eyes with the webcam, and if you start rummaging on a different keyboard/mouse and looking away, this might be detected. But a phone? Easy to hide! What do you do if they want to go to the restroom? Additionally, it puts another "barrier of entry" in there: Rich kids can buy more electronics to cheat better. Or pay somebody to do the manipulation for them.
- nocman 6y agoAll of the proctored exams I've ever been aware of have either a human supervisor in the room at all times, and/or a video camera pointed at the student the whole time. If you open a second computer they should know about it.
- nitrogen 6y agoKVM switch with PIP?
- hirundo 6y agoSoon, a locked down VR headset with eye tracking. It's step one for the matrix, maybe, but it does make it hard for the student to check their phone. But employers will be tempted to use the same tech to measure employee time-on-task, and write employment contracts accordingly. Parents and teachers would want to use it to monitor study as well as exams. The potential for social control is rather alarming.