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I think the bigger issue should be how the University came to choose something like Proctorio. This has been the case with many colleges around the world; disco
by dartharva 6y ago
I think the bigger issue should be how the University came to choose something like Proctorio. This has been the case with many colleges around the world; disconnected or ignorant authorities keep signing up to whatever the SaaS salesman pitches to them, without vetting the company's background and records, and not listening to the affected parties in their arrogance.
My own college struggled with online exams, and turned a deaf ear to students and even professors objecting against the platform being used (it's the most popular proctored exam platform). In the end, due to their own incompetence at handling exams, there turned out to be large-scale cheating and the college then forced the entire batch to give the exams again in the next term.
- devoutsalsa 6y agoThere's probably a market opportunity to replace testing w/ something better. Some actual measurement of competence that's win/win/win for the students, instructors, and universities. Maybe a company come up with an interesting idea & get funding YC to scale the solution to that hard problem!
- TrackerFF 6y agoThe problem was that COVID lockdowns took many schools by surprise, and instead of making exams designed for online platforms, they tried to fit regular into a online platform. Turns out, it's incredibly easy to cheat on those exams.