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As a mid-career engineer, I had to renew a professional certification during the Covid-19 times. That recertification was set up as a proctored online exam. Af
by DocTomoe 4y ago
As a mid-career engineer, I had to renew a professional certification during the Covid-19 times. That recertification was set up as a proctored online exam.
After 15 minutes of removing random stuff from my desk, under my desk, on my walls, including but not limited to disassembling a wall-mounted TV set, as instructed by the proctor, I gave up. I rented an office at a co-working place that was sterile white. Then they tried to accuse me of using camera-modifying software to add a background, because "no room is that clean".
If we do keep up this proctored test-at-home system, we need to have a workable way to make sure the testing room still works out as a living space after the test.
- astrobe_ 4y agoI don't believe it can be "you can take the test remotely if you let us search the room first" (that judge put an end on this, so it cannot anymore at least in the US). It is impossible to prevent cheating in this context, no matter how hard you try. Their paranoia in your case was foolish. What they could do is letting people take written test in a lightly controlled environment (just a webcam with audio, no 360/scan before tests), and then complement it with a Q&A part. Yes, that's probably more time consuming and more expensive.
- Hamuko 4y ago>that judge put an end on this, so it cannot anymore at least in the US That was a public school, so the impact is probably scoped.