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Automated Proctor software - scorched - 04-09-2015
Interesting article for automated "Humanless" proctoring.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/06/technology/online-test-takers-feel-anti-cheating-softwares-uneasy-glare.html?ref=technology&_r=0
Here are the best practice on how not to get "flagged".
Best Practices
Such things as having background movement, off screen audio such as music, and other things can affect your "credibility".
However if you are flagged, then the proctor software recorded audio and video during the time in question for the professor or test company to go back and review.
Automated Proctor software - UptonSinclair - 04-09-2015
As much as I love technology, I hate to see computers replace jobs so quickly. Online proctoring is a relatively new occupation and it is going to be replaced by technology. It seems like professions have become moving targets.