Everything you need to know about online invigilation
Learn everything you need about online invigilation and how online invigilation software ensures exam integrity and improves reliability of your exams.
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What is online invigilation?
Understanding what online invigilation means
Online invigilation, also known as online proctoring, refers to the process of monitoring students remotely during an online examination. It uses various technologies including webcams, screen recording, and AI-based monitoring to ensure the integrity of the exam.
What is required to participate in an online invigilated exam?
To participate in an online invigilated exam, the students require the following:
- A computer with the Digiexam application installed
- A stable internet connection
- A working webcam and microphone
- A valid identification card or passport for verification
Why is online exam invigilation necessary?
Importance of online invigilation in conducting exams
The need for invigilation has grown as more institutions adopt online learning and assessment. It helps maintain the integrity of exams, prevents cheating, and ensures that the person taking the exam is indeed the registered student. Additionally, it provides institutions with a reliable way to conduct exams remotely while maintaining the same standards as in-person examinations.
Invigilating online exams - how does it work?
Methods to invigilate online exams
There are generally three main methods to invigilating online exams:
Live invigilation
An invigilator monitors the student's web camera feed, screen activities, and audio in real-time.
Recorded invigilation
An invigilator reviews recorded footage of the student's web camera feed and screen activities, as well as the recorded audio after the examination.
AI-based invigilation
Utilizing the power of AI, the invigilation of exams can be mostly automated. The AI monitors the student's activities using face recognition, eye tracking, and object tracking through the webcam to detect any suspicious activities in real-time.
Advantages of our online invigilation solution
Ensure integrity
Utilize our intelligent online proctoring solution that keeps an eye and ear out for suspected misbehavior.
Scale capacity
Grow your offering and exam capacity from local to global. While decreasing overhead costs.
Offer flexibility
Exams on-site or remote. Give students the freedom to choose, while using the feature configuration of your choice.
Remote invigilation
The meaning of remote invigilation
Remote invigilation refers to the method by which exams are supervised over the web. Instead of having the students come to a physical test center, they can partake in the exam on their computer from anywhere in the world as long as they have an internet connection. The purpose of remote invigilation is identical to remote/online proctoring – to supervise students taking an exam to prevent cheating and assist students if they have any questions regarding the exam.
Remote invigilation uses a combination of technology and human oversight to monitor students during online exams. Students connect to the invigilation platform using their computer's webcam and microphone. The system records their video, audio, and screen activity throughout the exam. AI-powered monitoring flags suspicious behavior in real-time, while human invigilators can review these flags and the full recording after the exam to ensure academic integrity.
The remote invigilation process
4 steps in remote invigilation
Here's what students can expect when taking a remotely invigilated exam:
Registration
The process begins with test-takers registering for their exam or assessment. They create an account on the remote invigilation platform, providing necessary details such as identification and contact information.
System and Equipment Check
Before the exam, test-takers perform a system and equipment check to ensure compatibility with invigilation software. They verify that their computer, webcam, microphone, and internet connection meet the specified requirements.
Identity Verification
To maintain exam integrity, test-takers undergo identity verification procedures. This may involve submitting a valid ID or passport, capturing a photo, or recording a video to confirm their identity securely.
Pre-Exam Rules and Guidelines
Test-takers receive a comprehensive set of rules and guidelines that outline the conduct expected during the exam. They carefully review instructions regarding prohibited activities, permissible resources, time limits, and the utilization of specific software or browsers as stipulated by the invigilation software.
How the Digiexam invigilation software works
How Digiexam's platform supports online invigilation
All features in our online invigilation solution are optional and configurable. This means you can customize the invigilation experience based on your institution's needs and the requirements of each exam.
Our platform provides a comprehensive set of tools to monitor students during exams, verify their identity, and generate detailed reports on exam sessions.
Features included in our online exam invigilation software
ID verification
Before the exam, verifying the identity of the student is possible. This means taking a high-resolution face photo or submitting an identification card/passport matched against the student's profile in the invigilation view.
Automated invigilation
During the exam, each student's activity is recorded in a session with automatic notifications from behavioral trackers. The screen and web camera are recorded and presented in the invigilator view.
In-person invigilation
In addition to the automatic functionality provided, you can also have a person monitoring for extra security. Up to 30 students can be viewed simultaneously by one exam invigilator.
Additional mobile camera
Add a smartphone camera to the session in addition to the webcam. The student will connect a mobile/smartphone camera to the session using a QR code.
Open chat
Students can communicate with the invigilator through an integrated chat feature during the exam for any questions or technical issues.
Credibility report
In addition to the main session report you can also download a separate PDF. It includes the student's profile and photo, a session card, distribution of events and an average rating of the exam.
Device lockdown
Secure the student's device during the exam by locking down the operating system to prevent access to unauthorized resources, applications, or websites.
What our customers say
As the University continues to pursue a remote assessment strategy for all courses, confidence in the systems we use to support exam integrity is vital.
Maggie Gibson
Birmingham City University
Digiexam receives a lot of attention in the south of Germany since a lot of people share the belief that it will be the only product that will meet the regulatory and data privacy requirements for future online testing.
Dr. Martin Franzen
Aalen University
Even though we are a customer, we are in some ways in debt to Digiexam because we've saved some of our teachers many, many hours. Digiexam is a tool that helps teachers do their job more efficiently.
Magnus Rolf
Företagsekonomiska Institutet
FAQ
Online exams are generally invigilated in one of three ways, or a combination of them:
Live invigilation: an invigilator monitors the student's web camera feed, screen activities, and audio in real-time.
Recorded invigilation: an invigilator reviews recorded footage of the student's web camera feed and screen activities, as well as the recorded audio after the examination.
AI-based invigilation: utilizing the power of AI, the invigilation of exams can be mostly automated. The AI monitors the student's activities using face recognition, eye tracking, and object tracking ability through the webcam to detect any suspicious activities in real-time.
This depends on the invigilation software. Some have an associated phone application to allow the invigilator to monitor activities in the phone, temporarily disable the phone, and/or restrict access to certain sites/applications/etc.
Invigilation refers to the act of supervising students during an examination. The meaning of online invigilation refers to the act of supervising students during an online examination from a remote location.
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