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Automated Proctors Watch Students. Now Senators Are Watching These Companies.

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Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), a group of six Democratic senators sent letters last week to three proctoring companies—ExamSoft, Proctorio and ProctorU—inquiring about the technologies they use to monitor users, how they ensure accuracy and what steps they take to protect students’ privacy. Led by U.S.

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A Proctoring Company Tried to Sue an Edtech Critic. He’s Fighting Back in Court.

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The videos, which had been posted by the company as “unlisted” on Youtube, described how Proctorio’s software works. At least one proctoring service, ProctorU, even said it’d stop using AI-only proctoring services last year. Proctorio has alleged that Linkletter violated its copyright.

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Pushback Is Growing Against Automated Proctoring Services. But So Is Their Use

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Companies including ProctorU have long offered human test-watchers who sit in call centers and look in on test-takers through their webcams. The more recent rise of automated proctoring tools replace those humans with software robots, thereby reducing the cost. Online proctoring is not new. Jesse Stommel (@Jessifer) November 12, 2020.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. www.getalma.com ) Alma Technologies has announced it is allowing any SQL-based business intelligence tool, such as Tableau and Jaspersoft, to access data from its modern, student information system and learning management system. Big Universe is now available in the U.S.

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