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

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Companies offering proctoring tools that monitor students as they take online exams are now being watched themselves—by Democratic senators. Still, business is booming as more schools and colleges are relying on these tools as so many students attend class and take tests from home during the pandemic. Led by U.S. More than 60,000 U.S.

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Online Cheating Isn’t Going Away. Use It as a Teachable Moment for Students and Educators

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Turnitin has seen use of its tools grow during COVID-19 and remote instruction. Preventing cheating becomes a game of cat-and-mouse, said Ashley Norris, chief academic officer at ProctorU, a company that provides secure live and automated online proctoring services. Online tools and honor codes alone don’t prevent cheating either.

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

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At least one proctoring service, ProctorU, even said it’d stop using AI-only proctoring services last year. Bigger Issues Skeptics of digital proctoring have also painted the court’s decision to discard the evidentiary appeal as a win for the freedom to criticize edtech companies. But it hasn’t stopped criticisms.

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

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The pandemic is changing the way tests and quizzes are conducted at colleges across the country, with the rapid adoption of new tools that proponents say catch cheating, but in ways that many students say amount to an unacceptable invasion of their privacy. The issue involves so-called automated proctoring services.

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WHAT’S NEW: NEW TOOLS FOR SCHOOLS

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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. Software & Online ALMA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Big Universe is now available in the U.S.

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