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Automated Proctoring Swept In During Pandemic. It’s Likely to Stick Around, Despite Concerns

Edsurge

Despite all that opposition, and the fact that colleges are returning to in-person teaching, sales of proctoring software have been robust. And the pandemic also saw rapid growth of another tech trend : students using websites to cheat on exams. And some students complained about putting the software on their computers.

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From admissions to teaching to grading, AI is infiltrating higher education

The Hechinger Report

Now, simple AI-driven tools like these chatbots, plagiarism-detecting software and apps to check spelling and grammar are being joined by new, more powerful – and controversial – applications that answer academic questions, grade assignments, recommend classes and even teach. Jarrod Morgan, founder and chief strategy officer, ProctorU.

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School Work and Surveillance

Hack Education

" I want to talk to you a bit today about what I think is going to be one of most important trends in education technology in the coming months and years. I can say this with some certainty because it's been one of the most important trends in education technology for a very long time. And that's surveillance.

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Online Proctoring is Trending and here is All You Must Know!

Think Exam

Online Proctoring is an advanced level technology designed to enable the candidates to attempt an exam online from any remote location, all the while assuring the reliability of the test. In the beginning, the test-takers need to verify their authenticity after which they are monitored in real-time through webcam.

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

Edsurge

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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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

” Via Campus Technology : “ ProctorU Intros AI-Based Online Proctoring ”: “Machine learning allows ProctorU Auto to adapt to student behavior, improving its analysis with each exam.” Absorb Software has raised $59 million from Silversmith Capital Partners to build an LMS. Oakland Public Schools.”