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Colleagues, I am not teaching this term (on my sabbatical till Fall), but I feel the pain and the struggle you all are going through! Thought I will mention this in case we still have time to consider alternative solutions.
I learned about Proctorio (from my daughter who has been taking several distance courses at UBC that use this Canvas integrated system). It’s essentially a Chrome extension that would run while a student
takes an assessment (including full length university administered finals) that monitors/records the screen, camera, microphone etc. and freezes functions like copy/paste.The exam starts with a pre-screening where the student displays their student ID card,
has photos taken, and signs the agreement and the system monitors the exam environment continuously, including the eye movements (there is even an “exam dress code” to follow!). All files are automatically uploaded, and you/TA can access them (and check any
suspicious events flagged by the system). Is this something that might work for us and that we could set up in the time that we have? Has anyone used it? It’s basically putting your exam on Canvas (in case you do not have it there already, almost all exams
and quizzes in my corses are on Canvas) and administering it with Proctorio (it could be used with any Canvas exam, MCQ, essays, etc.). Perhaps it’s worth asking our distance learning folks and learning more?
The following is the information that was provided by UBC Distance Education for courses using this system to invigilate all the major assessment pieces (and they have been doing this well before we found ourselves in the COVID19 pandemic).
This course will
use Proctorio, an online remote invigilating tool for the
midterm and final exam. Proctorio will record your webcam, your computer screen, or other actions during the exam session and share that information with your instructor. The recorded information meets British Columbia's Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. In order to use Proctorio you are required to have access to, a regular computer (Windows/Mac computer or laptop). You cannot take the assessments from mobile devices (e.g., iPhone, iPad, Android device, etc).You need a working webcam and microphone. You also must install the Google Chrome web browser & the Proctorio Extension. Good luck with all your experiments, and thank you for doing your part to keep us all safe!
Kate
Kate Tairyan, MD, MPH
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University Director of Public Health, www.NextGenU.org Office: 778 782 9064 Fax: 778 782 5927 Cell: 604 671 2919 Email: ktairyan@sfu.ca ; ktairyan@nextgenu.org I respectfully acknowledge that Simon Fraser University is on the Traditional Coast Salish Lands including the Tsleil-Waututh (səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ), Kwikwetlem (kʷikʷəƛ̓əm), Squamish (Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw) and Musqueam (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) Nations.
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