Only anti-cheating software may not be the best solution for online exams in universities

Recently All India Council for Technical Education, AICTE has asked all its affiliated institutions and deemed universities to follow guidelines issued by Universities Grants Commission, UGC to conduct final year degree exams in online, offline or blended mode by September 30. In recent times, many testing and assessment companies are coming with solutions to help institutions plan for conducting online exams. This is not a new concern in virtual examinations and as an assessment and testing industry, we want to minimise its malpractice and help universities to conduct online exams in a secured environment. Types of remote proctoring available for online exams There are many technology companies that are enabling proctoring methods in the online exams to make cheating potentially difficult or say, more difficult than having a physical investigator in the examination room where using proctoring allows a candidate to be remotely tracked and the contents of their desktop could be remotely tracked. - Article by Nirmal Singh, Founder and CEO, Wheebox Read: IIT Bhubaneswar develops technology for conducting online exams Read: How technology is revolutionizing examinations, certifications and assessments Read: This platform is helping universities conduct exams online amidst Covid- 19