I think some schools are forming consortiums and using on-site proctoring. Within a given state system, for instance, a student taking an online course at institution A can take the exam at institution B's proctored testing center. That removes some of the convenience of online courses, but builds some reasonable security. I did a search on this the other day when we were having the discussion of the site that will take your course for a fee and found some examples. I can't seem to duplicate the search today.
Paul Bernhardt On Oct 10, 2012, at 10:48 AM, Christine Grela wrote: > I am writing because my school is looking to change some of the procedures > involving our online and self-paced courses. > > In particular, apparently passed in 2008 are accreditation guidelines that > call for verification of the identity of our online students. Has anyone else > had to deal with this? My school is proposing using a service called ProctorU > (http://proctoru.com/) which is a fee-based system for students, and I would > really like to know if there are other services or ways to work around this > problem. (Of course, I don't actually verify that the students in my > face-to-face class are actually who they say they are, but that is beside the > point I guess.) > > Secondly, the DE department is suggesting the use of SmarterMeasure > (http://www.smartermeasure.com/) which would "diagnose students' preparedness > for an online course." Apparently, this wouldn't screen students out, but > would "enable [our school] to provide remedial interventions" as needed. Have > any of you used something like this? I'm thinking that if this isn't actually > a prerequisite for the course it will be fairly useless, but I could be wrong > I suppose. > > Thanks in advance for any feedback. > > > Christine L. Grela > Instructor of Psychology > McHenry County College > Office: C-124; Phone: 815-479-7725 > [email protected] > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263003&n=T&l=tips&o=21004 > or send a blank email to > leave-21004-13441.4e79e96ebb5671bdb50111f18f263...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=21007 or send a blank email to leave-21007-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
