An Overview of Remote Proctoring
Examinations are an integral aspect of education, and with the onset of online education and assessments, ensuring the integrity of examinations has become one of the greatest problems for educational institutions and organisations. Remote proctoring software provides a useful answer for that. It enables transparency and equity in online assessments. In addition, remote proctoring solutions help in protecting the online examination from any tampering as well as ensuring that only targeted persons participate using advanced technologies; For example AI image proctoring, live feeds and ID checks.
Significance of Remote Proctoring
- Scalability: Allows a great number of candidates to be provided with exams by the institutions without any hindrances such as the availability of physical resources.
- Security: Features such as AI enabled identification and face recognition are means to ensure only genuine candidates sit the examination.
- Anxiety: There are no geographical boundaries for the eligible candidates taking the tests.
One such success story where remote proctoring has been effectively employed is the association of ET Campus Stars with Think Exam.
Case Study: ET Campus Stars – Leveraging Remote Proctoring to Identify Top Engineering Talent
ET Campus Stars is the most robust initiative in India intended to unearth Engineering talent across the nation. Each season of ET Campus Stars has a rigorous 4 phase elimination process where the contestants are evaluated based on 25 different assessment criteria.
Challenges Faced
- System Capability and Reliability: ET Campus Stars wanted a platform that would host thousands of engineering aspirants of different branches.
- Equity and Openness: Providing fairness in opportunities and processes, as well as transparency in the selection process, were primary objectives.
- Effective Administration: Organising a series of assessments that were set in various campuses and ensuring that the logistics were coordinated and did not compromise the integrity of the exam was difficult.
Solutions Offered by Think Exam
In overcoming these challenges, Think Exam rolled out its remote proctoring software and enabled the following measures in enacting a smooth process:
- Widespread Registration: Think Exam was able to register 80,000 students hailing from 110 engineering branches including 16 core branches and more than 500 colleges across the nation. Such wide reach ensured availing of the brighter students from all the extremities of the country.
- Inclusivity and Diversity: The program exhibited a female to male ratio of 60% to 40%, demonstrating Think Exam’s desire to embrace inclusiveness.
- Psychometric Assessment: A battery of tests which had been thoroughly designed and developed by professional psyshometricians at Think Exam was administered to all the students in the assessment based on their abilities, competencies and knowledge.
- Certification and Evaluation: For the purpose of evaluation of the candidates, two rounds of online examinations were administered through the proctoring tools within the Think Exam environment. There was also a system in the platform that managed interview rounds after the examination and rewarding excellence certifications to the best candidates.
- Support for Candidates: For students who did not pass the tests, Think Exam enrolled them into Study 24×7 which was free of charge and included several paid and unpaid courses to improve their knowledge and skills.
Results Achieved
- Streamlined Assessment Process: Think Exam helped ET Campus Stars manage the selection process efficiently, ensuring that exams were conducted fairly and securely.
- Talent Identification: The solution enabled ET Campus Stars to identify talented engineers nationwide, significantly reducing the time and effort involved in the process.
- Candidate Support: Think Exam extended support to candidates who didn’t succeed by offering them access to learning resources on the Study 24×7 platform.
Conclusion
The project pictured above ET Campus Stars in association with Think Exam proves the necessity of remote proctoring software in this era of cut throat competition in education. With its extensive range of proctoring solutions, Think Exam empowered ET Campus Stars to enhance talent management and conduct efficient, equitable and large scale assessments without tampering with the integrity of the process.
If your organisation is looking for a dependable remote monitoring system, Think Exam is here to assist you with your examination needs. Our AI-Powered Remote Proctoring Software will help you achieve the goals of your assessment objectives. Contact us for additional details.
