Industry News & Notes

“[University of Iowa] officials announced last week that they were investigating possible academic misconduct involving at least 30 students enrolled in online courses. The university had been alerted to the possible cheating through ProctorU, a national proctoring service that provides identity verification for online courses… ProctorU alerted UI that the students may have attempted to cheat by having other people take their exams in one or more courses.”

“[ProctorU] discovered that students taking online classes had other people take their exams for them, he wrote. ProctorU is able to monitor students through the cameras mounted in the computers used to take the test. In checking the faces of the exam-takers against the identification photos of the legitimate students, ProctorU came to believe that imposters had stepped in for the students. It then alerted the university.”

“ProctorU, a national proctoring service the [University of Iowa] uses to provide identity verification for several of its online courses, detected “potential irregularities” during an exam. Those irregularities involved discrepancies in verifying the identities of test-takers in one or more exams and — in some cases — multiple courses.”

“The [University of Iowa] uses ProctorU for online exam monitoring, and the company said it has detected several cases of students who may have gotten other people to take exams in their place. ProctorU, like many exam monitoring services, uses identity verification to prevent cheating. The university is investigating the claims.”

“Companies like ProctorU exist entirely to provide a team of people who can keep a watchful eye and ensure that no online student has a chance to cheat.”

“More than 800 institutions internationally partner with ProctorU to ensure their online programs’ integrity. It uses real people and technology to help institutions ‘identify any student anywhere for any authentication need.'”

“The company that Iowa retains to verify online courses, ProctorU, found possible inconsistencies in students’ identifications during one or more exams.”

“The University of Iowa says it is investigating whether more than 30 students cheated in online classes by having others take exams for them… The issue came to light after potential irregularities were identified by ProctorU, a company the university uses to provide identity verification for online courses.”

“UI partners with a national proctoring service, Proctor U, that provides multistep identity verification for several online courses, [UI spokeswoman Jeneane] Beck said. ProctorU alerted the university that at least 30 students enrolled in online courses may have attempted to cheat by having other people take their exams.”

“ProctorU is pleased to announce today the development and launch of an international partner network, allowing for innovative lines of service and global expansion… In collaboration with Proctorio, ProctorU has developed the industry’s first automated proctoring with professional review service. This service pairs Proctorio’s innovative automation software and Learning Management System (LMS) integration with the ProctorU professional team of more than 500 proctors.”