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eBook
3 Pandemic-Related Challenges Facing Admissions Testing Around the World
The COVID-19 pandemic created many challenges in education and brought many others to light. One of the most notable challenges was the inability of students to take standardized admissions tests due to testing center...
Blog
5 Myths (and Real Benefits) of Remote Proctoring Technology
When COVID-19 first emerged, educational institutions all over the world made the rapid shift to remote learning. What educators could not have known then was how this shift would define the future of teaching and lea...
Blog
Benefits of a Secure Remote Assessment Platform for International Law Schools
As we proceed with the new normal, many aspects of our lives have changed to a remote-first philosophy, including work, school, and even social gatherings. Law schools are no different. And even as things open up, ins...
Podcast
Pedagogo S3E6: Restorative Justice and Academic Integrity
Dr. Divya Bheda is joined by Dr. James Earl Orr Jr., a senior higher education administrator who currently serves on the Board of Directors for the International Center for Academic Integrity. Dr. Orr discusses the pr...
On-Demand Webinars
Supporting Resilience Among #RealCollege Students in Today’s Digital Era (EAC 2021)
Britt Nichols, Senior Vice-President of ExamSoft, introduces EAC’s keynote speaker Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab, the Founding Director of the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice and Professor of Sociology a...
On-Demand Webinars
Assessment Trends in 2021 with Dr. Gianina Baker (EAC 2021)
On the second day of EAC 2021, Dr. Gianina Baker, the acting director at the National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA), delivered her keynote. She invited attendees to reflect on lessons learned this...
On-Demand Webinars
Agile Assessors: How We Took What We Had to Make an Effective Remote Proctoring Process (EAC 2021)
The Medical College of Wisconsin created an effective remote proctoring process in less than a month after the state shut down in March 2020. The School of Medicine and School of Pharmacy faculty and staff utilized ex...
Blog
Delivering Authentic Assessment with Remote Proctoring Technology
The COVID-19 pandemic marked the meteoric rise of the virtual classroom at all levels of education, with students and faculty navigating new technologies and learning formats. Spring 2020 finals loomed as colleges and...
Video
Exam Security with ExamSoft
Why does exam security really matter? The answer for ExamSoft users is in the data. Reducing academic dishonesty means better, more accurate assessment data. And this means a more accurate measurement of exam-taker kn...
Video
ExamID: Auto-Identity Verification Tool
ExamID is an auto-identity verification tool that safeguards and streamlines the exam check-in process by allowing administrators to verify exam-taker identity from any location. Using a two-step authentication proces...
Executive Thoughts
Clearing Up Confusion: Flagging Isn’t the Same as Cheating
Last year was a challenging one for all of us, with educators, students, and certifying bodies adapting to some necessary technological changes as classes and exams went remote. At ExamSoft, our role was to help ease ...
Blog
The Growing Imperative of Assessment Security and Flexibility
With COVID-19 numbers on the rise across campuses, many colleges and universities are being forced to reconsider plans for face-to-face instruction. Some institutions are pivoting from hybrid courses to fully remote c...
Case Study
Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
In 2013, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine (TUSDM) implemented ExamSoft at the private university in Boston, Massachusetts, becoming the first college on campus to adopt ExamSoft. As the COVID-19 pandemic for...
Executive Thoughts
Executive Thoughts: Sebastian Vos on the 2020 Bar Exams
There is no doubt that 2020 has been an unusual year to say the least. And as we approach an October delivery of many State Bar Exams, it causes me to reflect on ExamSoft’s history with State Bar Exams, as well as the...
User Guide
A.I. Proctoring | Invigilation Exam Day Guide
Understanding the Do’s and Don’ts of Using ExamMonitor ExamMonitor is a remote proctoring/invigilation solution for exam security from any location, for small-scale, large-scale, and online courses, so it is imp...
eBook
Exam Security
Actionable Student Assessment Data Starts with Exam Security Without safeguards against cheating and dishonesty, how can educators be confident that the data they’re collecting hasn’t been compromised? In the Ex...
eBook
Why Locked Down Browsers Fail the Security Test
Securing your in-class and remote exams to minimize cheating is essential for collecting student assessment data that is reliable, accurate, and insightful. Learn the loopholes of browser-based testing and various ta...
Blog
Locked Down Browser vs. Complete Device Control
There are different testing solutions educators can choose from when it comes to exam security technology. Choices like browser-based exam security, also called a locked down browser or exam browser, can seem like a s...