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Distance assessment has become a strategic necessity for universities, companies and training centers. In this context, online proctoring has become a key solution to guarantee the transparency, legality and quality of virtual exams. Then, how to proctor online exams?
The rise of e-learning and digital training has boosted the use of remote assessments, but it has also brought new challenges in terms of supervision. At CAE and Dexway, we respond to this need with advanced proctoring technology that we already apply in our own solutions: the Dexway certification exams and the Level AI Test for language proficiency assessment.
What is proctoring?
Proctoring is the process of remotely proctoring exams using technologies such as webcam, artificial intelligence, facial recognition and automatic controls of the student’s environment. This technique makes it possible to replicate the proctoring conditions of a face-to-face exam, providing reliability to the process without the need for physical travel.
What does proctoring guarantee?
- Candidate identification: biometric verification, document scanning and continuous validation.
- Fraud prevention: detection of suspicious behavior, controlled access to the system and blocking of external functions.
- Academic integrity: the results reflect the real knowledge of the evaluated person, without external interventions.
What is online proctoring for?
Proctoring is used to verify the legality and compliance with the rules of an examimination. On the one hand, it serves to identify students and verify that it is the same person throughout the test. In this way, identity theft is prevented.
On the other hand, it prevents the examinee from cheating, consulting information during the exam or contacting other people. This ensures that during the test, students perform using only their own knowledge.
Practical applications in Dexway
At Dexway, online proctoring is integrated in:
Level AI Tests
Level-based assessment that accurately measures English proficiency from A1 to C1 (five different tests, one per level). Each test includes sections on grammar, vocabulary, listening and reading comprehension, as well as writing and speaking tasks.
Dexway Certification Exams
Official language level certifications (A1-C1) with maximum reliability. They allow to validate competences remotely, including all language skills and with automatic evaluation of speaking and writing.
Key benefits for educational institutions and companies
- Scalability: allow your students or employees to test from any location.
- Cost reduction: no need for physical infrastructure or supervisory personnel.
- Legal compliance: system aligned with the RGPD and international best practices.
- Total control: detailed reports of each session, with complete traceability of the examinee’s behavior.
How our proctoring system works
✔️ Automated visual and auditory control
✔️ Continuous facial recognition
✔️ Blocking of external functions (copy/paste, navigation, apps)
✔️ Secure records of the entire session
✔️ Intelligent alerts to suspicious behavior
All integrated into the Dexway LMS platform or available as SCORM/LTI for your own LMS.
Advantages of implementing online proctoring tools
Proctoring implies advantages for students and for examining bodies:
- Students do not have to travel to take the exam, so they save time.
- The centers can expand their geographical scope of action. They can offer their courses to people who live far away.
- Fewer resources are required. There is no need of a physical location for students or people to supervise the classrooms.
- It allows greater scalability, since it is possible to examine more people at the same time.
- Greater control than in a face-to-face exam thanks to technology.
- Reduced administrative costs due to automation of virtual monitoring software tools.
Online proctoring not only allows you to bring assessment to the digital environment with guarantees, but also reinforces confidence in your training programs. At CAE and Dexway, we are committed to fair, secure and scalable assessment, whether to certify the language level of your staff or to guarantee the quality of your academic exams.
Do you want to know how to implement this solution in your institution?
Contact our team and find out how proctoring can increase the reliability of your assessments.