Proctorio proctoring software

Monitoring by remote proctoring software

TalTech is in the process of testing the Proctorio monitoring software. If the faculty decides to fund the use of automated monitoring software, only Proctorio software, which is available as an external tool in TalTech Moodle, may be used.

What is Proctorio?

Proctorio is a remote proctoring service software that works within your web browser to monitor test takers for suspicious behavior. Monitoring is performed by real-time analysis of the webcam, microphone and computer use on the examinee's computer.

Proctorio helps to identify the person taking the exam and this identification process can be monitored for each person. In addition, it helps to reduce the possibility that the exam is taken by several people together.

One of Proctorio's advantages is its integration with Moodle, which allows to carry out all the activities in the already familiar Moodle environment. All activities related to the monitoring of the examinee and the computer used by him/her take place only in the time range between "Start test" and "End test". Nothing is saved at other times. Only the educator associated with the Moodle course can see Proctorio recordings.

Proctorio will not see any recordings or personal information. Unfortunately, the system cannot be configured to automatically delete test results/analytics, so it's up to the educator to make sure that all data about the examinees is deleted after the end of the claim period. Currently, the only way to do this is to delete the test to which proctoring has been added.

Using Proctorio in TalTech

TalTech Moodle is interfaced with Proctorio, which makes it very easy to add all the functionality of the service to an existing Moodle test.

The current agreement between TalTech and Proctorio is pay-as-you-go model and we can buy one-time exam licenses ($5 per one exam attempt). 

During the test period, financing the cost of the examination is the responsibility of the curricula/program managers.

Prerequisites for using Proctorio are Google Chrome on your computer and the installation of the Proctorio plug-in. Otherwise, both the student and the educator will see the following warning:

The link takes you to the plug-in installation page.

If you need help with setting up Proctorio in Moodle, please contact Silver Abozenko (silver.abozenko@taltech.ee).

You can find more detailed setup information on the following pages:

• Before test section gives an overview of necessary activities for test/exam setup with Proctorio.
• During taking the test page introduces the student view of Proctorio.
• After the test page intruduces the analytics data available for the educator after the students have finished the test.