Introducing iPanopticon for Students

June 21st, 2007

Anyone who willingly submits to this deserves what’s coming.

Via: Breitbart / AP:

New technology will place cameras inside students’ homes to ensure that those taking exams online don’t cheat.

This fall, Troy University in Alabama will begin rolling out the cameras for many of its approximately 11,000 online students, about a third of whom are at U.S. military installations around the world.

The device, made by Cambridge, Mass.-based Software Secure, is similar in many respects to other test-taking software. It locks down a computer while the test is being taken, preventing students from searching files or the Internet. The latest version also includes fingerprint authentication, to help ensure the person taking the test isn’t a ringer.


Securexam Remote Proctor

But the new development is a small Web cam and microphone that is set up where a student takes the exam. The camera points into a reflective ball, which allows it to capture a full 360-degree image. (The first prototype was made with a Christmas ornament.)

When the exam begins, the device records audio and video. Software detects significant noises and motions and flags them in the recording. An instructor can go back and watch only the portions flagged by the software to see if anything untoward is going on—a student making a phone call, leaving the room—and if there is a sudden surge in performance afterward.

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2 Responses to “Introducing iPanopticon for Students”

  1. GK says:
    June 21, 2007 at 12:57 pm

    Here is their final exam:

    http://www.newstarget.com/gullibility.html

  2. DrFix says:
    June 21, 2007 at 6:03 pm

    I’m sure Winston Smith would be familiar with one of these.

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