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Sorry, Western Governors University. It's an online school.

When taking a test they have a proctor that's watching you on a webcam, and they make you pan the webcam around the room to ensure that there's no obvious way to cheat, and they make you share your screen to ensure you only have a browser running.

by ButlerianJihad6 hours ago|

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When I took final exams or industry certifications, I reported in-person to the Testing Center at community college. The center is custom built for secure proctoring exams. You check in with ID, you stash your watch, phone and wallet in a locker, and you use a secure computer in a monitored quiet room.

It’s perfect for all parties, and doesn’t intrude on your personal living space or devices.

by ErroneousBosh6 hours ago|

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> and they make you pan the webcam around the room to ensure that there's no obvious way to cheat, and they make you share your screen to ensure you only have a browser running.

Well that level of intrusiveness would just make me come up with something overly complicated just so I could prove that I could cheat if I wanted.

by tombert4 hours ago|

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I think it's more about just trying to keep honest people honest. I could think of a dozen or so ways that I could have cheated, some more convoluted than others, but it's enough effort to where I don't seriously consider it, and I did all my exams legitimately.

That's why they make you share your screen; obviously there's plenty of ways to fool that but the goal is to make it so that cheating requires enough effort to where it's probably less effort just to study and do it right.

by bombcar5 hours ago|

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The proctors are bored college students or similar - you don’t have to do much to defeat it.

They just want to make it difficult enough to catch most.