Chand, Rajni K. and Hussein, Mohammed J. (2022) e - proctoring exams at a Regional University during Covid-19: understanding the challenges. [Conference Proceedings]
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Abstract
The ongoing Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had an effect on most sectors in the countries affected by
Covid-19 cases. Even in the South Pacific region, countries were forced to go under lockdown, flights were
cancelled, businesses, schools and universities closed. Similar to most institutes in the region that were forced to
close, the University of the South Pacific (USP) cancelled its face-to-face (F2F) studies and instead switched to
Emergency Remote Teaching (ERT) at all its 14 regional campuses. It is undeniable that teaching using ERT
has challenges. However, teaching using ERT at a one-campus university may be easier than teaching at a
regional university since it brings with it more challenges due to the geographical distance and the gap in
support available at these campuses. USP faced similar challenges since academics could not travel to regional
campuses for tutorial support. All support, tutorials and lectures were conducted online using BigBlueButton
(BBB) or Zoom. That, in itself led to additional online training of staff and students to better familiarize them
with online learning and teaching. Courses offered at USP have used Moodle as its learning management system
(LMS) since 2006. ERT during COVID-19 lockdowns meant courses that were offered F2F were switched to
online. Switching from F2F, courses to Online mode during lockdowns in 2022 and 2021 did not hinder much
with the staff and student preparedness since all courses were on the LMS. The only major change that needed
to be introduced was the inclusion of online assessments in these courses. One of the components for online
assessment included the introduction of e-proctoring as a system to supervise students attempting online exams
to meet the requirements of the accrediting bodies. There are various e-proctoring software that can be used for
such supervisions. USP used Proctorio during the recent lockdowns. This paper shares the experience of testing,
reviewing and getting students ready for online assessments using e-proctoring, as well as adjusting the LMS to
support the online assessment navigation system. The paper additionally discusses the success and challenges
faced while using e-proctoring for such online assessments.
| Item Type: | Conference Proceedings |
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| Subjects: | L Education > L Education (General) L Education > LC Special aspects of education T Technology > T Technology (General) |
| Divisions: | Centre for Flexible Learning (CFL) |
| Depositing User: | Ms Shalni Sanjana |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2022 00:39 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Oct 2022 00:39 |
| URI: | https://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/13775 |
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