How MasterSoft's AI System Prevents Students from Cheating?

Maintaining the integrity of examinations has been a crucial responsibility that institutes always prioritize, yet students often find creative ways to cheat. Examiners and invigilators often keep a close eye on each student throughout the examination, striving to prevent such instances.

On the other hand, students take advantage of the remote setting during an online examination and indulge in cheating. The lack of effective measures is the primary factor that compromises the authenticity of digitalized assessments, which can eventually impact the institute’s reputation.

Is there a solution? Well, incorporating artificial intelligence (AI) into the examination method has certainly been gaining momentum in the education sector. But how does AI help education, and how can it prevent students from cheating? Let’s find out:

The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Education and Examination

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a cutting-edge technology that has revolutionized education by identifying knowledge gaps and customizing learning materials. In effect, students encounter a personalized learning experience in terms of tailored content and activities.

Additionally, it helps to establish a self-paced learning environment wherein students can learn and master a concept accordingly. Hence, they get a better understanding of complex topics and issues.

On the other hand, tools like MasterSoft’s proctoring software with the built-in AI system help to implement fair and accurate assessments through various security mechanisms. It verifies the identity of the exam-taking students, ensuring that the registered person is taking the test.

Furthermore, it carries out preventative measures, which eliminate potential cheating attempts and detect anomalies during ongoing exams. Therefore, it is only fitting to find out the various methods through which the software solution prevents cheating and other malpractices.

How does AI ensure cheat-free examinations?

MasterSoft’s proctoring software is a state-of-the-art solution that integrates artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms and monitors student activities during ongoing examinations. It carries out the following mechanisms to ensure cheat-free assessments:

Facial Recognition

Institutes have discovered instances of unregistered students taking exams on behalf of their friends several times, after which they suspend the latter from further examinations. However, a more efficient measure is necessary to avoid such occurrences.

That is where AI’s facial recognition technology can be instrumental in preventing impersonation in the following ways:

• The system verifies the facial features of the test taker and compares them to the photo that the student submitted during the registration process, helping to confirm the identity.
• Successful verification allows students to continue with their examination, whereas the system flags the exam in the case of an unidentified individual.

Real-Time Monitoring

Traditional examinations have institute-appointed invigilators, ensuring the necessary authoritative environment. However, students have the liberty to take online examinations from the comfort of their homes, wherein they can take advantage and rely on unfair practices.

However, the proctoring software implements a combination of techniques such as:

• AI-based Monitoring: AI-based algorithms track various aspects like students' head positioning, eye movements, and keyboard activity, helping to determine suspicious behavior.
• Audio Proctoring: It analyzes the sound of students’ immediate environment, trying to detect unusual noises and conversations.
• Video Proctoring: It analyzes live video feeds through the student’s webcam and monitors suspicious behavior.

The system leverages all these techniques, facilitating real-time monitoring and flagging malpractices during ongoing online exams.

Restricted Browsing Activities

Opening a new tab to browse the answer to a difficult question during an online test is quite common among students. However, it reduces the authenticity of examinations, which is why disabling browsing activity is crucial.

Fortunately, the safe exam browser is a significant feature of the proctoring software that limits online functionality. For example, it disallows students from copying, pasting, printing, or taking screenshots.

Furthermore, it restricts students from accessing additional websites or online resources that they could rely on to cheat. Consequently, it helps to create a fair and equitable examination system.

Passive Exam Proctoring

Conducting an online examination is comparatively easier than conventional examinations because institutes can automate many core activities. In fact, they can automate a significant task like exam invigilation with the proctoring software.

The software can monitor online activity through passive exam proctoring, wherein it takes snapshots of students at regular intervals. In effect, it does not require human intervention, making it more cost-effective than traditional proctoring methods.

Additionally, it tracks students’ on-screen movements and determines how long they have kept the exam portal and browser idle. Also, it is a highly scalable solution, helping institutes to accommodate a large number of students for online exams.

Activity Records

How many times did the student try to open a different web page? Did they try to copy-paste? Were there any instances of suspicious behavior? Addressing such questions is significant for institutes to investigate exam irregularities.

Thankfully, MasterSoft’s AI system maintains detailed activity records, which document system-generated warnings against students’ malpractices. As a result, it enables institutes and examiners to identify attempts to access unauthorized materials.

Furthermore, it determines whether students try to communicate with others or commit academic misconduct. Besides, video recordings, audio recordings, keystroke logs, mouse movement data, etc. provide a detailed activity record of examinees.

Interoperability with ERP Software

Most educational institutes incorporate modern tools and software to improve and accelerate day-to-day activities. However, a common issue that institutes face is the inability to integrate a new system with existing software.

On the contrary, MasterSoft’s proctoring software has an interoperability feature, making it easy to integrate with existing ERP software. As a result, institutes can automate repetitive tasks and identify inefficiencies in administrative operations. Hence, the online examination process runs smoothly without any technical difficulties.

Advantages of MasterSoft’s AI system

Flexibility

Institutes can facilitate comprehensive online examinations at stipulated times, and students can take those exams from anywhere. It eliminates the need to hire human invigilators.

Enhanced Security

The AI-powered system provides enhanced security through advanced mechanisms such as identity verification, browsing restriction, disabling copy-paste options, etc. Therefore, it helps institutes conduct cheat-free examinations and prevent common malpractices during online exams.

Equitable Examination System

One of the most notable aspects of the software is that it helps institutes attain the goals of AI in education by creating an equitable educational and examination system. It provides data-driven and objective insights into student performance and ensures a fair and unbiased evaluation.

Improved Efficiency

It ensures consistent and effective proctoring practices across all examinations, reducing human errors and mid-exam technical glitches.

High-Scalability

The system supports the implementation of several types of examinations, including formative and summative assessments. In fact, teachers can use the system to develop different questions such as MCQs, performance-based assessments, essays, short questions and answers, etc.