How the University of Southern Denmark enables students to take exams by using their own computer...

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Does your students want to use their own computer for study and exam? Do you want to save the investment of classroom PC? Do you want to test your students with multimodul options (write text, draw, video, open internet etc.), but your institution need a solution that ensure test integrity? University of Southern Denmark has developed a solution: Exam Monitor, which is used for written on-campus digital exam. Prior to exam, the student download Exam Monitor on his/her PC. The Exam Monitor client takes screendumps at random interval, and logs the processes that run on the PC. After exam the client stops, and monitoring does no longer take place. The student can log in to the server after exam, and see his/her own data. The proctor has a compressive report of all student logs and can ensure exam integrity. Exam Monitor is open source and developed together with student council. In 2014 students handed-in 110.000 digital assignments, many with Exam Monitor Want to learn more? Contact projectmanager Lise Petersen: [email protected] or CIO Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen: [email protected] during this conference.

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Page 1: How the University of Southern Denmark enables students to take exams by using their own computer Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen, CIO, IT Services, University of Southern Denmark

Does your students want to use their own computer for study and exam? Do you want to save the investment of classroom PC?

Do you want to test your students with multimodul options (write text, draw, video, open internet etc.), but your institution need a solution that ensure test integrity? University of Southern Denmark has developed a solution: Exam Monitor, which is used for written on-campus digital exam. Prior to exam, the student download Exam Monitor on his/her PC. The Exam Monitor client takes screendumps at random interval, and logs the processes that run on the PC. After exam the client stops, and monitoring does no longer take place. The student can log in to the server after exam, and see his/her own data. The proctor has a compressive report of all student logs and can ensure exam integrity.

Exam Monitor is open source and developed together with student council. In 2014 students handed-in 110.000 digital assignments, many with Exam Monitor Want to learn more? Contact projectmanager Lise Petersen: [email protected] or CIO Kurt Gammelgaard Nielsen: [email protected] during this conference.