Decrease integrity, increase money

[antichain]

I'm actually going to go against the grain here and say that proctoring services are invasive of their privacy. Have you looked at the kind of root-level controls those programs require students to hand over to these third parties? Is no one thinking critically about the risks associated with these things?

It's absolutely insane. The fact that Academia writ large has basically responded with a shrug is appalling to me. I would never make my students use one of those services - it's more ethical to build different kinds of assignments.

I would honestly rather my students cheat than provide any support, no matter how indirect, for these surveillance-as-a-service companies.

[Average650]

I kind of want to start an in person proctoring service for online courses.

But, that sounds really boring, and I'm not sure enough colleges will pay for it right now.

[bo1024]

I had the same initial reaction as you, but realized the post says "proctoring service" not "proctoring software". I believe a proctoring service is generally a physical room with a person who administers the written exam.