Students struggle with online test proctoring systems
The Daily Universe Some BYU students doubt the effectiveness of Proctorio and feel that the system can be anxiety inducing. Proctorio is a system that monitors students and their computer screens during an exam. The program scans for plagiarism, flags suspicious behavior such as eye movement to a specific location, and evaluates activity in the room to prevent cheating in any form. Though this might seem like a fool-proof plan to monitor students in this new online environment, some students say it increases their test-taking anxiety. The idea of being recorded or their eye movements bein...