Online proctoring
Our overview of online proctoring is the place to start. From there you can go deeper:
- AI proctoring: what the AI flags, what it doesn’t decide, and why a person reviews every flag.
- Online proctoring software: the buying criteria worth checking before you choose a vendor.
Online exam delivery
These guides cover how exams are built and delivered online. For product detail, see online exam software.
- How do online exams work: each step from paper to result.
- What is a lockdown browser: what a secure exam browser does and what it records.
- CBT exam: what a computer-based test is and how one runs.
- Open book exam: how to set the rules for an open-book assessment online.
Online exam cheating: methods and detection
These are written for exam offices and faculty. Each guide explains what a method is, how it gets detected or deterred, and how human review deals with it. A good starting point is the pillar guide on how to cheat in online exam attempts and how institutions respond.
- Cheating on proctored exams: the methods candidates try in webcam exams, and what detection and review do about them.
- Can proctored exams detect phones: what proctoring can and can’t detect, from phones to second monitors.
- Lockdown browser hack attempts: how bypass attempts such as virtual machines and second screens get caught.
- AI cheating: AI tools and chatbots in exams, and how institutions respond to them.
Academic integrity and exam security
This group covers policy and prevention. Start with academic integrity.
- Exam security: a layered plan for preventing cheating in online exams.
- Exam malpractice: the forms malpractice and unfair means take, and a fair process for handling them.
- Exam paper leak prevention: how sealed papers and timed release lower the risk.
Proctoring software compared
Neutral guides to the main vendors, written for institutions. Our ProctorU review and comparison hub is the best place to begin.
LMS and tool integrations
Moodle monitoring with OAuth and LTI 1.3 is live and supports Canvas, Blackboard, and other learning platforms. For what connects to Proctorly today and what is still planned, see LTI 1.3 and LMS connections.
Privacy and data law
What the law expects of exam data. Start with the Trust center on is proctoring legal.
- DPDP Act: India’s data-protection law as it applies to university exam data. It’s an explainer, not legal advice.
Teaching, outcomes and AI
For faculty, deans and accreditation teams. Start with AI for higher education.
- Outcome based education: what OBE is, how course and program outcomes fit together, and how they’re assessed.
- CO PO mapping: how to map course outcomes to program outcomes, with a worked example.
- AI tools for teachers: AI tools for faculty grouped by task, and how to evaluate them.
Glossary
You’ll find short definitions of the terms used across these guides, from proctoring to invigilation, in the glossary.