Many institutions pick one proctoring setting and apply it to everything. The result is predictable: weekly quizzes are over-watched and high-stakes papers are under-watched, and faculty end up reviewing alerts they never had time for.
This whitepaper compares the main models, explains what each one asks of your staff and your candidates, and offers a simple way to assign a level to each exam. Proctorly’s four assurance levels serve as a worked example, and the decision framework applies to any vendor.
What you’ll learn
- The difference between automated, record-and-review, live pop-in and live dedicated proctoring
- Why the question that matters most is who looks at a flag, and who decides what it means
- How to assign a level to quizzes, end-semester papers, entrance tests and certification exams
- What staffing and turnaround each model needs, whether your team or the vendor reviews
- Why “every flag reviewed” is not the same as watching every minute of every recording
- Questions to put to any vendor before you sign
Who it’s for
Exam offices, academic leaders and procurement teams comparing proctoring options, and certification bodies deciding whether a remote exam can meet their board’s standard.
Inside the whitepaper
Four models, one question: who looks at a flag?
The four basic models on the market and the review question that separates them.
Recorded: your staff review
When it makes sense for your own faculty to review in a reviewer console, and what they need to do it consistently.
Every flag reviewed: the vendor reviews first
How vendor review works at scale, including Proctorly’s published staffing of one reviewer for every 40 candidates, 24×7 during exams, in English.
Live pop-in and live dedicated
When a person should watch in real time, and how a live check-in strengthens identity for certification and licensing.
Matching the model to the exam
A one-page matrix that maps exam types to levels, with room for your own rules. Many institutions mix levels across one season.
Staffing, turnaround and cost drivers
What changes the effort and the price: candidate numbers, sittings, level and who reviews. The paper lists no vendor prices.
Questions to ask any vendor
Ten questions covering review, evidence, limits, data location and candidate requirements.
The download includes the full whitepaper and the exam-to-level matrix as an editable table. To see the levels in practice, read about online proctoring on Proctorly.