Moreover, to ensure that test takers with different time slots do not indulge in cheating, Mercer | Mettl empowers you to randomize question and answer options for your test takers. Here, you have access to anti-cheating and security settings also.

Advanced A.I. monitoring combined with human review identifies potential academic dishonesty and deters cheating during both in-person and remote exams, all without an in-person proctor or one-on-one invigilation.

Mettl’s technology uses the test-taker’s webcam to detect how many people are using the computer. Soon, it will track eye movement well enough to sense whether the test-taker is looking away from the screen, perhaps to consult a smartphone or a friend on the sly.

In some cases, cheating ExamSoft is as simple as copying the question text and pasting it into the program’s answer field, hoping it has relevant keywords. Some learners even submit word batches related to their questions and often get the answers right.

Mettl’s AI-based proctoring solution provides 95% accuracy in detecting any instances of cheating. Our AI-based proctoring monitors the candidate’s live webcam feed, auto-flags a variety of cases like detecting a smartphone, another person in the background, or the absence of the candidate.

When the test concludes, reports are automatically generated and sent to the test administrator, along with useful data such as live feed recordings, screen captures, and proctor chat logs.

No, the test-taker is never notified by Examity of their flags.

Video Capture ExamMonitor records the exam experience for the duration of the assessment period, including video and audio of the Exam Taker, captured via device webcam. Examplify for Windows or Mac additionally record video of the exam taker device screen.

Examplify has two features which use the camera, ExamID, and ExamMonitor. The camera will take your picture when you start the exam, and then it will shut off. As part of your exam, Examplify does record everything you type, and everything you delete. This is part of the normal security built into the exam program.

Examplify tracks each student’s exam times and false starts/late finishes will be noted within each exam file. Once you click Submit Exam, a confirmation screen will pop up, reminding you that you cannot re-open your exam once it is closed.

Attempt the Test Once you are done attempting and reviewing the questions, you can choose to end your test by clicking the “Finish Test” button.

Securexam is a special “lockdown” software program that disables most of your computer’s functionality and file access.

Use WaitForStatus to suspend an application’s processing until the service has reached the required status. The WaitForStatus method waits approximately 250 milliseconds between each status check. WaitForStatus cannot detect the case of the observed service changing to the desiredStatus and then immediately to another status in that interval.

Threat Response, released in early 2018, is now part of SecureX. Threat Response features, configurations, saved data etc, will remain intact for existing users who are now accessing Threat Response as part of SecureX. For more information, see this document: https://www.cisco.com/c/dam/en/us/products/se/2020/7/Collateral/securex-threat-res-faq.pdf

SSE (Security Services Exchange) is the cloud-hosted data and authentication broker that facilitates communication between SecureX and on-premise devices such as Firewalls and Email / Web security appliances. Authentication to and through SSE is handled by tokens and/or Smart Accounts.