Getting Familiar With Live Proctoring
For millions of students and other test-takers, dealing with an online proctor is a new experience. Being new, it may add complexity and uncertainty to the already stress-filled exam process. That’s understandable.
Even so, there’s good evidence that most anxiety related to using a remote test observer is tied to its novelty, not the process of proctoring itself. Several schools have found, for example, that discomfort and confusion go down and satisfaction goes up when students can take a practice test with a live proctor. Ratings and comments from students also shoot up in relation to how many times they use a remote proctor.
There’s good evidence that most anxiety related to using a remote test observer is tied to its novelty, not the process of proctoring itself.
