allows professors to access webcams on student computers during exams

professors. This service uses webcams to deter students from cheating in online courses.

Jennifer Moses, a professor of psychology and statistics, said a theory in social psychology states the importance of putting yourself in “winning situations.”

This theory was put to the test when Moses began teaching online classes and cases of academic dishonesty emerged.

“The pull to engage in academic dishonesty in these tough online situations reflects not on the integrity of the student, but on their desire to do well,” Moses said. “In these cases, I think online proctoring is just as much a service to the student as to the instructor.”

Moses said the new service is beneficial for professors to prevent students from cheating in their online classes.

“Proctorio is essentially remote test proctoring to ensure that nobody is engaging in academic dishonesty,” Moses said.

Proctorio, a tool that became accessible to all professors after the switch from Moodle to Canvas, gives instructors tools to administer online courses based off their needs.

“Proctorio can be used by professors in a number of ways,” Distance Education Coordinator Wendy Bass said. “It can be used to record students taking tests from start to finish, it can be used to listen for noise in the background in case someone else is reading out answers and it can tell if you click see Discover pg. 7 see Proctorio pg. 7 Registration begins April 13 Summer 2017 Three Sessions A - June 12-July 15 B - July 17-Aug. 19 C - 8 week-June 12-Aug. 5 www.piercecollege.edu away to another page to look up the questions.”

However, some students have their doubts about the new software, Ali Asghar, a student balancing work and school with the help of online classes, said.

“I get that teachers want to crack down on potential cheaters, but didn’t they think that recording people through webcams is an invasion of a student’s privacy?”