Proctor Essay

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Explain what “proctoring” means and why the UoPeople requires proctored exams.

Proctoring means monitoring the integrity of a process, in UoPeople case it refers to exams. A likely reason for which the UoPeople requires proctored exams is to guarantee that all students that take a (proctored) exam are keeping the exams terms and thus are measured equally in reference to the given exam.

2. What criteria are necessary for an appropriate proctor?

The UoPeople defines few terms that must be fulfilled by a candidate in order to be authorized to become a UoPeople proctor. The UoPeople terns are as follows:
" • be responsible, respected adults, such as a local official, supervisor at work, librarian, or a religious figure, and be at least 21 years old;
• be willing to comply with UoPeople …show more content…

" (UoPeople, 2017, page. 58).

Some more terms that should be fulfilled by the authorized proctor:
(1) "students cannot register themselves as their proctor, and the proctor cannot be a relative of the student, another student at UoPeople, or an applicant to UoPeople, nor can the proctor have a conflict of interest or have any vested interest in the student’s grade or performance on his/her exam" (UoPeople, 2017, page. 58).

There are online proctoring services provided by ProctorU (UoPeople authorized online proctors). In this case, the students are required to pay directly to the service provider as indicated by UoPeople - "Students may elect to pay ProctorU directly for its services, or they may select an approved third-party individual or organization offering proctoring services. Students should be aware that they will be responsible for any fees incurred for this service (UoPeople, 2017, page. 58).

3. Explain how you register your chosen proctor with the university (found in the student portal), and share an example and description of one person you might choose as a

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