Hope Miller

ALT Trinity Western University Academic Surveillance Software There are many companies claiming to provide plagiarism detection (like TurnItIn) or online exam proctoring (like Proctorio, ProctorU, Examity) tools for universities. It is important for learners to understand that educational technology professionals generally consider these tools to not be reasonable or ethical with respect to the disclosure of learners' personal information. TurnItIn TurnItIn is often used to check learners' work for instances of plagiarism, however, TurnItIn...

ALT Trinity Western University Online Proctoring The privacy violations associated with online proctoring services are even more unreasonable compared to plagiarism detection. Even though TWU does not subscribe to any of these services, TWU learners may still be asked to submit to the invasive and harmful requirements of exam proctoring through publisher-created and hosted exams, such as Pearson MyLab or McGraw-Hill Connect. Many of these tools require examinees to provide a picture or scan of their official ID that is then compared to the video feed, they are required to install a browser extension that allows the proctoring company extraordinary control over the examinee's computer.