Student Identity Verification without Webcams

Welcome to digital proctor
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Higher Education Opportunity Act
Department of Education
Online education is under the microscope …
Our clients stand firm, with complete confidence against any level of scrutiny
Gainful Employment
Accreditation

Cheating Prevention
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Part 1 of 3

Student profiles
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Group 1
Always Honest
Group 2
Habitual Cheaters

Student profiles
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Group 3
Situational Cheaters
Opportunity
Attitude
Extrinsic Motivators

Setting clear expectations
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If a professor makes clear that he disapproves of cheating, either in the syllabus, in the first class, or at the beginning of a test, academic honesty can rise by 12%*
“Please don’t
cheat!”
*Joe Kerkvliet and Charles L. Sigmund, "Can We Control Cheating in the Classroom?", The Journal of Economic Education 30, no. 4, (Autumn, 1999), 331.

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Academic Integrity Product Suite
Student identity verification tool
Novel typing pattern recognition system identifies students based on unique typing pattern
Cut/copy/paste detection tool
Reveals # of times content is pasted into assignments from an illicit source
Collusion discovery tool
Discover if students are working together on assignments

Cheating Detection
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Part 2 of 3

Reporting Site
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Plagiarism 2.0
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Student uploads a paper
Faculty submits paper through Turnitin or similar service
Paper is checked against database for similarities
Plagiarism 1.0
Students paste content from:
Sites like Wikipedia
Instant messages and emails from friends with answers
Forums
Plagiarism 2.0

Plagiarism 2.0
Same Place
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Same Time
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Same Assignment
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Cheating Investigation
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Part 3 of 3

Technology
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Human Judgment
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Student
Identity
Plagiarism
2.0
Collusion

Collective Investigation
Digital Proctor has a built-in internal note taking system for faculty members to log any suspicious activity and results of investigations. These notes are universally accessible by other faculty members.
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More data, More control
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One-click Emails
Reporting Website
Deterrence Factor

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Growth of Students Monitored
49,265
8,428
5,183
4,142
1,184
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Growth of Assignments Monitored
512,701
94,210
57,937
46,300
13,235
782

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An expanding footprint
+ more
(Pilot Project)
(Dec. ’11)
(Pilot Project)
(Current Customer)
(Fall ’11)
(Current Customer)

Shaun Sims
shaunsims@digitalproctor.com
(512) 921-6138
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Student Identity Verification without Webcams

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