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On assessment, integrity and getting out of the way.
What we believe about exams, and why Online Exams is built the way it is.
- 3 min readVerified Student Lists: The Right Students. The Right Exam.Paste your class list into an exam and only those students can sit it. Each one confirms their email with a 4-digit code, and nobody needs an account.Read
- 3 min readCode questions now support the syntax of nine languagesPaste code into any question and it keeps its indentation and syntax highlighting, in Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Java, C, C++, SQL, HTML and CSS.Read
- 3 min readBuild your exam with multiple-choice, multiple-select, matching and sequencing questionsOne exam can now mix four question types, each suited to a different learning objective, with no extra setup and grading that stays automatic.Read
- 6 min readThere is no 100% AI-proof examNo vendor can sell you a 100% AI-proof exam. The technology moves too fast. What holds up is writing questions AI answers badly.Read
- 5 min readWhy we collect less student dataMost proctoring begins by treating every student as a suspect. We think that gets it backwards, and we collect as little about them as we can.Read
- 6 min readWhy exams don't belong in your LMSYour LMS is a Swiss Army knife: worth having in a drawer, wrong for the job that decides a grade. An exam deserves a tool built for it.Read
- 6 min readAI wasn't in the roomThe EdTech answer to AI is an arms race built on misreading the enemy. You cannot out-police a text generator. Write questions that make it choke.Read
- 6 min readTell students what is being watchedBeing watched without being told what the watcher wants is not integrity, it is anxiety. An exam's rules should be short, stated, and enforced.Read
- 4 min readTwo minutes, or it doesn't get usedTeaching momentum is fragile. It lives between noticing a concept did not land and testing it. If building the exam takes longer than that, it dies.Read
- 6 min readWhat automatic grading is actually forAutomatic grading is sold as getting your weekends back. That undersells it. The real prize is evidence of what a class actually understood.Read
- 12 min readNot every student has a laptopAn exam that assumes a laptop quietly assumes a student who can afford one. Running on whatever they already own is not convenience, it is equity.Read
- 8 min readScan, and the exam startsThere is a room that exists for ninety seconds: between sitting down and reading the first question. What happens there sets the tone for the rest.Read
- 7 min readYour logo, without a branding projectA university building changes how you carry yourself before anyone speaks. An exam screen should too, and that takes a logo, not a project.Read
- 5 min readWhy we charge one flat feePer-student pricing bills you for teaching more people. Flat-rate does not. What you charge for decides what your customers quietly do less of.Read