China News Network, Hangzhou, June 20 (Tong Xiaoyu, Su Juntian) A few days ago, at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, the final exam was being carried out intensively. Affected by the epidemic, international students and some domestic students were unable to return to school for various reasons. To this end, the school introduced a set of third-party "cloud supervision" system, allowing students from more than 70 countries and regions to cross-border simultaneous examinations.
Professor May Tan-Mullins, the deputy principal of the school, said that this semester's exams were conducted online and offline for the first time, with the same test questions. "We hope that through this internationally leading'Cloud Supervision Exam' system, we will ensure the fairness and justice of every assessment to the greatest extent."
Fan Jiang Caining, a sophomore in Finance, Finance and Management at the University of Nottingham Ningbo, has applied not to return to school this semester. She needs to complete five exams at home.
According to the description, one day before the exam, she will receive an exam reminder email. According to the requirements in the email, she will arrange the "examination room" herself. For example, print the answer sheet in advance and prepare a mirror.
After the official start of the exam, the invigilator will first check the student ID and her photo, and then ask her to hold a mirror and view the environment of the examination room through the camera 360 degrees without dead ends. At the end of the exam, she needs to take the answer sheet before she can take her mobile phone or other electronic devices into the room and complete the upload within the specified time.
"In fact, this kind of experience is quite unique. From small to large test rooms, teachers prepare them. This is the first time that the test room is set up, the test paper is uploaded, and the test room is cleaned up," she said.
According to reports, this semester, Ningbo Nottingham University has a total of 183 exams online and offline simultaneously. There are 578 students like Fan Jiang Caining who failed to return to school for various reasons to take the online exam.
Because students are in different time zones, global simultaneous exams are not easy. For example, on Wednesday's digital economics exam, 93 students and 460 students took online and offline exams, respectively. Among them, the countries where students of online exams currently reside include Canada, Russia, Peru, Thailand, South Korea, etc.
"When we arrange the exam, we will try our best to ensure the synchronization of the exam time." said the person in charge of the examination.
At present, the examination is still in progress. In order to ensure that students successfully complete the online examination, students who encounter any problems during the examination process can ask the invigilator for help or ask questions through the system's own dialog box. The school also collects feedback from students on online exams after each exam.
"According to the students' current feedback, 93% of the students are able to use the system and submit their test answers online." Peter Morgan, deputy dean of the school's business school and the head of the "Cloud Supervision" project, said, "We have been Provide as much support as possible to allow candidates to have a good test experience."
In addition, for the technical problems encountered by students in the exam or other situations that affect the exam, the school will verify with the third-party invigilation company as soon as possible after receiving the student's condition report, and submit it to the online examination working group at the same time. Case discussion and follow-up treatment. In case of academic misconduct, the school will deal with the third-party invigilation company in accordance with the rules and regulations. (Finish)