Editing Proctor (section)

====Online proctoring====
Online proctoring is the monitoring or invigilation of assessments taken remotely.

Online proctors verify test-taker identity and monitor to prevent cheating using a variety of methods, including live, record-and-review, and automated proctoring. Online proctoring services work with colleges, universities, corporations, and other certification providers to offer identity verification services and assessment monitoring.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://examity.com/docs/BBJ_Article.pdf|title=Mass. tech firm that thwarts cheaters of online tests is in 'super growth mode'|website=Boston Business Journal|access-date=2017-10-15 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20181112132108/https://examity.com/docs/BBJ_Article.pdf |archive-date=12 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://rutgersonline.desk.com/customer/en/portal/articles/2900365-proctortrack|title=What is Proctortrack?|website=rutgersonline.desk|access-date=13 June 2018}}</ref>

Demand for online proctoring has expanded in recent years as a result of rapid expansions in online learning. In 2006, the [[United States Department of Education|Department of Education]] waived<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worldwidelearn.com/education-advisor/indepth/financial-aid-online.php|title=Down with the 50 Percent Rule: Up with Online Education Financial Aid|website=World Wide Learn|access-date=2017-10-16}}</ref> the so-called “50 percent rule,” which stipulated that U.S. students in online degree programs could only receive federal student aid if half of their programs were campus-based. As of 2017, one in three students take<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.brookings.edu/research/promises-and-pitfalls-of-online-education/|title=Promises and pitfalls of online education|website=Brookings|date=9 June 2017|access-date=2017-10-17}}</ref> at least one course online during their college career. In addition, instructors in face-to-face classes can also administer exams online.

Higher education institutions around the world make use of online proctoring for tens of thousands of exams. The 17 campuses of the University of North Carolina proctor<ref name="IHEonlineExamProctoring">{{cite web|url=https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2017/05/10/online-exam-proctoring-catches-cheaters-raises-concerns|title=Online Exam Proctoring Catches Cheaters, Raises Concerns|website=Insde Higher Ed|date=10 May 2017 |access-date=2017-10-16}}</ref> between 30,000 and 40,000 exams online per year. At the fully online [[Western Governors University]], 30,000 exams are proctored online each month. Recent estimates suggest<ref name="IHEonlineExamProctoring" /> that there are about fifteen providers of online proctoring.