Through disasters, social movements, and a pandemic, here’s some of the biggest news from the start of the new decade.
Respondus Lockdown
Editorial: Professors and Faculties should take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to develop innovative ways to evaluate students in their courses instead of relying on invasive proctoring software to monitor traditional multiple-choices exams.
The University of Ottawa will allow professors to use the Respondus Lockdown Browser to conduct online exams. Meant to combat academic fraud the software has raised a number of accessibility and privacy concerns among students. The software is also detected as malware by some antivirus software and may not be effective at all in combating academic fraud.
