Online exam software for colleges & universities.
Departments are caught between AI-assisted cheating and student backlash over webcam proctoring that raises privacy complaints and false-accusation risk. ExamGuard Online gives a college a third option: in-browser proctoring with no camera or recording, a manual-review queue so no student is failed by an algorithm, and self-hosting so data never leaves campus.
The webcam-proctoring problem for departments
Webcam proctors record students in their bedrooms, draw petitions and even lawsuits, and put the institution in the privacy-and-bias headlines. They also generate false flags that a faculty member then has to defend. For most courses that just need defensible online exams, that is too much surveillance and too much risk for too little gain.
Defensible exams without the surveillance backlash
- No webcam, no recording, no biometric or face analysis
- In-browser risk scoring plus an identity watermark for traceable leaks
- Manual-review queue keeps a human in the loop on every flag and written answer
- Local-first and self-hostable, so student data can stay on campus infrastructure
- No per-candidate pricing or procurement project to pilot a single course
FAQ
Is there online exam software for universities without webcam proctoring?
Yes. ExamGuard Online is online exam software designed for colleges and universities that want exam integrity without webcam surveillance. There is no camera, microphone or face recognition; instead it scores risky in-browser behaviour and watermarks every screen with the student's identity so leaks are traceable. A human reviews flags and written answers, so no student is failed by an algorithm.
Is no-webcam proctoring defensible for academic integrity?
It is defensible precisely because it is honest about its limits and keeps a human in the loop. ExamGuard produces a per-student integrity timeline (tab-switches, copy events, screenshot presses) as reviewable evidence rather than an automated verdict, and the identity watermark deters and traces content leaks. It raises the cost of cheating without recording students or making unprovable accusations.
Can colleges keep exam data on their own servers?
Yes. ExamGuard is local-first and self-hostable, so a college can run it on its own infrastructure and keep student exam data on campus rather than in a third-party proctoring vendor's cloud — which also simplifies privacy and data-protection compliance.
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