Hi-tech student tracking on exams

    Chewing gum on the exam is prohibited (it can be used to mask a conversation on a hidden headset).

    Computer monitors are recessed into tables, so you can take a photo of the screen (for example, with a spy camera in a ballpoint pen) only from above - this is easily noticed by the guard, which monitors the audience through dozens of surveillance cameras.

    If the teacher notices something unusual, then he presses the button and the recording of all user actions on the computer starts, and a video camera is zoomed in on him, which takes the student close-up until the end of the exam - all this is then automatically recorded on a CD and can be used in quality of evidence.

    These are the everyday life of American universities and colleges during exams, writes the NY Times .

    As the famous security specialist Bruce Schneier says , all this resembles security systems in a casino. And no wonder, because in terms of sophistication and technical advancement, modern students can give odds to the most professional cheaters in Las Vegas.



    The photo shows the testing of a new student tracking system at the University of Central Florida, the third largest student institution in the United States. According to the dean of the university, after the introduction of this system, the number of deceivers among students decreased significantly and during the spring session amounted to only 14 cases per 64,000 exam papers.

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