As always, academic integrity remains one of UB’s core principles during this time of remote learning. On this page you'll find information about online proctoring options available at UB, including advantages, disadvantages and considerations of each. On this page you will also find related programmatic assessment information and resources to help guide you in ensuring synergistic student pathways.
Before choosing one of the online proctoring options below, we highly recommend considering additional assessment options first, as well as each individual student’s situational factors.
Additionally, UB Learns includes a selection of assessment types, and accessibility and student exceptions to ensure every student is supported.
Though not designed as a proctoring tool, instructors at many national universities are virtually proctoring students through Zoom’s video communication tool.
Respondus tools can be used to deter cheating in non-proctored exams in UB Learns as well as create and manage test questions.
Course evaluations are an important part of UB's commitment to academic excellence, are administered by the Office of Educational Effectiveness, with oversight provided by the Course Evaluation Advisory Committee: Student Course Evaluation; Course Evaluation Reporting; and SmartEvals administration.
Top Hat is a web-based software tool teachers can use to take attendance, administer polls and quizzes, play games and share notes. Students can use their laptop, phone or tablet to participate.
