An interactive and secure e-examination unit (ISEEU)

Abstract

This paper proposes a new approach for e-assessment or e-examination authentication. This approach enables educational institutions to conduct cheating-free e-examinations, which has been considered a big challenge of e-learning within the previous decade. It ensures that an examinee is the correct student throughout his exam. This approach provides virtual, interactive, and secure e-examination sessions. A prototype will be developed on Moodle with a media server to broadcast sessions. A control toolbox will be developed to provide interaction between a proctor and examinees. An e-exam can not be started without approval by a proctor who can also pause, resume or terminate an e-exam any time if an examinee violates examination instructions.