University of Illinois' Proctorio Remote-Proctoring Deployment Reportedly Raised Student Rights Concerns
Beginning in March 2020, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign deployed Proctorio for remote exam proctoring after the COVID-19 shift to online instruction. Students and faculty raised concerns that the software surveilled students' homes and devices, created accessibility barriers, increased testing anxiety, and could flag students when facial-detection tools failed to detect their faces, with particular concern for students of color. UIUC later declined to renew its emergency contract.
- Date it happened
- 2020-03-23
- Organisation involved
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
- Product, system or model
- Automated proctoring systems, Proctorio, Remote exam proctoring systems, Facial detection software
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