Assessment security is the mountain pinnacle, and we are the movers of the strong mountains. Strong mountains of assessment security ensure students that they matter and that protecting the integrity of the WGU degree is vital. A strong assessment security environment requires thought, innovation and pizzazz. What are you bringing?
Assessment Security – Moving and Shaking
Assessment security is at the mountain pinnacle, and we are the movers of the strong mountains. Strong mountains of assessment security ensure students that they matter and that protecting the integrity of the WGU degree is vital. Making assessment security stronger requires thought, innovation and pizzazz. What are you bringing to the table?
Moving mountains takes hard work, takes collaboration and requires skill. To keep strong assessment security in a world that is ever changing requires us to keep up with technological advances while keeping "old school" skills fresh. WGU's Assessment Security team stays alert for new technology during online proctored assessments. WGU has the highest mountain peak of assessment security; the Academic Authenticity team has small numbers, around 25-member team, but is mighty in results for the submitted papers and projects utilizing plagiarism checkers as well as online proctoring assessment reviews.
WGU’s competency-based model focuses on the what the student knows, what degree the student is pursuing and the measurement of the individual student’s competency to graduation. The everyday focus is our students. We want students to succeed, and we want to provide the mountains as mole hills to the student. We, in Assessment Security, do the guarding of integrity so the student can be successful in their efforts to show what they’ve learned, demonstrate competency and earn the valid WGU degree.
Being a Guardian of Integrity of those testing mountains takes the team effort. As a team we want to be provide secure online assessment opportunities for our students. We require a safe and secure environment free from distractions of other people or material and noise for the student to have an atmosphere of success. Students use their WGU-issued external webcam as they take the online assessment. To begin the proctored exam, students must present their state-issued valid photo ID. The proctor secures the area, and the test begins.
Innovation for WGU’s Assessment Security includes not only our consistent security processes but also the use of our technology, such as the external webcam provided to each student. With these innovations we provide environments that give students peace of mind for security, that allow students to know what to expect for each session, and that remains a constant reminder that integrity and validity of online assessments are key.
An example of our security process is the Quality Assurance checks for the testing environment; these are completed with WGU Secret Shoppers. The Secret Shopper works for WGU, but the “student” takes a test, as does the typical student, following the same procedures. Secret Shoppers, however, purposely violate policy to be sure the proctors and the proctoring companies are following protocol. The reviews ensure us that our processes are improving, we continue to lead the industry, and we are the shakers and the movers.
Do you see yourself as a mountain climber and a mountain mover? How can your shared ideas, the collaborative efforts, make a difference in the lives of students who depend on us to preserve that hard-earned degree? Mover and shakers make it happen.