All courses with exams will require you to use proctoring. As part of the reauthorization of the Higher Education Opportunity Act, Maryville University is required to "authenticate the identity of distance education students." We use Proctorio for proctoring. Please watch the following introduction to Proctorio (3:58 minutes).
You must have the following:
Note: You cannot use a tablet or mobile device to take a proctored exam.
If you have any technical issues while taking an exam, please contact the help desk either at Toll-free: 1-855-577-2039 or through the direct link (this could be faster): Support Center.
You can also get basic assistance at the Proctorio Support Site.
To comply with federal regulations and promote academic integrity with respect to online learning, some online courses will require you to verify your identity and participate in automated proctored assessments through the Proctorio proctoring service.
During an assessment attempt, this software will automatically capture data through a student’s browser, webcam, microphone, and 360-degree room scan to formulate an “integrity” score. A high or low “integrity” score itself does not constitute academic honesty or dishonesty, rather it is used as a baseline for faculty when reviewing assessment attempt data more closely to determine if academic dishonesty has occurred.
Some proctored exams may require you to scan your surroundings with a webcam (e.g., a “room scan”). By choosing to take a proctored exam in your residence, you are consenting to a “room scan” of the area where you complete the assessment. If you do not wish to have a scan of your residence, you may choose another location, such as a local library, but it is your responsibility to identify that location.
By choosing to take a proctored exam in your residence, or the residence of another person, you are consenting to an examination of that space with a webcam, which may include a room scan. Such a choice means that you affirmatively consent to the course faculty, and any other Maryville University faculty or staff member who has a legitimate need to review the data) reviewing the results of that room scan or other examination of your surroundings.
Students (including you) understand that by enrolling in an online academic program, or taking a course that requires remotely proctored exams, means that they waive the right to opt-out of automated proctoring services (which includes room scans), and must decide for themselves where they wish to take any proctored exam.
Data collected through the automated proctoring service is only visible to the course faculty, as well as other Maryville University faculty or staff with a legitimate need to review the data. The results of such review may be used in determining whether academic dishonesty has occurred, but will not be the only piece of criteria used in arriving at such a determination.
In the event that you do not consent to an examination of your surroundings with a webcam, it is your responsibility to alert Maryville University to such a withdrawal, or refusal, of consent. This will not result in an automatic failure or conclusion that academic dishonesty has occurred, but such a refusal will be considered when evaluating whether academic dishonesty has occurred. We encourage you to let your course faculty know, in writing, that you do not consent to a scan of your surroundings with a webcam as early as possible, preferably before the administration of an exam that may require such a scan.
For more information on Proctorio, see the resources below.