How MTestHub helps schools and educational institutions administer & conduct fair, secure, and cheat-proof online exams
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The shift from fully physical to remote and hybrid learning structures, which became most popular after the COVID-19 pandemic, has been a positive and welcome change in the educational sector.
This is mostly due to the incredible flexibility and access that is now possible.
But it also brought a huge, persistent headache for many educators and administrators: How on earth do you fairly and securely test a student's knowledge when they're taking an exam from their bedroom?
This is a full-blown crisis of confidence and not just a minor worry.
When students feel it's easy to cheat, the value of every passing grade, certificate, and degree is diminished. The academic integrity that forms the very foundation of your institution is put at risk. And there are studies back this up!
A recent survey found that over 73% of students simply believe it's easier to cheat in an online course. And it turns out, they're right.
A randomized experiment directly comparing test formats found that while 7% of students cheated on a traditional face-to-face exam, that number skyrocketed to 66% for students in a non-proctored online setting.
Another study revealed that a staggering 60% of students admitted to cheating "most of the time" during their online exams.
It's no wonder that academic reviews of online education have identified the “threat to academic integrity" as the chief challenge of online assessment.
Now, teachers are left scrambling, trying to be exam supervisors to students they cannot physically see or grade assessments they do not even know if the students took themselves.
Unfortunately, the common result is that honest students are disadvantaged, and the true measure of learning is lost.
You may have heard of MTestHub in a different context. It is a powerful, AI-driven platform that has made a name for itself in the HR industry, helping companies optimize hiring by securely and accurately assessing candidate skills.
But the core technology behind verifying knowledge and ensuring integrity in the hiring process is exactly what the education sector desperately needs.
The same tools that help a company find an honest, highly-skilled coder are perfectly designed to ensure a student truly understands their calculus or history lesson.
This is why MTestHub isn't just a "test-taking" platform. It is a multi-layered security environment designed from the ground up to prevent cheating.
It tackles the problem from every angle - from identity theft to wandering eyes, using a phone or another device, using generative AI tools like ChatGPT, to even having someone else in the room.
Read more below to find out how schools, universities, and all educational institutions can leverage MTestHub's powerful remote assessment and proctoring features to restore fairness and completely lock down examination malpractice.
Think of MTestHub as a smart, scalable, and vigilant virtual proctor.
Not only can you create an assessment seamlessly on the platform, either manually or with the help of the AI co-pilot, but you can also activate multiple features to guard against cheating.
Here’s a breakdown of the features that work together to protect the integrity of every single assessment.
The Problem: Impersonation is a classic form of cheating. How do you know the right student is taking the test?
The MTestHub Solution: Before the exam even begins, the platform initiates a robust identity check. Students are required to show a valid photo ID (like a student card) to their webcam. MTestHub’s AI uses face recognition to match the student's face with their ID photo, ensuring the registered student is the one at the keyboard.
The Problem: The biggest temptation and cheating source during online assessments or examinations is the internet. All the student has to do is quickly open ChatGPT or Gemini on a new tab, or copy-paste the questions into Google.
The MTestHub Solution: One of the key ant-cheat features on the platform is a secure browser lockdown. Once the test starts, it prevents the student from:
Opening new browser tabs or windows.
Using copy-paste, right-click, or print-screen functions.
Accessing any other applications or files on their computer.
This feature alone neutralizes the most common and simple methods of digital cheating, and forces students to rely on their own knowledge.
The Problem: A human proctor can't watch 1,000 students at once. And even in a small class, it's easy to miss a quick glance at a smartphone or textbook.
The MTestHub Solution: Using the student's webcam and microphone, MTestHub’s inbuilt AI monitors the entire session for suspicious behavior, automatically flagging events like:
- Face Tracking: Notifies if the student looks away from the screen for too long.
- Multiple Face Detection: Instantly flags if a second person enters the view.
- Foreign Object Detection: Identifies prohibited items like mobile phones, books, or gadgets near the testing area.
- Noise Detection: Alerts to suspicious sounds, like whispering or another person talking in the room.
The Problem: AI is smart and can handle proctoring effectively, but sometimes you need human judgment to ascertain that some situations are not wrongfully flagged.
The MTestHub Solution: MTestHub doesn't just rely on AI. Institutions can have live human proctors who watch students in real-time (with a manageable proctor-to-student ratio). These proctors can intervene via chat if they see suspicious behavior flagged by the AI.
The best part about MTestHub is that it is not a standalone system, and is built to seamlessly integrate into your existing setup. Here’s a step-by-step guide to help you do that easily.
Step 1 - Simple Integration: MTestHub is designed for integration. Start by seamlessly connecting it with your school's existing Learning Management System (LMS) or use it as a single external platform..
Step 2 - Build Your Assessments: Creating your assessments with MTestHub is easy. You can either:
Import your existing exam questions directly from an Excel file.
Create the assessment questions manually on the MTestHub platform.
Create your assessment and generate questions automatically by prompting the AI co-pilot and assessment generator.
MTestHub supports all the formats you need, from multiple-choice and descriptive essays to complex coding problems and even video-based responses.
Step 3 - Schedule and Deploy: Easily schedule the exam and send invites to your students. You can do this in no time whether you're testing a single class of 20 or an entire department of 2,000. All you have to do is generate a link and share.
Step 4 - Review the Results: Once the assessment is completed by each student, MTestHub can automatically evaluate the results and give you a summary based on preset criteria or benchmark you set while creating the assessment.
You also get an anti-cheating report that gives you a clear, evidence-based summary of any suspicious activity, allowing you to make fair and defensible academic decisions.
By implementing a system like MTestHub as part of your institution’s assessment set up, you send a clear message that you value integrity.
The goal isn't just to catch and punish students that cheat, but to deter them from doing so in the first place.
The platform makes creating assessments super easy, and the secure environment levels the playing field to ensure that the students who study hard and play by the rules are the ones who are truly rewarded.
MTestHub provides the comprehensive, powerful, and easy-to-use solution that educators need to confidently and fairly assess knowledge, no matter where their students are.
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