Technology is making its place in every sphere of Higher Education
System and COVID-19 has brought the education activities including
Examination on digital platform that changed the system forever with the
accelerated innovative approaches to support education continuity. The
administration of Examination and Evaluation consists of plethora of
tedious tasks and transforming the processes to improve efficiencies is
the perpetual concern of Higher Education Institutes.
Online Examination System
automates the Examination related intricacies to reduce the time
consumed and increase the productivity of associated human power.
What is Online Examination System:
Online
Examination System is a cloud-based platform that replaces the physical
Examination Centres with Virtual space for strategically assessment of
students’ learning on web using computers.
Important functions of Online Examination System:
· Hassle-free management of material and human resources in Examination activities.
· Vigilant supervision towards zero-tolerance to cheating and misconduct.
· Real-time interaction between students and invigilator.
· Digital storage of all answer scripts with associated documents.
· Safe-guard and transparent Evaluation system.
· Quick result processing and precise grading mechanism.
· Track of learning trajectory of students with respect to Outcome based education (OBE) framework.
Advantages of Online Examination System:
A comprehensive Online Examination system such as the one offered by iCloudEMS,
deals with the challenges while conducting, evaluating and processing
of myriad of Examination tasks in swift and automated way. Following are
the significant advantages of the system in different landscape:
Examination and Invigilation:
· Online
Examination System digitizes the scheduling and publishing of
Examination with automated date sheet generation options to avoid
unnecessary clashes among the same day exams.
· It has
become easy to generate Question papers with effective collaboration
among all faculty members involved and the higher authorities for quick
feedback and review.
· It comprises customized question paper formats and extensive question bank to prepare question papers in line with OBE and Bloom’s taxonomy norms.
· There
is provision of shuffling questions unlike the traditional examination
system that ensures anti cheating approach.
· Well-designed methodology for assigning invigilation duties to faculty members on different group of students.
· It
eliminates the need of exam centre allotment and the logistics
management, that makes it a cost-effective option to go for.
· It
is a robust exam portal that delivers scalable option to conduct
multiple exams with many students at the same time which is not easy
with pen-paper examination model.
· LIVE proctoring feature
of iCloudEMS presents a rational and fool-proof tech-driven ecosystem
at with multi-level invigilation and prompt action taking
functionalities.
Evaluation:
iCloudEMS
ensures simplification in Evaluation process as well, like organizing
the Examination. The Evaluation becomes fast and easy with the Online
Examination System irrespective of type of questions whether subjective
or objective ones. Following are the advantages of Online Examination
System with respect to Evaluation process:
· Web storage of the answer scripts makes the evaluation flexible and secure for instructors.
· The digital version of answer sheets makes them resistant to manipulation that protects the sanctity of assessment.
· On-screen evaluation methodology reduces the turnaround time of checking and publishing the answer sheets.
· Centralized
dashboard view of examination and evaluation generates a transparent
ecosphere for the management to monitor the progress.
· Online Examination System expedites the results due to computerized checking and calculation of grades.
· It
helps the stakeholders to judge the cognitive abilities of students as
their result is mapped with the learning outcomes of the course.
· The automated credits computation with Online Examination System lowers the possibility of mistakes and builds the trust of stakeholders.
· The
confidential results are stored in cloud-based servers that make it
accessible to the ones who are allowed for the same.
National
Education Policy 2020 has recommended on-demand Examination protocols to
empower competency-based learning and avoid rote learning. The
initiatives like this can only be executed by integrating technology in
Examination operations. iCloudEMS is
an innovator that allows Higher Education Institutes to adopt modern
digital ways towards productive examination management and making the
assessment immune to unprecedented human and natural disruptions.