Secure online exams using students´ devices

With the augmented use of Learning Management Systems (LMS) like Moodle, the demand to perform exams online is higher than ever. Providing a dedicated exam room with up to hundreds of computers is a possible but very expensive solution. However, performing exams on student laptops increases the number of simultaneous exams but also the possibility for cheating. This paper describes the “Secure Exam Environment” (SEE) implemented at the AAUK to support exams based on Moodle to be held on student laptops without access to local files or the Internet. Additional programs like Excel or Java applications can be installed and used during the exams.