PERPETUAL LEARNING LAUNCHES ONLINE PROCTORING SOLUTION FOR THE OPEN EDX® PLATFORM WITH PROCTORU

PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release
Ken Chen
Perpetual Learning
212-904-1497
ken@perpetualny.com

PERPETUAL LEARNING LAUNCHES ONLINE PROCTORING SOLUTION FOR THE OPEN EDX® PLATFORM WITH PROCTORU

Secure and Simple Remote Online Exam Proctoring Solution for Online Education
  
New York, NY (Aug. 22, 2016) – Perpetual Learning, an education innovation and technology company based in Manhattan, N.Y. announced today the launch of the world’s first open-source proctoring solution for the Open edX® platform. This proctoring solution, powered by ProctorU, has been open-sourced as a part of Perpetual Learning’s continued contribution to the Open edX® platform, one of the most popular open-source learning management systems for online education.
 
The proctoring service is provided by ProctorU, an industry-leading online proctoring platform. This proctoring solution is available as an Xblock, which is an extension of the courseware components of the Open edX platform. This xBlock is already in use by Fun MOOC, Europe's largest Open edX® platform based online education offering. It is available in English and French.
 
An ongoing issue with online learning in Massively Open Online Courses (MOOCs) like the Open edX® platform based courseware has been the validity of certification due to the lack of oversight and proctoring which are available in traditional learning environments. Certificates from online learning often symbolize the time spent within a course and results from unsupervised grading. The launch of this proctoring service for the Open edX®  platform ensures academic integrity through secure and remote online proctoring, the time tested method for protecting exam content.
 
“With the large and accelerating adoption of the Open edX® platform for online learning, concerns about integrity have also been growing. This xBlock directly addresses this concern,” said Amish Gandhi, CEO of Perpetual Learning. “This is the first open-source proctoring solution for the Open edX® platform, now available to everyone”.
 
Matthew Jaeh, CTO of ProctorU is also pleased to support the Open edX®community. “We have successfully monitored over 2 million exams since 2008, and this initiative opens up our service to institutions adopting cutting-edge learning management systems like the Open edX® platform", Jaeh said.
 
To download and use this online proctoring solution, visit: https://github.com/perpetualny/proctoru-xblock
 
About Perpetual Learning 
​
Perpetual Learning is an education innovation and technology company based in Manhattan, New York, with a focus on platform development for online education. Perpetual Learning’s clients include Teach for India, Iowa State University and Families First among others. For more information, please visit: http://learning.perpetualny.com or email info@perpetualny.com     
 
About ProctorU
 
ProctorU watches students take exams online using webcams and screen-sharing technology. The service gives students the convenience of testing at home and instructors the ability to ensure exam security. ProctorU uses a three-step process that confirms that the student who registered for the exam is the student who is taking the exam and is following the institution’s testing requirements. Using webcams and screen-sharing technology, test monitors can see the student and what they are doing. ProctorU offers live, person-to-person, real-time monitoring to more than 900 colleges, universities and certification organizations. For more information, visit www.proctoru.com.