Proctor action initiated within an online test taker icon

摘要

An aspect of the present invention relates to an online test platform adapted to facilitate the development, delivery, and management of educational tests with interactive participation by students, teachers, proctors, and administrators even when some or all of them are remotely located. The platform may include administrator interfaces, test proctor interfaces, and test taker (e.g. student) interfaces to allow each participant to view, navigate, and interact with aspects of the online test platform that are intended to meet their needs.

主权项

1. A memory containing computer executable code for initiating proctor actions within a test taker icon, which when executing on one or more computing devices performs the steps of:
representing a test taker using an interactive test taker icon; presenting the interactive test taker icon within an online test proctoring interface; enabling a proctor action relating to the test taker, wherein the icon is adapted to facilitate the proctor action; displaying an indication of the proctor action on an interface of a test taker station after the test taker station polls a server associated with the online test proctoring interface to receive new display instructions for the test taker station; and responding to a poll from the server after a test session communication has been interrupted and then reestablished, wherein responding to the poll indicates to the server that the test session communication has been reestablished with a second server, wherein the display instructions are at least one of compiled computer animation code and compiled HTML, code.