TCS launches product for students to take exams anywhere

TCS iONTM, a strategic unit of Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), announced the launch of remote assessments, a product that enables universities and exam boards to conduct secure, free and fair examinations at scale, in a remote model. The exam schedule of education institutions and exam conducting boards has been deeply impacted due to the current pandemic.

TCS iON remote assessments enable controls at three levels, which are based on the institution’s requirements. At the basic level, it locks down the candidate’s device-desktop, laptop, tablet or smart phone and just enables it to capture exam responses. At the second level, the product leverages the camera of the device and sends a video stream to a central server on the cloud. These video streams are analysed using artificial intelligence and machine learning frameworks to detect malpractice attempts and alert the invigilators. The third level includes all these features as well as enables invigilator to proctor candidates in real-time, from anywhere.

The system also provides a rich set of features for invigilators to monitor candidates and take appropriate actions. TCS iON remote assessment supports more than 50 questions and gives an opportunity for the exam conducting authorities to evaluate students on the basis of subjective questions, diagrams and formulas. It also provides the ability to create question papers quickly and maintain them in an encrypted form, till they are shared with students, just-in-time for the exam.

Most of the responses can be evaluated by the system and subjective answers can be assessed by an evaluator. Scores are digitally processed and published, drastically reducing the time taken to announce the results. Such developments will bring in long-term lasting changes in the way exams are conducted.

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