12 Year Old Boy Creates Anti-Cheating System For Online Exams
A 12-year-old boy has created an innovative digital mechanism to detect cheating during online exams. His creation, built using JavaScript, proved so hard for his school’s IT department that they attempted numerous times but failed miserably during testing; they tried shifting windows, opening new tabs and using shortcuts but all failed miserably.
This brilliant mind is also well known for creating technology to assist visually impaired commuters safely, as well as hardware to assist those with disabilities communicate more easily.
Detects if a student is straying away from the exam site
Delhi Private School Sharjah middle school head of science approached Aarush Rajani, 12-year-old computer prodigy from Delhi Private School Sharjah, with the task of increasing online learning and exams reliability. Unflappably, Aarush responded swiftly by creating a digital mechanism which instantly detects and notifies invigilators if any student strayed away from their computer to access other websites or open documents while taking an exam; additionally it notifies supervisors when this happened and generates an email report of what happened and sends it all via email.
The system also enables time stamping of answer sheets, providing invigilators with a means of monitoring larger patterns of cheating by identifying repeat offenders and improving supervision during online exams, says Aarush.
Anti-cheating software can also be used to detect instances of plagiarism, where students have taken shortcuts in exams by using illegal programs or information from external sources to pass. Such incidents can be avoided by integrating anti-cheating software with plagiarism detection systems like Turnitin which scan the web for duplicate content and identify issues such as overreliance on citations and contract cheating – the latter where students hire third parties to take their exams for them.
Aarush is one of many young innovators who has created technology to combat online cheating. His most recent invention builds upon previous efforts such as assistive technologies for visually impaired commuters and hardware enabling safe travel at bus stops.
Alerts the supervisor
Edtech platforms may give students access to more knowledge, yet studies reveal that cheating during online exams is 21 times higher than it would be in traditional classrooms. To combat this issue, an incredible 12-year-old boy from Sharjah named Aarush Rajani developed an astounding mechanism that detects students trying to cheat during exams online. Aarush Rajani is well known for his computer expertise and was approached by his middle school’s science head of department in order to enhance reliability during online examination processes while aiding the invigilators during online examination processes and help invigilators with online exams processes and exam invigilators with aid.
Grade 8 pupil developed a JavaScript-based web component to immediately detect when students depart their exam site to access other websites or documents, alerting the invigilator with specific time logs of any incident. Such technology could come in handy due to COVID-19 pandemic as many students worldwide engage in full distance learning by taking exams online.
Aarush’s invention relies on an algorithm which monitors browser tabs and background applications that run during online examinations, tracking user locations and detecting if they use an unfamiliar device for taking exams. Furthermore, Aarush’s anti-cheating technology has been tested by her school’s IT team who were unable to breach it during tests.
Though Aarush’s tech innovation is certainly revolutionary in online testing, it cannot guarantee against cheating. A study published by the University of Twente demonstrated this fact when Proctorio, an exam monitoring software used in controlled test-taking environments failed to detect cheating during exams; Motherboard confirmed this finding when investigating claims made about Proctorio as being effective against online tests and cheating.
Sends a complete report via email
12-year-old Aarush Rajani, famed for his computing abilities, was asked by the head of science at his middle school in Sharjah to improve online learning and exams. Without hesitation or delay, this Indian student came up with an anti-cheating system which instantly identified any attempt by students to access other websites or documents while taking online exams; additionally it recorded exact times when students deviated from exam websites, alerted supervisors via email notifications about cheating attempts, notified them in real-time via social media notifications; finally blocking attempts.
Delhi Private School in Sharjah believes its educators believe this system will assist in detecting patterns, warning repeat offenders and decreasing cheating in the future. Furthermore, this development represents an essential aspect of global schools transitioning towards full distance learning during COVID-19 pandemic.
Aarush’s digital mechanism, built around JavaScript, was even put through rigorous tests by his school’s IT team and passed with flying colours despite multiple attempts by IT to break it by moving windows, opening new tabs or using shortcuts. He is considered one of the UAE’s rising innovators who has previously designed technology enabling visually impaired commuters to travel safely as well as hardware that ensures their travel secure at bus stops.
Blocks cheating attempts
Aarush Rajani of India and widely-recognized for his computer expertise was approached by his school’s science head of department to improve online learning and exams by creating a system that could effectively block cheating during online assessments. At 12-years-old, Aarush delivered on his promise and created a JavaScript-based web component which instantly detects when students stray away from their online examination platform to access other websites or documents and immediately notifies its supervisor via email with a detailed report of any possible instances.
Aarush’s digital mechanism can identify attempts at accessing other platforms during an online exam and alert a supervisor by email. Furthermore, Aarush can stop students from moving around quickly or opening shortcuts during exams (shifting windows or tabs), making this solution far superior to existing software schools have used to detect cheating like Proctorio that requires installing special browser or app on their computers and then tracking eye movement and body language during tests.
Although these tools exist to catch cheaters, even the best of them can be defeated by clever con artists. A recent study conducted by SDSU and other schools discovered that students could cheat using Proctorio’s remote-proctoring software to cheat in online business courses using Proctorio; this confirmed previous Motherboard reporting about overstated claims of this software to detect cheaters.
While these tools can reduce cheating during online exams, parents need to teach their children how to take an exam honestly and responsibly. Cheating will teach children that dishonesty is acceptable behavior while also diminishing trust between classmates. Cheating can damage future career prospects significantly.