Proctor

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  1. Sonia

    Sonia New Member

    What is PROCTOR and how to find one?
    I appologize for such a silly question, but being a foreigner here in The USA, I am not familiar with this.

    Out of state students must arrange for an approved proctor. An approved proctor, generally, is a university testing facility or administrator, military education office, or other such facility.


    I would like to hear your experiences about:
    How to find a proctor? Where is the most common to take proctored exam?
    What the procedure is?
    How much does one exam usually cost?
    How much in advance do I have to schedule it?
    Do I take both midterm and final exam with proctor?
    Could I just ask my former English professor to do that or it has to be in an institution?

    All your experiences are more than welcome. Thank you a lot
    Sonia
     
  2. GeeBee

    GeeBee Member

    In my area (North Carolina) most of the community colleges, some of the universities, and even some public libraries offer proctoring services. Commercial entities such as Sylvan Learning Center will also proctor examinations.

    Usually, the course instructor sends the exam to the proctor. You go to the proctor site at the scheduled time, take the examination, and the proctor returns it to your instructor. I'm about to take a proctored exam which will be through BlackBoard. In this case, my instructor will email the password for the exam to the proctor. I will take the exam on the proctor's computer and submit the exam through BlackBoard.

    Exam fees in my area range from $15 (at one of the community colleges) to $50 (Sylvan Learning Center). You need to give the proctor as much advance notice as possible.

    You can ask your former English instructor to serve as a proctor, if that's acceptable to the teacher of your current class.

    It's up to your current instructor if you need a proctor for both midterm and final. I'm taking two classes this semester. In one, the midterm was not proctored but the final must have a proctor. In the other, neither exam is proctored.

    There's a nice online database of proctor sites:
    Find a Proctor

    This site is meant for students at University of North Carolina, but it's open to anyone to use. Because it's centered on UNC, it has a lot more sites in the Southeast than in other regions. For example, I found a lot of sites around Atlanta, one site in Chicago, and none in St. Louis. I'm not sure where you are located, but it's worth checking.

    Also, the "Overview" tab on that website has some good information on proctors, and finding a proctor, that are applicable anywhere.
     
  3. lovetheduns

    lovetheduns New Member

    A proctor is basically someone who will administer your exam according to the rules set by your university/college or the folks demanding you have a proctor.

    I have had a proctor 4 times. 3 times was during my undergraduate studies with UMUC and the 4th was during a Finance course at Harvard Extension.

    I forgot how I found the proctor. I called my local community colleges (they did not offer the service) and finally found online that Strayer offers this service. I then paid a fee to the Strayer facility and took the exams. The fourth one via Harvard I knew a local university NCSU offered proctoring services because I had taken a summer school class there online and was required to set up time via the proctor for my exam.

    At the case of NCSU and Strayer I had to make an appointment and then be prepared to pay in cash or check at the time I checked in.

    I believe at NCSU I paid 25.00 a piece. I do not remember what Strayer charged as it was years ago, but I *think* it was costlier than NCSU.

    NCSU was a week before the exam-- Strayer was about 2 weeks before the exam.

    For UMUC, I only had to take finals via the proctor. Harvard I had to take a midterm and final. It is like anything, depends on your professor.

    As for if you can ask your English professor-- it truly depends. Harvard was VERY strict that it had to be a formal setting at a University or College. I had to leave my Drivers license, I had to turn in my paper if I had to use the bathroom and they reported the exact times I was away. I had to lock up my items (purse, phone, etc) and could only have sheets of blank paper provided by the proctor and pens or pencils and one small calculator. UMUC was less strict.
     
  4. CalDog

    CalDog New Member

    People from outside the US are often more likely to recognize the British term "invigilator", rather than the American term "proctor". A "proctored" exam is equivalent to an "invigilated" exam.

    Even Canadians tend to use the British terminology. For example, Athabasca University (which is probably the most DL-oriented Canadian school) has established an "exam invigilation network" throughout Canada for its students.
     
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  5. Sonia

    Sonia New Member

    thank you guys a lot. Now at least I know where to ask. This forum really helped me so many times.
     

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