Tag: Blog (9)

Happy #WorldTeachersDay from ProctorFree

A big, huge, monstrous, shout out to all the teachers who shape us into who we are today. Our team is passionate about #education and #learning, and for #WorldTeachersDay, ProctorFree team members decided to share who their favorite teacher is/was[...]

ProctorFree - Am I fit for Online Testing

My goodness are there lots of variables to consider before taking online classes! Primarily, am I a good fit for online testing? To help you answer this, we made a fun little quiz. It’s only 5 questions and it’s not graded.

ProctorFree - NCTA 2015 Presentation Preview

The National College Testing Association Conference (NCTA 2015) in St. Pete, Florida is less than a week away and I can barley contain my excitement! Not just because it’s a great conference, not just because I get to see a bunch of my friends from[...]

ProctorFree - Packing List for NCTA 2015

Greetings Test Lovers,

Takeaways from an Edsurge Podcast

We love Edsurge! (Check out ProctorFree’s Edsurge product page). Edsurge has a new podcast feature that I was excited to check out. While the podcasts I listened to were all great; the project based learning podcast on strategies for promoting[...]

Personalization, Customization, and the Whole Sch-bang!

We are living in a world of personalization. It’s everywhere. Pay attention next time you are surfing on the internet, and you will find that almost everything is customized to your interests. For example, your Facebook news feed is your[...]

Introducing our Partner Support Manager

Say hello to our Partner Support Manager, Eddie Xiong. Chances are if you call our 24/7 technical support line you will be talking directly to Mr. Xiong himself. We are so happy to have someone so passionate about customer support on our team! Meet[...]

ProctorFree - 5 Things I learned at AppState FreeLearning

Last Friday I took a scenic drive up to Boone for the Appalachian State FreeLearning Conference. Spoiler alert: if you can get to this conference, go! For a whole bunch of reasons this conference needs to be on your 2016 calendar including the[...]

BbWorld 15 Re-Cap

Wow, what an excellent conference!

Being near the center of our nation’s capital felt appropriate for this years Blackboard World 2015 conference. While we didn’t directly attend any sessions we did our best to stay tuned in and appreciated hearing[...]

The Significance of Self-Awareness

Self awareness, cheating, and online classes. How are these things related? Well, for starters, they all work off of each other. This study on anonymity finds that self awareness is a resource for preventing cheating in online classes.