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“Companies like ProctorU exist entirely to provide a team of people who can keep a watchful eye and ensure that no online student has a chance to cheat.”

“Birmingham’s ProctorU has joined some of the nation’s largest school service providers including Apple, Microsoft and Google by signing a student privacy pledge that creates more accountability for sensitive student information.”

“Founded in 2008, ProctorU has administered one million exams for test-takers in 75 countries and works with more than 500 institutions. The company has four offices across the U.S. and employs more than 400 people.”

“ProctorU, an online test proctoring company that was founded in Hoover in 2008, has been named to the 2014 Inc. 500 list of the fastest growing private companies in America.”

“Birmingham’s ProctorU, an online proctoring service, is expanding.
The company, which has grown from a little over two dozen employees in 2008 to over 400 today, is moving from its current Riverchase Center location to 2200 Riverchase Center.”

“Instructors use webcam proctoring, among other methods, to cut down on cheating in online classes.”

In an effort to maintain a simple and streamlined approach to online proctoring, we recently announced Application Programming Interface (API) integration with the Blackboard and Canvas learning management systems. The new approach will allow test-takers and institution administrators the ability to handle all aspects of the proctoring process without ever leaving the Learning Management System […]

“ProctorU, the Birmingham company that offers online test proctoring, grew by 128 percent in the last year as demand for its services increased in the U.S. and worldwide.”

“Hoover-based tech company ProctorU closed out 2013 on a strong note by proctoring online exams in 74 different countries in the month of December.”

“‘The rate of growth we’ve seen this year has been staggering,’ said ProctorU Executive Vice President Jarrod Morgan. ‘We continue to grow at this incredible rate because the industry and our partnership institutions demand it.'”

“The higher education industry’s largest online proctoring provider has begun to crack the international market using a unique combination of technology and personable customer service and has proctored over 500,000 exams.”

“The service gives examinees the comfort of taking exams from home and instructors peace of mind knowing that the academic integrity of a traditional classroom is upheld.”

“Using webcams, headsets, and a real-time screen-sharing technology, proctors scan faces for wandering eyes and unusual behavior that might suggest cheating.”

“ProctorU is part of a cottage industry of online proctoring providers that has grown in recent years as colleges and universities have set their sights on ‘nontraditional’ students who want to earn degrees without leaving home.”

“In a pattern that we’ve seen many times before when technology disrupts the existing model, the core innovations exposed new gaps that needed to be filled and entrepreneurs began emerging to fill them: start-ups like Proctoru, delivering online proctoring services to enable trustworthy online test taking…”