Implementation of Automatic Proctoring in Online Exam System

Online education has made it difficult to maintain exam integrity, so there is an increasing need for sophisticated proctoring solutions. This paper introduces a websocket based automatic proctoring system for enhancing the real-time monitoring of browser behaviour to prohibit cheating. It monitors tab and window visibility, URL access, keystroke capture along with the other unusual behaviors in real-time; suspicious activities are logged for later investigations while alerts are immediately sent to proctors. Our solution effectively strikes at most common methods to cheat: using unauthorized tabs, browser extensions or messaging applications; running in virtual machines (although the effectiveness of that approach remains possible as evidenced by monitor sharing); and manipulating timers. This results demonstrate the efficacy of this system through a comprehensive testing, providing insight on how WebSocket-enabled monitoring is capable to uphold academic integrity.