Ozarks Technical 
Community College

Many administrators at OTC and other colleges and universities believe that proctored exams provide more credibility to online courses and increase the assurance of academic integrity.

See Student Instructions.

See Faculty Instructions.

OTC Testing Services proctors assessments for academic courses at all OTC campuses and outside entities. For more information, see the above sections for making proctored arrangements.

Standard approved proctors include professional librarians; testing center officials, online education administrators, college or university faculty; K-12 teachers, administrators, or counselors; testing control or unit education officers; and U.S. embassy officials. Relatives, clergy, and employers are not acceptable proctors.

OTC is a member of the National Consortium of College Testing Centers, which provides students a list of participating U.S. and international institutions that offer proctoring services. The consortium's website also provides the contact and fee information for the participating testing centers. If the student is unable to locate a facility, OTC Online may be able to help find an appropriate off-campus testing facility in domestic or foreign locations.

All proctored exams for online courses should be offered online via the Blackboard Learning System. Exception: at this time, proctored exams for online math courses are all paper-based because the nature of completing math problems requires students to show the step-by-step process for solving problems. All other exceptions must receive prior approval by Witt Salley, the Director of OTC Online. Most off-campus proctoring locations, domestic or foreign, have computers with Internet connectivity available for students to use.

Yes, instructors may serve as proctors, but if they choose to do so, they cannot offer their proctoring services as the sole option or at a single date and time. Students cannot be required to meet on campus all at the same time to take an assessment proctored by the instructor. For more information the instructor should contact OTC Online at (417) 447-8200.

Instructors should provide at least a one-week period of opportunity for students to access the proctored assessment. At least one Saturday should be included in the assessment availability dates.

If the proctored event is an exam, two-hours is the required completion time. For other proctored events such as speech or presentation, the completion time is left up to each individual instructor.

Currently, online math courses require that every exam be taken under proctored conditions. The number of proctored exams varies depending on the specific math course and the instructor. For more information contact the OTC Math Department at (417) 447-8217.

No. In hybrid courses, assessments can be given during regularly scheduled "seat" time. Hybrid courses may include proctored assessments if the instructor chooses. In the event the instructor requires a proctored assessment, please see the above sections for making proctored arrangements.

OTC's Testing Services are offered at no charge to OTC students. However, some non-OTC testing centers charge a fee to proctor exams for OTC students. Any fees associated with off-campus proctoring for online courses are the student's responsibility.

• On-campus proctoring arrangements--Contact Testing Services at (417) 447-8187.
• Off-campus proctoring arrangments--Contact the instructor.
• For all other questions, contact OTC Online at (417) 447-8200.