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PRUUVA VS. PROCTORIO

Proctorio watches students take exams. Pruuva asks them to explain what they learned.

Proctorio is one of the most widely used remote proctoring tools in higher education. It monitors students through their webcam, tracks eye movements, records their screen, and uses AI to flag behavior it considers suspicious. It was built to replicate the surveillance of a physical exam room. Pruuva takes the opposite approach: instead of watching students during a test, it verifies whether they actually understand the material by having them explain their own work in a brief adaptive conversation.

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PROCTORIO'S APPROACH

Surveillance during the exam

  • Requires webcam and microphone access to monitor students throughout the entire exam session.
  • Uses AI to analyze eye movement, head position, and background audio to flag 'suspicious' behavior.
  • Locks down the browser to prevent students from accessing other applications, tabs, or websites.
  • Records exam sessions for instructor review — students are filmed in their own homes.
  • Has faced widespread criticism for accessibility issues, racial bias in facial detection, and elevated student anxiety.

PRUUVA'S APPROACH

Verification after the work

  • No webcam, no microphone monitoring, no browser lockdown — students complete a 15-minute conversation on their own schedule.
  • Generates adaptive follow-up questions drawn directly from the student's own submission.
  • Measures whether the student can explain, extend, and defend the ideas in their work.
  • Produces a comprehension report grounded in evidence — not behavioral flags based on eye movement.
  • Purpose-built for the AI era: the question is not 'did they cheat?' but 'did they learn?'

Side by side

Proctorio
Pruuva
Core philosophy
Surveillance: monitor student behavior during the exam to deter and detect cheating
Verification: confirm student understanding through a follow-up conversation about their own work
What it requires
Webcam, microphone, lockdown browser, compatible device, stable internet, private room
A browser and 15 minutes — no webcam, no special software, no device restrictions
What it measures
Eye movements, head position, keystrokes, background noise, browser activity — behavioral signals
Whether the student can explain the concepts, reasoning, and evidence in their own submission
Accessibility
Facial detection struggles with darker skin tones; lockdown browser conflicts with assistive technology; private room requirement disadvantages students in shared housing
Text-based conversation with no hardware requirements beyond a standard browser — inherently more accessible
Student experience
Anxiety-inducing for many students — being filmed, tracked, and algorithmically judged in their own home
A brief, low-pressure conversation about work the student already completed — reinforces learning
What you get
Flagged timestamps and behavioral alerts for the instructor to manually review
A comprehension report showing which concepts the student can and cannot explain about their own work

THE BOTTOM LINE

Proctorio asks 'is the student behaving suspiciously?' Pruuva asks 'does the student understand the material?' One surveils. The other verifies. We think verification is a better foundation for academic integrity.

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