Why schools look past Proctorio.
- 1
You'd rather not stitch tools together
The exam, its proctoring, the marking and the results are one system.
- 2
Hours of video help nobody
Only the moments a student leaves are cut, uploaded and summarised by AI for a person to review.
- 3
Practicals need other apps
Allowed apps never hand in; the screen is recorded and AI flags anything else.
Practical exams
The lab exam, marked before the bell.
Code runs against your tests the moment it's handed in. Word, Excel and PowerPoint files are read and marked task by task. Design and video work comes in up to 250 MB.
What you keep
- Rules per exam
- A face check at the start
- A report of every event
- People decide, never the software
Why SparkMentis wins
- Proctoring is part of the exam: no separate tool to buy or connect.
- Clips only around the moments a student leaves, kept on the device until then.
- The rest of the exam: the paper, the marking and the results.
- Practicals where leaving for Excel or Photoshop is allowed and never hands in.
Where to start.
Switching from Proctorio
Is SparkMentis a Proctorio alternative?
If you want proctoring built into the exam platform, with marking and results, yes.
Does SparkMentis record the whole exam?
No. The screen is held on the device; only the times a student leaves are cut and uploaded.
Does AI decide who cheated?
No. AI summarises clips and flags; a teacher decides.
Other comparisons
Across SparkMentis
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