Online school means online tests, along with computerized surveillance

When Amanda Kemper found out that artificial intelligence would help monitor students during her mechanical engineering class's final exam this summer, she was worried. Like many students, Kemper's classes at the University of Wisconsin-Madison shifted online suddenly in the spring due to the ongoing pandemic. With remote learning came remote exams: Starting in July, the university let instructors use software from Honorlock, which is one of numerous companies that can record video -- and much more -- of students as they take tests, and uses AI to point out any behavior that looks like cheating. Kemper learned about Honorlock a week before her final exam and she had a number of concerns. She didn't like the idea of being recorded and having that recording sent to her professor.