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Remote Proctoring Software: How to Choose the Right Solution for Certification Exams
What Remote Proctoring Software Does for Certification Programs Remote proctoring software helps you verify candidate identity, supervise online exams, and protect the integrity of exam results. It can also document suspicious behavior. For certification programs, the right system combines appropriate security controls with a clear candidate experience and a defensible review process. That balance matters … Read Article
Credentialing Software Means Two Different Things: How to Choose the Right System
Credentialing software manages the processes used to verify, award, track, and maintain professional qualifications. However, the term describes two very different types of systems: healthcare provider credentialing software and professional certification management software. Choosing the wrong category can leave your team with a platform that stores documents but cannot administer exams, issue credentials, enforce renewal … Read Article
The True Cost of Managing Multiple Certification Software Vendors
Certification management software should reduce the cost and complexity of running a professional certification program. When testing, candidate records, credentials, badges, payments, reporting, and renewals live across multiple vendors, the opposite happens. Your organization pays more in software fees, staff time, integration work, support effort, and operational risk. For certification programs operating at scale, fragmented … Read Article
What Is Compliance Training and Why Does It Matter?
Healthcare compliance training is the ongoing process of educating employees on the laws, regulations, and organizational policies that govern their specific roles — HIPAA, OSHA, CMS Conditions of Participation, fraud and abuse statutes, and the internal protocols your organization is required to document and enforce. For organizations managing certification programs or credentialed workforces at scale, … Read Article
Does Psychometric Testing Fit Into Your Skills Assessment Program?
If you’re administering skills assessment tests and exams for your company or organization, you’re likely at least familiar with the concept of psychometric testing. These tests have existed in paper form and been used for a variety of purposes since the early 1900s and are developed by psychologists who specialize in psychometry. Psychometry is the … Read Article
Not all Proctoring Services are Created Equal
As more and more companies and organizations move their skills assessment programs online, the need for expert, reliable proctoring services to ensure security continues to grow. Proctored testing offers several seamless ways for test managers to monitor individuals while they take online tests and Gauge integrates with several proctoring solutions so our customers can trust … Read Article
5 Ways to Eliminate Online Testing Bias
Most companies, institutions, and organizations today aspire to build diverse and inclusive working environments and you’re likely in charge of doing the same in your testing and exam program. To honor the diversity of your working community and guarantee fair and equitable hiring and promotion practices, you need to closely examine your online skills assessment … Read Article
Emerging Technology Use in Test Delivery Software and Remote Proctoring | Enhanced User Experience and Security in Online Skills Assessment
Online testing is an industry that’s been steadily growing for decades to help large and small companies meet their professional certification needs and Gauge has been at it for nearly thirty years. While that growth has progressed naturally in response to companies recognizing the many benefits of utilizing online employment assessment tools, the start of … Read Article