Examinations and COVID-19

摘要

This article gives advice to those at workplaces and universities and colleges who are considering the need to deliver online examinations to workers and students at home in the face of the COVID-19 challenge. It covers those who are currently delivering tests on paper and also those who currently deliver tests on screen with in-person invigilation (or proctoring). The coronavirus pandemic is forcing us all to change our behaviours in our professional and personal lives. Whether you are required to work from home or need to cancel your family's holiday plans, the crisis has a massive impact on how we live our lives and conduct business. There will be many adverse repercus- sions, some of which we can predict. Others we have no way of foreseeing. There will probably also be some benefits or advancements as a result of being put through this test. We would like to highlight how this crisis has the potential to benefit institutions that provide learning and examinations.