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Looking back at March 17, 2021
Motion: “That Senate approve in principle the Guiding Principles for Remote Invigilation and direct the Faculties to restrict the use of remote invigilation tools that involve automated recording and algorithmic analysis of data captured during invigilation to only cases explicitly requiring ‘remote proctoring software’ by external accreditation bodies, effective immediately”
UBYSSEY: In favor: 55 // Opposed: 6
Related:
(Mar 16) Letter: UBC needs to restrict discriminatory remote invigilation software https://www.ubyssey.ca/opinion/letter-restricting-remote-invigilation-software/
(Mar 17) BREAKING: The Senate has just “restrict[ed] the use of remote invigilation tools that involve automated recording and algorithmic analysis of data captured during invigilation to only cases explicitly requiring ‘remote proctoring software’ by external accreditation bodies, effective immediately.” https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/comments/m7il7c/breaking_the_senate_has_just_restricted_the_use/grditf1/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=web2x&context=3
See all re Proctorio on r/UBC: https://www.reddit.com/r/UBC/search/?q=proctorio&restrict_sr=1
(Mar 18) Senate Summed Up: Faculties directed to immediately restrict use of remote invigilation software at March 17 meeting
https://www.ubyssey.ca/news/senate-summed-up-march-17/
(Mar 18) Message to the community regarding Senate vote on use of remote proctoring software
https://academic.ubc.ca/academic-community/news-announcements/news/senate-vote-remote-proctoring-software
(Apr 13) Sauder walks back on a loophole it thought it found in the Proctorio ban
https://www.ubyssey.ca/news/sauder-proctorio-ban/