Chegg Launches HONOR SHIELD: A New Tool to Support the Integrity of Online Exams
January 13 2021 - 4:30PM
Business Wire
With online and remote testing increasing,
Chegg launches HONOR SHIELD, a new tool to limit access to Chegg
solutions during designated exam periods
Chegg Inc. (NYSE: CHGG), the online education platform which
provides study tools, textbook rentals, math and writing support,
and skills training to millions of students in over 190 countries,
today announced a new tool available to faculty in response to the
dramatic shift to online home assessments and examinations due to
the Covid-19 pandemic.
Honor Shield allows professors to confidentially, and without
charge, pre-submit exam or test questions, preventing them from
being answered on the Chegg platform during a time-specified exam
period. After a successful trial, Chegg is now offering the service
to faculty across the United States, and eventually globally.
“The overwhelming majority of students use our platform to get
the support they need to learn and master their subjects. The
sudden impact of the Covid-19 pandemic forced many schools to go
online, almost overnight, creating understandable confusion,
stress, and the loss of many on-campus support services. As a
result, a small number of students have misused our platform in
ways it wasn’t designed for, which we believe is not in the spirit
of the majority of hard-working students,” said Nathan Schultz,
President of Learning Services at Chegg.
“We are working with faculty, administrators, and students, to
do our part in protecting the integrity of the online evaluation
process. The extra layer of protection provided by Honor Shield
will further support the learning process and serve the continued
move to online learning. By working in partnership with educators,
institutions, and students, we believe we are building systems to
support student learning in the most effective ways,” Schultz
added.
At the height of the pandemic in spring 2020, 1388 out of 1442
colleges surveyed (96%) had moved online according to the Davidson
College Crisis Initiative dashboard. Of 2958 US colleges surveyed
in the fall of 2020, around two thirds (65%) were still delivering
at least part of their programs virtually.
“This is a complex problem, and we are determined to play our
part in identifying and implementing practical solutions. As
education becomes more accessible and available online, we believe
that technology companies and education providers must work
together and evolve to protect academic integrity,” said
Schultz.
Honor Shield adds to a range of measures already in place to
prevent abuse of Chegg’s platform. These include constant
technology and human monitoring, training of all Chegg experts,
prompts for users, banning of abusers from the Chegg platform,
strict adherence to DMCA removal protocols, and rigorous
enforcement of Chegg’s honor code, including cooperating with
official university honor code investigations.
ABOUT CHEGG
Chegg: A Smarter Way to Student®. We strive to improve
educational outcomes by putting the student first. We support
students on their journey from high school to college and into
their careers with tools designed to help them learn their course
materials, succeed in their classes, and save money on required
materials. Our services are available online, anytime and anywhere.
Chegg is a publicly held company based in Santa Clara, California
and trades on the NYSE under the symbol CHGG. For more information,
visit www.chegg.com.
Learn more about Honor Shield at www.chegg.com/honor-shield
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