{"id":4407,"date":"2021-01-25T05:30:47","date_gmt":"2021-01-25T05:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the-kiosk-clone.local\/?p=4407"},"modified":"2025-06-19T17:13:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-19T17:13:03","slug":"students-worry-about-privacy-as-cuny-backtracks-from-proctortrak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.sps.cuny.edu\/the-kiosk\/students-worry-about-privacy-as-cuny-backtracks-from-proctortrak\/","title":{"rendered":"Students worry about privacy as CUNY backtracks from Proctortrak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-essential-blocks-advanced-heading  root-eb-advance-heading-w9gzp\"><div class=\"eb-parent-wrapper eb-parent-eb-advance-heading-w9gzp \"><div class=\"eb-advance-heading-wrapper eb-advance-heading-w9gzp button-1\" data-id=\"eb-advance-heading-w9gzp\"><h1 class=\"eb-ah-title\">Students worry about privacy as CUNY backtracks from Proctortrak<\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Liane Pippin || January 25, 2021<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sitting at home, in his room, a student who uses the handle \u201c@shenpai\u201d props up a cell phone, struggling for a good angle. The camera points at him but he\u2019s not smiling. He\u2019s not taking a selfie. He is taking an organic chemistry test. The cell connects to Zoom and his Hunter College professor watches. The test begins once he accepts the terms from the lockdown browser, Respondus, preventing him from opening or switching windows. A dresser, laptop stand and bed complete the virtual learning stage where @shenpai silently finishes the exam. Six more tests before Christmas.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students across the country construct this awkward home classroom because COVID-19 forced an extension of online learning into the spring 2021 semester. It\u2019s not something everyone is comfortable with. \u201cI just don\u2019t like the lack of privacy from the Zoom meeting, as well as lack of privacy from family who often bother me during class or when I\u2019m trying to do work,\u201d says @shenpai. Taking privacy seriously, @shenpai only wishes to be identifiable with his Discord handle.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Queens College student, @crystaquin77, also takes privacy personally and did not want her real name used. \u201cI feel as if my professor doesn\u2019t trust me since we use the software in addition to having my camera on while taking tests,\u201d the political science major said. \u201cIt\u2019s also difficult to concentrate knowing I\u2019m being watched directly on Zoom.\u201d Her professor instructed that students use the McGraw Hill Connect lockdown browser and Zoom via cell phone. She finds synchronous test-taking difficult and stressful. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to get a room alone where I can take the test at the time my professor wants us all to take the test,\u201d she said over Reddit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students must use a desktop, laptop or iPad for Respondus or McGraw Hill Connect. According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cuny.edu\/coronavirus\/academic-continuity\/guidance-on-academic-continuity-to-campuses\/#Requiring-Use-Cameras-Live-Classes\">CUNY<\/a>, instructors offering live classes via Zoom cannot force a student to turn on their camera unless they display a need to do so. Then they must follow two rules: before registration and enrollment, instructors must disclose their intent for students to be on camera during live classes, and teachers are required to provide an alternative for students who don\u2019t have a camera.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.change.org\/p\/chancellor-f%C3%A9lix-v-matos-rodr%C3%ADguez-do-not-let-cuny-violate-student-privacy\">petition&nbsp;<\/a>to oppose the proctoring software Proctortrack, received almost 29,000 signatures out of its 35,000 goal. 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