As a country, Sweden has been at the forefront of the digitalisation of schools. As early as in 2015 Markus and Anders were looking into how best to make the teaching and learning experience more diverse and effective through the introduction of digital tools. At the same time, requests were coming from teachers to be able to leave pen-and-paper tests behind and instead conduct digital online assessments.
In 2018, the time came for the renewal of the online assessment tool. Markus and Anders decided to do some thorough market research and involve the teachers in the decision-making process. A group of teachers from both middle and high schools were therefore invited to a meeting and came to the table with a list of requirements for an online assessment platform. These included a reliable security system to prevent cheating, the anonymisation of student work for marking purposes and, most of all, simplicity of use. Markus and Anders also needed a platform which ran smoothly on its own and thereby needed very little administration and support from their department. It was then time to conduct a tender and present an acceptable solution to the management of the education authority.
Markus Horkamo, Education Department,
Municipality of Örnsköldsvik
Markus Horkamo, Education Department,
Municipality of Örnsköldsvik
Throughout the implementation process Markus and Anders were also very impressed by the quick and effective Customer Support offered by the Exam.net team.
The security is so good that no student has ever managed to get around the security systems during an exam - it has always worked.
If the network should stop functioning a student can continue writing their exam, and when the wifi is back on, the student’s work is uploaded automatically into Exam.net.
To summarise, it could be said that Exam.net has increased both the time and financial efficiency in their department in a number of different ways:
Simplicity of implementation
Ease of administration
Responsive customer support from Exam.net
Less paper needed
Competitive cost of Exam.net
“We’re very happy with Exam.net since it has reduced our workload enormously”
