September 17, 2024
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Five Secrets to Integrity Advocate’s Industry-Leading Support
Just 0.58% of Integrity Advocate learners required support during their exam last year. This post breaks down the five design decisions behind that number: no installation or plugins, full mobile and tablet compatibility, on-demand availability with no scheduling requirement, Privacy by Design data handling, and a simple interface that learners can navigate without assistance. For organizations running online exams at scale, each of these directly reduces the administrative burden and cost of support.

Last year, just 0.58% of Integrity Advocate learners required support during their exam. That’s less than one person for every hundred.
Why is this number significant? In our conversations with clients and prospective customers, a resounding theme is the desire to keep support rates as low as possible. Learners require support for a number of reasons: device compatibility issues; download and installation issues; connectivity issues — each of these things takes time and effort to resolve, and leads to general frustration among participants.
If you run online exams, qualifications or continuing education programming, ask yourself: what are these issues costing you? We break down some of these ‘hidden costs’ in a separate blog post, but we encourage all organizations to do an audit and really dig into the impact this is having on their bottom line.
So, this begs the question: what are we doing differently? There isn’t any one answer — in reality, it’s a combination of multiple innovations, as well as an overarching commitment to the learner experience. That being said, here’s a look behind the scenes at the top five secrets to our industry-leading support.
1. No installation, no plug-ins
Our number one secret to low support is to remove the biggest learner pain point: installation. Integrity Advocate is the only proctor that doesn’t require the learner to download and install an app or browser plug-in. This is particularly helpful in large organizations with device policies that may prohibit the installation of third-party software. Plus, it’s just easier for learners: simply log in, follow the instructions on screen and take their exam.
2. Mobile device/tablet compatibility
Because Integrity Advocate works without plug-ins, it’s fully compatible with all mobile devices, tablets, Chromebooks and their operating systems. That’s great news for learners on the go; not only does it offer BYOD convenience, it eliminates panicked support calls from learners trying to get up and running on an unfamiliar device. Plus, Integrity Advocate has a low bandwidth protection for seamless operation in areas with poor wifi or mobile connectivity.
3. No scheduling
Tech troubles aren’t the only frustration learners typically experience with online proctoring. There’s also scheduling. Requiring that participants complete their exam at a specific time negates the benefits of online learning — and creates additional admin hassles and support issues. Fortunately, Integrity Advocate’s services are all available on demand — any time, any place, with less stress for everyone.
4. Privacy by design
Learners concerned about invasive proctoring systems will be happy to know that Integrity Advocate is built on Privacy by Design principles, which means we only collect the data we need, use it for its required purpose (ie — we don't sell it) and delete it as soon as possible. This leads to fewer support calls, data deletion requests and privacy issues. (As an added bonus, this greatly simplifies compliance with GDPR, CCPA and related legislation.)
5. Simple, easy to understand interface
By now it should be pretty clear that we’ve done a lot of backend work to make Integrity Advocate the easiest-to-use proctoring solution. But what does that look like in practice? Book a demo.
See? Simple. Easy. Secure. Our goal always has and always will be to provide the best service possible to our customers and we take great pride in leading the industry in terms of support rates.
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Frequently asked questions
Find answers to the most commonly asked questions from our clients.
Most proctoring platforms require learners to download and install an application or browser extension before they can begin their exam. This creates multiple failure points: device compatibility issues, conflicts with organizational IT policies that prohibit third-party software installation, connectivity problems during download, and general setup confusion. Each issue generates a support call. The installation requirement is the single biggest driver of high support rates in online proctoring.
In 2023, just 0.58% of Integrity Advocate learners required support during their exam, less than one person per hundred. Smart Serve Ontario, which uses Integrity Advocate to process 12,000 or more learners per month, reports a support contact rate of just 0.01% of users.
Integrity Advocate's platform is browser-based and requires no plugin, extension, or application to run.
Yes. Because Integrity Advocate requires no plugins, it is fully compatible with all mobile devices, tablets, Chromebooks, and their operating systems. The platform also includes low bandwidth protection for seamless operation in areas with limited WiFi or mobile connectivity.





