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Integrity Advocate Ranks #1 for Online Proctoring Usability for the Third Consecutive Season
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Integrity Advocate has been ranked #1 for Online Proctoring Usability on G2 for the third consecutive season. Based on verified customer feedback, we also earned five Fall 2026 badges recognizing usability, ease of use, support, and overall leadership.
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Accredible and Integrity Advocate Partner to Deliver Proctoring and Digital Credentialing
February 25, 2026
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Accredible and Integrity Advocate have announced a strategic partnership that connects verified online proctoring directly to secure digital credential issuance. The integration ensures credentials are automatically issued only to verified test takers who complete assessments without misconduct, closing the critical gap that exists when proctoring and credentialing systems operate independently. Initial support is available for D2L Brightspace environments, with a unified offering for new customers launching in Spring 2026.
Online Proctoring and Accessibility: How the Industry Is Failing People with Disabilities
April 14, 2022
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Online proctoring platforms routinely fail test takers with disabilities through room scan requirements, biometric systems that flag facial differences, and eye tracking that penalizes neurological variation. This post examines where the industry gets it wrong, what accessibility legislation now requires, and how Integrity Advocate is built to assess every test taker fairly, with WCAG 2.1 AA compliance and human review on every flagged session.
Is Your Online Proctoring Platform BIPA Compliant? What Illinois Organizations Need to Know
January 1, 2020
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BIPA sets strict standards for how organizations must collect, store, and use biometric data in Illinois, and online proctoring platforms fall squarely within its scope. This guide breaks down what BIPA requires, where proctoring platforms create compliance risk, and how Integrity Advocate is designed to support your obligations, from informed consent and data deletion to zero commercial use of biometric data.
ANSI/ASSP Z490.1-2024 Is Here. Is Your Training Compliant?
May 15, 2025
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The ANSI/ASSP Z490.1-2024 update consolidates in-person and online Safety, Health and Environmental training into a single unified standard for the first time. Organizations can no longer simply assign a course and mark it complete. They must verify who completed the training, confirm active participation, prevent unauthorized assistance, and maintain a record that holds up to regulatory scrutiny. This guide walks safety and compliance teams through what has changed, where most current systems fall short, and how to meet the new standard without overhauling existing infrastructure.
Case Study: Smart Serve Ontario
September 26, 2024
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Smart Serve Ontario, Canada's only alcohol certification provider to proctor its exams, replaced an invasive, installation-based proctoring system with Integrity Advocate in 2019. The results: support contacts dropped to 0.01% of users, processing time fell to 10 to 12 minutes, and more than 99.9% of users now complete proctoring without requiring any assistance. This case study walks through the challenges, the solution, and what other certification organizations can learn from Smart Serve's transformation.
Online Alcohol Server Training and the Erosion of Trust
July 25, 2024
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Alcohol server training has significant public health value, supported by research showing statistically significant reductions in alcohol-related traffic crashes following implementation of compulsory server training. But as training moved online, the ability to verify who completed it largely disappeared. This post examines what unverified online alcohol server training means for public health, dram shop liability, and due diligence, and makes the case for verified training as the only standard that preserves the legal and public health value of the certification.
Who Is Liable When Proctoring Goes Wrong? Lessons From Global Legislation and Cases
May 2, 2024
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Courts and regulators across Canada, the EU, and the United States have consistently found that organizations deploying proctoring tools bear liability for how participant data is handled, not the software vendors they use. CASL, GDPR, BIPA, and the Cleveland State Fourth Amendment case all point to the same conclusion: the organization collecting data is the accountable party. This post examines each case and framework and explains what organizations need to do to reduce their exposure.
OnDemand Webinar: Protecting the Integrity of your Licensing Program in the Age of AI
March 25, 2026
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What does it take to protect a licensing program in the age of AI? This on-demand webinar covers the full lifecycle approach, from integration to credential issuance, with CMRAO's real-world results across 2,800+ exams.
Why Automated Identity Verification Isn’t Enough for High-Stakes Exams
May 18, 2026
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All proctoring vendors say they verify identity, but they don't all mean the same thing. Explore where automated-only ID checks fall short and what to ask when evaluating a platform.
