The COVID-19 pandemic has seen the rapid but sometimes controversial take-up of ‘online examination proctoring’ systems by universities keen to maintain their assessment schedules during times of campus closure. Following the theoretical tradition of media ‘domestication’, this article examines the mainstream adoption of different online proctoring systems in Australian higher education during the first year of the pandemic. Through analysis of interviews, documents, news, social media and marketing materials, the article examines the ‘appropriation’, ‘objectification’, incorporation’ and ‘conversion’ of proctoring technology from the perspective of commercial providers, university authorities, university staff and student groups. This raises a number of critical issues underpinning the adoption of this exam surveillance technology – not least the surrender of control to commercial providers, the hidden labour required to sustain ‘automated’ systems and the increased vulnerabilities of ‘remote’ studying.

渴望在校园关闭期间维持评估时间表的大学迅速采用COVID-19大流行，但有时引起争议，采用了“在线考试指导”系统。遵循媒体“本土化”的理论传统，本文考察了大流行第一年在澳大利亚高等教育中不同在线指导系统的主流采用。通过对访谈，文件，新闻，社交媒体和市场营销材料的分析，文章从商业提供商，大学当局，大学工作人员和学生的角度研究了购置技术的“盗用”，“目标化”，“合并”和“转换”。组。