Online based Viva Voce Control System

ABSTRACT

Viva voce is an assessment method carried out by academic staff to assess the knowledge capacity of candidates. The assessment is usually held physically. With the Covid-19 pandemic, the whole process has been shifted onto an online context. There are several difficulties that come across when conducting online, such as marking of answers, guaranteeing the honesty of the candidate, and the manageability of the whole viva session. This research paper discusses the solution to the problem of conducting and managing online viva voce assessments. The proposed solution consists of mechanisms such as, a sandboxed environment to isolate the application, an advanced authenticating system to identify the intended candidate, a comprehensive monitoring system to monitor the candidate during the assessment, an answer validating system to provide a percentage mark to the answers provided by the candidate against a set marking scheme and finally a process to coordinate the viva voce session. © 2022 IEEE.