UC Davis Selects Honorlock to Improve Its Online Testing Experience

The University of California Davis affirms Honorlock’s online proctoring service is the best solution for its faculty and students.

BOCA RATON, Fla. (Oct. 22, 2024) – Honorlock, a cloud-based proctoring solution that is transforming how education institutions protect the academic integrity of assessments, has been awarded a contract by the University of California Davis, a top 25 ranked tier one public research university serving nearly 40,000 students in California.

UC Davis has grown its virtual course offerings, or V Courses, this past year, supporting several key initiatives around equity and student success. These fully online courses are available to students at UC Davis and at any of nine campuses across the state of California. 

In early 2024, UC Davis began searching for a new proctoring solution to meet their stringent data security and privacy requirements for their online course program. “We have a very thorough and rigorous process to vet potential partners and Honorlock met every requirement, provided every necessary document, and answered all of our questions in a timely manner,” said Steve Faith Educational Technology Service Manager, UC Davis.  

In addition to meeting data security and privacy requirements, UC Davis selected Honorlock because it frees their students and instructors from the burden of scheduled exams.  Instructors like that they can provide a two-hour window for an exam instead of working through multiple windows to ensure proctors are appropriately staffed.  Students appreciate the freedom from scheduling, missing, and rescheduling exam appointments. Additionally, the Canvas integration is seamless, it’s easy to use, and configuring proctored exams is simple.

“It has gone exceedingly well,” Faith reflected.  “The transition for our faculty was like butter, and many of them reported that it was so uncomplicated and easy to use and administer compared to our previous proctoring solutions.  The folks at Honorlock have been really great on the support side, and have eagerly and quickly addressed all of our implementation questions as well as eagerly providing training for our faculty. It has been a great experience and Honorlock is a model vendor. They provide personalized attention.”

“Our team was delighted to work closely with the UC Davis teams and show them how Honorlock was the right fit to not only meet their data security and privacy requirements but also scalable as their online offerings grow,” said Michael Hemlepp, CEO of Honorlock. “Our approach to online proctoring is to do what’s good for the institution and good for the learner.”