Student pushback against intrusive online proctoring systems is reaching mainstream news. As they should. In this item (via MediaSmarts) we read about a system complaining "Due to poor lighting we are unable to identify your face." In a Washington Post article (which may be dying in darkness behind a paywall) the warning reads "'A student in 6 minutes had 776 head and eye movements,' adding later, 'I would hate to have to write you up.'" If you think this is ridiculous, you're not alone. "'How the hell are we [supposed] to control our eyes,' one student wrote — and Brown shared the email in a tweet that quickly got administrators' attention, as well as more than 100,000 likes."
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