Novel method for Student Authentication in Online Examination

Abstract

In the recent years, internet has become increasingly popular and used by many people from all over the world. Online learning is widely acceptable. Online examination is a fundamental part of online learning. Student work and assessment is remotely submitted without any face to face interaction. Student may submit already submitted work so originality of material is greatly defeated. Therefore Student authentication in online examination is seen as a one of the major problem and challenges. This paper proposed the novel student authentication framework for online examination. Visual cryptography is used to make system more secure and reliable. The proposed system also ensures genuine interaction of individual students with the online examination and also verifies the identity of online student.