To be upset about what happened in my exam?

[Mushroommoot]

I sat an exam from home, you get watched on your laptop, phone and you’re sharing your screen and doing a room tour to show you’re not using notes.

I was in the middle of a question and deep in thought when the invigilator interrupted me and accused me of there being other peoples voices in the room.

I was a bit like 😐 because no one else was in the room or even house (I also live alone). I offered to do another camera tour of the room and she said “it was ok”

Am I over thinking this? There 100% wasn’t voices and to be interrupted in the middle of an exam to be accused of this but then not follow through?

Sounds like they were doing their job and your reaction satisfied them there was a mistake and no reason for concern.

That's their job though. They presumably heard something and then checked and you reassured them.

They were wrong and their mistake could ruin someone's concentration. Especially if they are like me and spend ages composing things in their head before getting it on paper.

As @theemmadilemma said. Presumably if you'd looked shifty or they'd heard voices again they would have asked for another room tour. If they'd asked several times you might be justified in making a complaint that it distracted you from the exam but once isn't that bad - and then you can't really complain that they didn't distract you more by refusing the option of a room tour!

Not sure why you'd be upset? At most it's slightly annoying, I can't see how it would be upsetting?

Wait and see if you pass. If not you could potentially query it and ask for a resit (in person).

It was a ghost

That’s there job. A downside of doing in online they can’t just have a Quick Look around so they need to ask and check

To be fair in a normal exam you often don't get uninterrupted peace the whole time either… so I’m a bit “meh” about it… annoying but not going to make any more than 1 points difference tbh.

Sounds like remote proctoring. That's their job.

I think this is a good point. I often get distracted by people leaving an in person exam early or asking to go to the bathroom or dropping a pencil. They were doing their job and it was a momentary distraction at best- I'd let it go.

I would be upset by this too, because it would totally take me out of my thoughts and would take me a while to get my concentration back. They should be experienced enough to know whether or not there are voices in the room. I can’t imagine being interrupted by someone in an exam room to be asked if you’re cheating, saying no and the examiner saying ‘ok, as you were’.

That must have been very distracting for you, because if you're like me, you feel uneasy afterwards even though you haven't broken the rules. It also happened to me but in an online road awareness course. They said they could hear voices in my room - the assessor wasn't happy and reminded me of the rules. I confirmed I was alone but I don't think he was convinced. I felt weirdly guilty and embarrassed. No idea how they picked up voices with me either.

Sometimes background noise gets picked up - I've been told "Sounds like a lot going on there!" during meetings when I'm WFH totally alone and it is just kids walking past the house. I don't hear a thing until it is pointed out, I'm so used to it.

Hmm in a normal exam the invigilator doesn't tend to come over and randomly accuse you of cheating, imagine how off putting that would be. Somebody coughing or invigilators changing shift isn't quite the same.

I had the same (Pearson remote proctoring) and it was difficult as I was on edge then. I failed my exam, but actually I do see that they are just doing their job.

I think that they should not interrupt, if they think there is an issue they can rewatch the recording and file a report. Invigilators have a code of conduct, sadly I think many who take on this role are retired professionals who seem to be on a power trip. I know in schools where teachers are not allowed to enter the exam room some invigilators have become ogres and really are quite unpleasant.

I think it’s just part of doing an exam. If it was in person no doubt an invigilator would wear noisy shoes, chew loudly or drop things on the ground, or another candidate would cough/sneeze the whole way through! It wasn’t ideal but it also wasn’t a big issue. If you really think it impacted your performance you could email the exam board.

but they clearly did hear something, whether it was noise through the wall or in the street outside or whatever, so they would also hear that on a recording, so they might fail her and she wouldn't have any way of proving there wasn't anyone there retrospectively. At least this way she could have proven it if needed.

I have to position my phone so it records my face and screen - which frankly is impossible, unless I sit at an uncomfortable angle.

I had one (online) where he was clearly annoyed he couldn’t see my full face on my mobile - despite me actually having my full face to him on the webcam. I genuinely thought at one point he wasn’t going to let me start my exam.