What Is Obsyra (Proctoring & Anti-Cheat)?
Obsyra is a proctoring feature that detects and records signs of cheating during online aptitude tests and web exams. It never treats a single action as a verdict — signals are combined into a risk score, and the final call is made by a person. It is off by default and enabled per tenant.
【What Obsyra is】
Obsyra is WorkVell's anti-cheat (proctoring) feature for taking aptitude tests and web exams online. Based on in-browser behavior during the test — and, optionally, webcam footage — it detects and records signs of possible cheating. It is available for recruitment aptitude tests and exams.
【Design principles】
· A single action is never treated as a verdict. Multiple weak signals are weighted and combined into a 0–100 risk score.
· Auto-disqualification is not done by default. High-scoring sessions are reviewed by a person, who makes the call.
· We do not overstate what can be detected. Actions outside the browser — such as copying from another device or paper — cannot be detected.
· Records are append-only (an audit log that cannot be altered or deleted afterward).
【What it can detect】
Obsyra looks at in-browser behavior during the exam and, if a webcam is required, the camera footage, to detect signs of possible cheating. Actions outside the browser — copying from another device or paper, help from someone in the room — cannot be detected.
【What it cannot detect (told plainly)】
· Copying while looking at another smartphone, PC, book, or paper
· A third party in the same room helping or whispering answers — anything outside the browser
· Face recognition / identity matching. Obsyra stores face snapshots for a recruiter to review visually; it does NOT do automatic face matching.
【About enabling it】
Obsyra is off by default. It only runs once an admin enables it for the tenant. While it is not enabled, the exam flow is unchanged and test-takers are unaffected. To enable it and set the monitoring level, see "Enabling Obsyra and choosing a monitoring level" (#OBS-002).
【About the name】
Obsyra is the new name for the feature previously called "Vell Proctor". The functionality is the same.
Example
Enable Obsyra in 'record-only' mode for a recruitment aptitude test → behavior is recorded during the exam → only high-risk sessions are reviewed by staff to make a decision.
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