Acxiom® and Moodlerooms Partner to Help Colleges Verify Right Person is Completing Online Assignments
November 05 2008 - 12:38PM
Business Wire
Acxiom Risk Mitigation, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acxiom�
Corporation (NASDAQ: ACXM), has teamed with Moodlerooms, a provider
of wrap-around technical support services for the Moodle open
source learning management system (LMS), to meet the online
authentication needs of higher education institutions. The
partnership addresses recent legislation that requires institutions
to have policies in place and show evidence of how they verify
student identities in distance learning. The objective is to make
certain that the student who registers in a distance education
course or program is the same student who participates in and
completes the program and receives the academic credit. �Colleges
and universities have been struggling with the issue of student
testing verification as technology has advanced,� said Lois Davis,
dean of educational resources at Casper College in Casper, Wyo.
�Colleges with distance learning programs are looking for an
affordable solution to meet the authentication mandate.� Casper
College is one of several higher education institutions piloting
the Moodlerooms/Acxiom distance learning student authentication
solution. Moodlerooms has integrated the popular Moodle learning
system with Acxiom�s proven FactCheck-X Authenticate identity
management program. FactCheck-X is widely known for authenticating
online banking transactions. �We can ensure colleges and
universities can improve online academic integrity as well as meet
the authentication requirements,� said Michael Jortberg, who leads
Acxiom�s initiative in the higher education market. �This online
student verification system does not require a broadband connection
or any enrollment process, so online institutions can immediately
begin using the solution.� Colleges and universities are able to
verify that the Moodle user is the actual student enrolled in the
class. The student identity verification is performed over the
Internet in the Moodle environment with no intrusion into the
learning process. Acxiom�s authentication system asks verification
questions that only the student enrolled in the course is able to
answer. �The need to know that the student taking a test online is
in fact the actual one enrolled in the class continues to be a
concern for all distance education programs,� said Martin Knott,
CEO of Moodlerooms. �Combining the testing environment native to
Moodle with a tested authentication tool like Acxiom FactCheck-X�
will give colleges the tools they need to be compliant with the new
2008 Higher Education Act Reauthorization.� Acxiom�s solution does
not require hardware, and institutions using FactCheckX
Authenticate control when, where and how frequently students
authenticate. Instructors and administrators are notified of
results. The entire process is delivered through a Web interface,
alleviating any student data management and authentication burden
for higher education institutions. The university or college
releases no information about its students; as a result, there is
no risk of noncompliance with the Family Educational Rights and
Privacy Act (FERPA). About Acxiom The global leader in interactive
marketing services, Acxiom connects clients with their customers
through deep consumer insight, powering effective and profitable
marketing initiatives and business decisions. Our consultative
approach spans multiple industries and incorporates decades of
experience in consumer data and analytics, information technology,
data integration and consulting solutions for effective marketing
across digital, Internet, email, mobile and direct mail channels.
Founded in 1969, Acxiom is headquartered in Little Rock, Ark., and
serves clients around the world from locations in the United
States, Europe and Asia-Pacific. For more information about Acxiom,
visit www.acxiom.com Acxiom and Acxiom FactCheck-X are registered
trademark of Acxiom Corporation. About Acxiom Risk Mitigation
Acxiom�s risk management capabilities empower organizations to make
decisions that increase security and profitability, while reducing
fraud across the enterprise. This is accomplished through a
complete suite of risk solutions which include identification,
investigative and authentication services. Visit
www.acxiom.com/StudentIdentity. About Moodle The name �Moodle� is
both an acronym (Modular Object Oriented Development Learning
Environment) and a verb (to let the mind or body wander creatively
meander through the various activities of a course, tinkering
towards insight and creativity). The Moodle community is a global
group of thousands of educators and developers working together on
moodle.org to promote pedagogically sound education tools through
the creation of open source software for online learning. Learn
more about Moodle at www.moodle.org. About Moodlerooms Moodlerooms
delivers wrap-around technical support services for the hugely
popular, free Moodle open source LMS software. As the preferred
Moodle Partner, Moodlerooms provides essential services, including
hosting, training, support and customization, to make the most of
Moodle. Learn more about Moodlerooms at www.Moodlerooms.com.
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