Share Paper: Automatic Authentication of Students at an Interactive Learning-Video Platform

  1. Josef Wachtler, Educational Technology - Graz University of Technology, Austria
  2. Marco Scherz, Working Group Sustainable Construction Institute of Technology and Testing of Construction Materials, Austria
  3. Martin Ebner, Educational Technology - Graz University of Technology, Austria
Wednesday, June 26 4:45 PM-5:15 PM De Dam 1

Abstract: There are many reasons for the implementation of authentication on learning platforms. For instance, it is required for the teachers to identify individual students if the learning platform offers some kind of assessment. In addition, authentication is the base for a successful monitoring of the attendance of the students. Compulsory attendance is often applied because many positive effects have been reported by authors of several studies. To monitor the attendance at online videos interactive components can be applied. Another benefit of such interactive components is that they help retain the attention of the students. This study was carried out to ...