Introduction

Viva exams are commonly utilized in the academic examination process for various purposes, such as end-of-semester exams, tutorials, or subject matter expert evaluations.

These exams typically require manual administration and the presence of an examiner to listen to students’ responses.

However, with the aid of technology, we can now scale up the entire process, allowing students to record their answers from any location for examiners to evaluate at a later time.

Thus, scalability can be achieved in the case of Viva exams. Let us delve into how this can be accomplished in a cost-effective manner.

Are you looking for simple ways to conduct viva online?

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The Eklavvya platform has been used by many educational institutes and universities to conduct proctored exams remotely. We have recently launched a feature where you can conduct viva online. Students can appear for the viva using a desktop/ laptop or even a mobile phone.

You can define the Viva exam online and ask students to appear for it online. Students can use their mobile + microphone to appear for the online exam. Question text associated with viva would be displayed on the screen where the candidate can speak about the answer. The entire speech is recorded in the system.

The examiner is provided with a login to listen to the audio and evaluate/ assign marks for each individual answer attempted by the student.

Recently we have conducted viva for one of the reputed universities of India. Students were able to attempt exams from their laptops/ mobile phones with limited internet speed. Entire viva answers were recorded in the system for each individual student.

For assigning the marks we have a section where you can assign marks even in fractions

You can also define a model answer which would be visible to the examiner during the evaluation of a particular answer with audio. The examiner gets a Dashboard to see the current status of the evaluation process for audio-based exam/ viva.

Ways to convert Practical Exam into Viva Exam

There is a way to conduct your practical exams. You can ask the student to see a particular image/ video/ text. You can ask students to explain a particular diagram or steps related to practical exams.

Students can explain it and the system would record that answer in the form of a voice.

The entire voice associated with particular practical steps explained by the student would be recorded in the system. Students can view particular audio or video and answer the question by speaking.

It works on a minimum internet speed (less than 1 MBPS). Any remote student would be able to attempt the online practice exam.

Abhijeet Dasgupta
Capability & Learning LEAD, India Syngenta

We have been using the Eklavvya assessment tool to evaluate and assess different stakeholders (both internal and external) in Syngenta.
The Eklavvya assessment tool has helped us streamline the over-learning experience of our employees and made our work much easier.
Having used the platform for over two years now, I can say with confidence that the tool is very effective AND very simple to use for both the assessor and the assessed