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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.