• Intakhab Alam Khan
• Mayhoub Abdul Azim Mayhoub

Authentication is an essential part in the online education system in general and higher education in particular especially during covid-19 scenario in which the entire assessment process sometimes depends on online testing/assessment. Online testing usually depends on mutual trust which is nowadays considered as a very important factor for effective teaching, testing and assessment. Authentication is generally related to teaching, testing with special reference to the authorship checking system. The focus of this study is on the relevance of authentication of teaching and testing, and some possible measures to check the online system to prove that the online mode of teaching/testing is trusted, and the performance of the learners can be assessed equally good as the traditional learning modes. The study is conducted on the students of King Abdulaziz university which has been fully online during the COVID-19 except the main exams. It explores whether there is a doubt prevailing among the teaching staff regarding online/virtual teaching/testing as well as a growing perception on the need of e-authentication presuming the testing in particular is not free from errors. Apart from the researchers’ personal observation and practical experience, data is elicited from a self-developed questionnaire. The results indicate that e-learning can’t be fully and blindly trusted as authentication of learners is not very easy. There is always a possibility of ‘unfair’ means in the process of online testing which can not be easily minimized or removed due to digital limitations.

authentication; COVID-19; online learning, traditional teaching, testing, assessment

"Authentication of teaching and testing during COVID-19", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no.b265-b270, July-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107162.pdf

"Authentication of teaching and testing during COVID-19", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 7, page no. ppb265-b270, July-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2107162.pdf