Exam management for 4-year universities, on infrastructure your CIO controls

Those products focus on the anti-cheat layer - lockdown browser, webcam recording, AI behavior flagging. OpenEduCat operates one level up at the exam management layer: building question banks, scheduling finals, assigning proctors, and capturing scores into the official transcript. Most universities pair an exam management system with one or more proctoring tools depending on the program. The advantage of OpenEduCat is that the management layer is open source and self-hosted, so the system of record stays inside your institution even when proctoring vendors come and go.

The scheduler reads each student's enrolled sections, maps them to the published exam block matrix, and flags students with two or more finals in the same block. The registrar resolves conflicts by reassigning students to a make-up block or by adjusting the matrix before publication. Conflict reports run on demand throughout the scheduling cycle.

Yes. OpenEduCat runs on PostgreSQL and Python, deploys behind standard load balancers, and supports read replicas and horizontal scaling. Larger institutions typically split the application tier across multiple workers and run the database on dedicated hardware or managed Postgres. Because there is no per-seat licensing, scaling out costs only what your infrastructure costs.

OpenEduCat exposes XML-RPC and REST APIs for every model, so enrollment, course, and student records can sync from an upstream SIS. Many institutions run OpenEduCat as the academic operations and exam layer while keeping Banner or PeopleSoft as the system of record for financial aid, billing, and HR. The integration is built once and maintained as a scheduled job.

Regional accreditors (SACSCOC, HLC, MSCHE, WSCUC, NWCCU, NECHE) ask for evidence of consistent grading, exam security, and student record handling. The exam module's audit trail, item analytics, and proctor logs export to PDF or CSV directly. When a review team requests samples, the registrar pulls the evidence from one system instead of stitching together gradebook screenshots and email threads.