Everyone taking the Duolingo English Test must now use a phone as a “secondary camera” during the test. This involves propping a phone against a heavy option and angling it in such a way that it can record the test taker’s screen and keyboard during the test.

This requirement seems designed to target remote-access cheaters. I guess Duolingo’s security team seem to believe they can detect when the action of a test taker’s fingers doesn’t match what is recorded from the screen.

I’ll take the DET before the end of the year to see how straightforward the setup is.

This video explains what to do (or you can read about it on the official DET blog):

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