Where I'm studying its proctored-online. They have a custom browser and take over your computer while you're doing the exam. Creepy AF but saves travelling 1,300 km to sit an exam.
Wouldn't spending $300 on a laptop to cheat on an exam for a class you're paying thousands for make sense? It would probably improve your grade more than the text book.
You have to install an app that is a Bowser that at the same time locks the entire computer. Only this browser works. Install it, give it the needed admin permission and participate in your test or don't. This is also used in Australian schools for NAPLAN https://www.nap.edu.au/naplan/understanding-online-assessmen...