BeA (Blended e-Assessment): adapting to the COVID-19 world

This paper details the most recent developments that were performed in the online platform BeA (Blended e-Assessment) in order to increase its usefulness and utility within the new prominent learning contexts that appeared in the year 2020 as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to safety recommendations such as social distancing, in-person exams need to be performed under strict restrictions, and remote exams have increased in popularity as a way to evaluate students without them leaving their home. The new BeA features allow students to directly upload pictures of their answers to the platform, circumventing the need for the exams to be scanned by the teacher. This both minimizes physical contact during in-person exams and allows students to submit their answers from home in remote exams. These new features were tested during remote exams in the 2019/2020 academic year, garnering an overall positive reception by students.