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IRIS

by iris-invigilation

v7.12.2 Updated Mar 9, 2026 4.1MiB
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Description

What is IRIS? IRIS Invigilation (IRIS) is a software program that helps provide educators assurance of assessment integrity during online and remote assessment. It records audio, video, and computer screen activity for the duration of a test/exam. It analyses this information using machine learning and automatically flags potential academic dishonesty through displaying the data in an easy to use reporting dashboard. How does it work? IRIS records video of a student's face throughout their proctored exam tracking head and eye movement. It records the audio from the student computer’s microphone video from their webcam and takes successive screenshots of what the student is seeing on their computer screen. Facial markers are identified and tracked; categorising and distinguishing innocent behaviours from dishonest behaviours. Educators can then review this data at a time that is convenient to help ensure student identity verification and assessment integrity. Is it safe for students to share their data? IRIS Invigilation software is a safe, secure and necessary method of maintaining academic integrity at a university/institute. The proctoring/invigilation of online assessments is necessary when conducting online learning to ensure educational standards are maintained and to avoid academic dishonesty. Students that share their data are helping to protect the quality and reputation of their institution. The privacy and protection of students and their personal information is paramount. IRIS ensures that data security, protection laws, privacy legislation and regulation are their priority. IRIS uses AWS Cloud Security to protect data and host all data in Sydney, Australia. IRIS does not sell or use any student assessment data; only IRIS technical administrators have access to this for maintenance and security purposes. IRIS Security Infrastructure: • Two-factor authentication is enabled for the cloud services account that hosts IRIS • Strict firewall schemes protect all IRIS related services to protect user data and prevent nefarious access to the IRIS infrastructure • Only ports and services that need to communicate with each other and to the outside world will be kept open. These ports/services have strict IP security groups for inbound and outbound traffic • IRIS will never share or sell your personal data to a third party. • Google Chrome will ask your permission before installing the IRIS extension on your computer. • IRIS will only invigilate you during your exam. The permissions you agree to are only for the exam duration.
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Reviews (99 cached)

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-08
Kelebogile Ramagaga

I'm still failing to download the app its so complicated and frustrating.

★☆☆☆☆2025-11-06
Adela Mvalo

bad app

★☆☆☆☆2025-10-22
Lebo Mashele

been struggling since morning to upload my recording . Frustrating

★☆☆☆☆2025-05-20
Curtis Nell

So annoying, it approves my camera then 15 minutes into my exam it says its disconnected which is impossible because the camera is built in and works perfectly, I use it every day all the time. There is no one to complain too, IRIS doesn't respond to emails and the university just says that they are sorry to hear of the "challenges". Really bad invigilator, everyone hates this thing.

★☆☆☆☆2024-12-08
Andre Wiese

High chance of losing your exam video with this invigilator app. It is horrible. IRIS app shows I uploaded successfully but UNISA says I didn't.

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-19
Refilwe Mufamadi

mxm u waste our time...did it have to be thi confusing and difficult?

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-19
Gugu Masemola

Did it have to be this complicated?

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-07
Kaygee Mathafeng

The most confusing software i have ever known by far. any university that use this system for exams delays the progress of the students years and years.

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-07
Itumeleng Abednigo Mathuto

One of the worst invigilation apps , not to mention the support is ridiculous. I had to repeat an exam from last because they can not find my recordings whilst on the app it shows this was uploaded successfully.

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-06
Nnene Dikeledi

WORST worst wooorst software by far. I failed TWICE because it didn't load the password, and i'm about to use it again for the third time????... c'mon!

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-02
Taunyana Motaung

The app is so difficult to download and to use. I failed so many times to get it .

★☆☆☆☆2024-11-01
Thabang Moloi

NOT A SOFTWARE BUT AN EXTENTION. ALSO PRIVACY IS BEING INFRINGED.

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-29
Louis van Aardt

This is an invasion of privacy. Direct device monitoring is not the way to keep cheating at bay because if people would want to cheat they will find a way nevertheless. Stay in your lane and monitor what is going on on your website, don't force people to sign up for device monitoring and taking screenshots of their entire computer.

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-25
Nontsikelelo Gavu

Did you manage to down load please help me if is there anyone who can help

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-22
Kwanele Mtuntwana

Worst app ever I cant even download this nonsense.How are we suppose to write and pass our exams with this?

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-20
Busi Shange

it is very complicated to be honest

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-20
Victoria Pienaar

This is truly the worst software ever!!! It does not add the password like it should. It is supposed to be a user friendly tool for students. How am I supposed to write my exam like this! It's probably the worst app I have used in the past year.

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-19
Khumo Mokucoane

Impossible to get started. Setup process is too complicated.

★☆☆☆☆2024-10-13
Johannes Mamabolo

there is no easy way of using the app , the app itself feels like an exam .

★☆☆☆☆2024-07-29
Sinovuyo Mkupa

The worst App thus far why did they not Invigilator App ? The App keeps kicking me out for no reason.

★☆☆☆☆2024-07-27
XOLANI WISEMAN

This is a useless App, I can't download it mxm, Unisa didn't think for us to use this App

★☆☆☆☆2024-07-19
Michael Mokoena

can i get since it doesn't give results

★☆☆☆☆2024-06-24
Nkosiyapha Ntuli

I'm trying to download Iris on my laptop, and I am not winning, please assist me. I need to write an exam with UNISA

★☆☆☆☆2024-06-07
Manana Molokomme

The app was running throughout my exam (submitted and all) but still my exam got rejected because apparently i did not use the app. How when it was running throughout the exam?

★☆☆☆☆2024-05-05
Haiden William

Poor design and difficult to use. Slows down your computer massively. Makes doing something that should take 5 mins take 30. One star is being generous.

★☆☆☆☆2024-02-17
Trey Zulu

If it were possible to rate lower I would. Completely useless. Doesn't work properly half the time. One of the few times it was working, instead of opening one tab to show that IRIS invigilation is working, it opened up 20+ tabs making my computer slow, chrome stopped responding and now I have to retake the module and pay for it AGAIN.

★☆☆☆☆2024-02-07
Nthipeleng Makgeta

This is just useless

★☆☆☆☆2024-01-29
Thandanani Social Auxiliary Worker

Completetly useless, i could not upload anything this is rubbish even rating it zero would be giving it some sort of credit.

★☆☆☆☆2024-01-25
Sizwe Ngcobo

Not reliable. Only managed to make it work for one out of three of my exams. Now I have to repeat the other ones. The program should allow you to setup even when the exam time has started, and cater for situations where one experiences technical issues like network downtime or load shedding. The exam paper/questions should only be visible after setup is successfully completed.

★☆☆☆☆2024-01-24
Thulani Ntshwanti

It's not recording nd I'm writing an exam. Last year the same paper was rejected because of this nonsense. If there was a zero rating I would be giving it right now.

★☆☆☆☆2024-01-22
Tshotetsi Tlatlane

I DID MY BEST TO DOWNLOAD YOUR APP, WHO FINALLY GOT IT RIGHT. ZERO STAR

★☆☆☆☆2023-11-03
Tebogo Mawela

I've been trying to upload my session for weeks.

★☆☆☆☆2023-10-10
Etienne fdb

This is a bad extension. I have never started on time with this thing as it always has problems.

★☆☆☆☆2023-10-01
Wayne

Useless, pops up multiple windows both in tabs and that recording window, sometimes will say tracking is disabled and to see tabs but the tabs provide no action, just says do not close. It mostly does not upload when i was testing it using the mock test. Will stay stuck on the uploading screen, my internet bandwith is 450mbps down and 106mbps up. This is a horrible app to use, and I have a 3 hour paper and they want me to stare at the screen for 3 hours, feels like we have really dumbed down here.

★☆☆☆☆2023-08-31
CAB Church

This is a bad App. I started the exam late because of this App and still it did not record anything. How do I proof that I used IRIS during Exams. UNISA PLEASE BE SERIOUS.

★☆☆☆☆2023-08-30
Callum Archer

The only reason this review gets 1 star is because there's no option to give it 0. If we're being required to use this thing for a major part of our grades, it should at least function remotely as intended instead of crashing every time.

★☆☆☆☆2023-08-27
Thebe E

This extention is just bad ,very bad.

★☆☆☆☆2023-08-20
Sikulindzile Simelane

Doesn't open at all. When I test it on the iris website, it works. However when I go to the UNISA website, a popup does not appear at all. Useless. I tried everything, I give up

★☆☆☆☆2023-05-04
Sydney Moloto

Have failed to write my Major test because of this app

★☆☆☆☆2023-03-12
Nosipho Nyathi

it is not working at all

★☆☆☆☆2022-11-28
Rido Gabara

unisa is gambling with our future here....this app is trash..imagine if this is your last module to graduation

★☆☆☆☆2022-11-26
Nosimilo Nonhle

THIS IS THE WORST APP EVER! I HATE IT WITH ALL MY HEART

★☆☆☆☆2022-11-03
Kabelo Makanatleng Sundra

IRIS is not asking to share my screen and now I am stuck not knowing what to do. I tried everything

★☆☆☆☆2022-10-26
Lufuno Ramadwa

This thing kept on closing when i was starting my exam, I wonder why UNISA recommend it because it is giving us alot of issues

★☆☆☆☆2022-10-14
Ubayd Bassier

Absolutely horrendous software, so buggy, so laggy. Having to deal with the stress of a poorly created invigilation app during an exam is just terrible

★☆☆☆☆2022-10-14
Kayy Johnathan

This tool is the worst invigilator app ever. The face detection does not work property, it lags constantly and occasionally freezes. This is a chromium extension for goodness sakes... why does a chromium extension be so laggy and freeze constantly? I can bet a high school dropout can create a better invigilator app than Iris for chromium-based browsers. This is what happens when corporations don't read comments... they are lazy to improve their buggy software, let alone their inability to take criticism.

★☆☆☆☆2022-10-14
Shony RATLHOGO

WORSE EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE TERRIBLE

★☆☆☆☆2022-10-12
Abraham Mentoor

the face detection was disabled I dnt know why please help

★☆☆☆☆2022-10-12
Tiffany Steytler

ive been struggling for the past 2 years to write my UNISA exams with this IRIS Invigilators app. i have lost 2 years and been setback because this app works one day and the next day it just doesnt work. i couldt write my edam again today because the robot didnt pop up and someof the unsa consultants are so rue thry refuse to help

★☆☆☆☆2022-10-12
Bazi Mtsweni

This thing is very useless and not user-friendly at all.

Permissions (6)

Permissions

contextMenus Can add items to the right-click menu desktopCapture Can capture screen, window, or tab content storage Can store data locally in your browser system.display tabs Can see your open tabs and their URLs unlimitedStorage

Details

Version 7.12.2
Updated Mar 9, 2026
Size 4.1MiB
First Seen Mar 21, 2026