Identity verification for online education

Abstract

A computer-implemented method includes prompting a user to provide an authentication typing sample by entering an authentication phrase on a keyboard, in order to authenticate the user submitting coursework in an online education course. The method involves determining whether the authentication typing sample matches an enrollment typing sample captured earlier. In the event the authentication typing sample matches the enrollment typing sample, the method involves authenticating the user's identity and accordingly determining whether the coursework is successfully submitted and signed by the user. Conversely, in the event the authentication typing sample does not match the enrollment typing sample, the method involves prompting the user to provide a second type of authentication information for matching with an enrollment sample of the second type of authentication information, and accordingly authenticating the user's identity and determining whether the coursework is successfully submitted and signed by the user.