An access control system for e-learning management systems

Knowledge is a key factor to the personal success. The certifications are the instant tools that are commonly available to assess the personal success. In an e-Learning environment, where the learning projects are delivered with the aim to provide a professional or an academic certification, it is integral that the Learning Management Systems provide security features that will ensure the credibility of the online real-time assessments and the certification. In a conventional examination environment, there will be invigilators to overlook the examinees, on the contrary, in an on-line examination environment; it is vital that an invigilation mechanism is implemented to ensure the integrity of the examination. In this article we present a face based access control system for online e-Learning systems.