Government-imposed lockdowns have challenged academic institutions to transition from traditional face-to-face education into hybrid or fully remote learning models. This transition has focused on the technological challenge of guaranteeing the continuity of sound pedagogy and granting safe access to online digital university services. However, a key requisite involves adapting the evaluation process as well. In response to this need, the authors of this paper tailored and implemented a cloud deployment to provide universal access to online summative assessment of university students in a computer programming course that mirrored a traditional in-person monitored computer laboratory under strictly controlled exam conditions. This deployment proved easy to integrate with the university systems and many commercial proctoring tools. This cloud deployment is not only a solution for extraordinary situations; it can also be adapted daily for online collaborative coding assignments, practical lab sessions, formative assessments, and masterclasses where the students connect using their equipment. Connecting from home facilitates access to education for students with physical disabilities. It also allows participation with their students' own adapted equipment in the evaluation processes, simplifying assessment for those with hearing or visual impairments. In addition to these benefits and the evident commitment to the safety rules, this solution has proven cheaper and more flexible than on-premise equivalent installations.

翻译：政府实施的封锁措施对学术机构提出了挑战，要求其从传统的面对面教学过渡到混合式或完全远程学习模式。这一过渡聚焦于确保可靠教学连续性和提供安全访问在线数字大学服务的技术挑战。然而，一个关键需求同样涉及评估过程的调整。为回应这一需求，本文作者定制并实施了一种云计算部署，以提供对计算机编程课程大学生在线总结性评估的通用访问，该评估在严格控制的考试条件下模拟了传统的现场监督计算机实验室。该部署证明易于与大学系统及众多商业监考工具集成。此云计算部署不仅适用于特殊情况下的解决方案，还可日常用于在线协作编码作业、实践实验室课程、形成性评估以及学生使用自有设备连接的大师班。从家中连接有助于促进身体残疾学生的教育获取。它还允许学生使用自己适配的设备参与评估过程，简化了对听力或视力障碍者的评估。除了这些益处及其对安全规则的明显承诺外，该解决方案已被证明比同等的本地部署更为经济和灵活。