AI viva software for universities: what to look for
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An AI viva tool asks each student spoken questions about their own submitted work and gives the teacher a transcript and a suggested score. Used well, it lets a lecturer hold a viva for every student in a large class, not only a sample. Here is what to check before you choose one.
Questions about the student's own work
The point of a viva is to find out whether the student understands what they submitted. The tool should read the project itself, such as the report, the code or the dashboard, and ask about decisions in it, not generic questions from a bank.
Adaptive follow-up questions
A good examiner follows up when an answer is thin. Look for a tool that asks a second question on the same point when the first answer is vague, and moves on when it is strong.
The teacher stays in charge of the mark
Scores should be suggestions against your rubric, with the reasoning and the full transcript, so you can read, change and sign off each one. No automated score should be final for a student's grade.
Easy for students
Students should open one link, submit and start, without creating an account, on an ordinary laptop with a microphone and a camera. Offer another way for students who cannot take a spoken viva.
Data and fairness
Ask any vendor these questions in writing.
- Clear retention: how long transcripts, files and any recordings are kept.
- Accent and fluency should not be scored as knowledge.
- Integrity signals (for example leaving the window) are reasons to ask, not proof.
- Check your institution's rules on AI in assessment.
How HireFlow Agent's Viva Specialist works
The teacher posts an assignment and shares one link. Each student uploads their project (code, reports, Power BI, Microsoft Fabric and more) and takes a short adaptive spoken viva about it, with no account. The teacher gets rubric scores they can change, transcripts and class analytics. It costs $1 per student, paid by the teacher, with a few free retakes included; students never pay. It has been used for 94 vivas in a trial at two universities.
Run vivas for your whole class
Set an assignment, share one link and let every student take an adaptive AI viva on their own project.
See how it worksFrequently asked questions
- Can an AI mark a viva on its own?
- It can suggest a score against a rubric and save marking time, but a teacher should read the transcript and decide the mark.
- How long is an AI viva?
- The teacher sets it, from 5 to 60 minutes per student; 10 to 15 minutes is common.
- Does it work for code and data projects?
- Yes, if the tool reads the submitted files. HireFlow Agent reads code, reports and Power BI and Microsoft Fabric work.