Proctored Exams

Proctored Exams

EduBrite allows you to conduct proctored exams, which require an admin to unlock the test for each candidate, before they can attempt it. At a high level, here are the steps you have to do, to use this feature

  • Create one or more Test Centers (which is essentially a group of special kind)
  • Add one or more admin users for these test centers
  • Create an exam, and enable its proctoring options. Do other things like adding candidates just like you do with other exams
  • Select the test centers in which the exam will run
  • As a candidate, while taking the exam, on candidate's dashboard you will be asked to take help of an admin to unlock the exam. Once unlocked, test can be taken. The unlocking happens only for a session, so if the candidate logs out, and logs in again, or opens a new browser, they would need the help of admin again before they can resume the test
  • Multiple proctors can share the same username and password to unlock the exam, at the same time from different locations. While unlocking, proctors do not get signed in, which happens during the normal signin process.

Now let's look at this in details. You can watch this video and/or follow the description after the video.

 

 

 

Step1: Enable the features necessary for proctoring

From the Site Admin -> Site Details -> Features tab, enable the Proctoring Agency feature. Also from the User Interface tab, enable the Exams tab.

 

 

 

Step2: Creating Test Centers

From the Exam->Create Test Center menu, create one or more test centers in your site. Test Center is just a group of special kind. You might want to turn off its public visibility. You can add one more admin user for these test center groups, just like you would add a new group member to the group and make him/her admin in that group. This will allow specific user account, which can be used to proctor the exams in those test centers.

 

Step3: Create a Proctored Exam

Now, create an online exam, and open its Advanced Edit view. Enable the Proctored Event option, and click Save.

 

After you save it and the page reloads, you will find a new panel showing option to add test center for the exam. Click on the link.

 

 

Click on the Edit button from the popup dialog

 

You will see the test centers you have previously created, select one or more test centers which you want to use for this exam, and click Save.

 

Step4: Candidates's View

Login as a candidate, and go to the exams tab. You will find a screen like below where instead of Start button for taking the test, you will have Unlock button. 

Click on the Unlock button, a popup dialog will be shown which will allow you to enter proctor's username and password. This user has to be an admin in test center which you have selected for the exam.

Once the authentication is successful, you will see the Start test button, and candidate can take the exam normally. In case you log out and login again, unlocking by the admin has to be done again.

 

 


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