Online Testing/Proctored Exams
To protect the integrity of their online quizzes’ instructors may:
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Adjust Quiz Options in Canvas.
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Use online test-proctoring: Honorlock, Respondus LockDown Browser+Monitor (see information below)
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Information for students about the above services can be found on the Online Testing and Proctoring for Students page.
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Use alternate test proctoring sites.
Instructors who are considering using test-proctoring in their course(s) need to include the following statement to their syllabus:
Courses may require the use of exam-proctoring involving third-party charges. Exam-proctoring charges may range from $1 - $50.00 per exam. All costs for exams are the responsibility of the student. Students may also be responsible for providing webcams to be used in test proctoring.
DELETE THE EXAMITY AND PROCTORU SECTIONS AND REPLACE WITH THE HONORLOCK INFO BELOW
Proctoring Solutions
Honorlock Faculty Guide
Honorlock is designed to prevent student testing misconduct, protect our intellectual property, secure test content, and prevent exam content leaks.
Here are a few of the top exam security features:
- Search & Destroy™ - Identifies compromised exam questions and offers simple steps to protect integrity
- BrowserGuard™ - Prevents and flags access to unauthorized websites and applications, resizing the exam screen, and using keyboard shortcuts and functions and records the desktop for the duration of the exam
- Cell Phone Detection - Detects when students try to search test questions during exams using a secondary device, such as a cell phone; then the proctor validates and clearly marks the violation
- Blocks AI tools and extensions - Blocks any extensions running in the background of exams, prevents copy/paste, and secures the browser
- Verifies student identity - Authenticates identity to ensure the person taking the test is the same as the person earning the degree
Honorlock’s human involvement means they can make human decisions around accessibility. Here are the key ways they meet accessibility standards:
- Fully ADA compliant
- Honorlock can support a wide range of assistive technologies like screen readers, alternate keyboards, or graphic organizers
- Honorlock undergoes a third-party accessibility test to build a well-informed Voluntary Product Accessibility Template (VPAT)
- Instructors can set accommodations under Honorlock’s proctoring guidelines such as bathroom breaks, specific assistive devices, extended time limits, interpreters, multiple monitors, etc.
Getting Started Guide
- All faculty guides in one convenient location.
Most Used Faculty Resources
- Using Honorlock with Canvas
- Honorlock Standard Exam Guidelines
- Honorlock Suggested Syllabus Verbiage
- Reviewing Session Results Best Practices
- How to Interpret Flags
- Accommodations with Honorlock - Provide specific accommodations for certain test takers.
Technical Support
Phone: (Exam Administrator and Faculty only): +1 (844) 243-2500
- Honorlock’s US-based, trained support agents are available 24/7/365 via phone (administrators only), live chat, and email. Support access is built into the platform in real time.The support team is well-versed in our institution’s learning management system. Exam administrators receive a high-priority phone support number. No matter the issue, we can solve it for you. If you need help, call, send an email, or start a live chat session.
Email: support@honorlock.com
Chat: Faculty can start the chat from this page https://honorlock.com/support/
- Throughout every proctored exam, a link to live chat and support services is just a click away—no need to leave the test session or investigate how to find technical help when encountering a problem. Support follows you through the exam and ensures that everything runs smoothly.
Minimum System Requirements
Honorlock can be installed on devices meeting the following requirements:
Operating System:
- Windows 10
- Windows 11
- MacOSX 10.14 and higher
- ChromeOS
Browser
- Google Chrome version 120+
Internet Speed
- 5 Mbps download, 750 Kbps upload
Note: Currently, Honorlock is incompatible with:
- iPads
- Walmart Branded Camera (Onn / Surf Onn)
- Amcrest Cameras
- Nexigo Cameras
Respondus LockDown Browser is a custom browser that locks down the testing environment within Canvas.
- When students use Respondus LockDown Browser, they cannot print, copy, go to another URL, or access other applications.
- When an assessment is started, students are locked into it until they submit it for grading. Available for both Windows and Mac.
The Respondus Lockdown Browser is integrated with Canvas LMS. As an instructor, you do not need to download it and can simply enable it in the Settings—Navigation- Respondus LockDownBrowser Dashboard.
Respondus Lockdown Browser Resources page contains training videos, free training webinars, Instructor Quick Start Guides, Information to add to syllabus, practice exam, resources for students, system requirements, and technical support information. Choose information for Canvas and the types of quizzes (classic or new) you are using.
*If you would like to see how the Respondus Lockdown Browser works in a student-preview mode, you will need to Download Respondus Lockdown Browser. If you do this, use the “Check for Update" feature to check for any possible updates.
Important:
- Do not remove and do not share the password that the Respondus Lockdown Browse generates with students. It is a gatekeeper password that will prevent students from accessing the test on another browser.
- If you applied the Respondus Lockdown Browser to the exam and had to change the exam setting, you must go to Respondus LockDownBrowser Dashboard, Go to your exam. You will see an error message. Click the "Fix It" button to fix the error. If this is not done, the students will not be able to start the exam.
- Students access exam feedback USING LockDown Browser. Students will go to "quizzes" in the relevant module and click on the quiz title again. This action will launch LockDown Browser. On the page that appears in the browser, students will click the link titled "RESULTS." The quiz results will display. If there are multiple attempts, then links for each attempt will be displayed. After viewing the results, click "exit" to shut down LockDown Browser.
- Instructors remove the LockDown Browser requirement after all exam submissions have occurred. If you do this, then it is possible for the student to navigate to "grades" and then click on the exam title. The exam feedback should then display.
Once an exam is started using the LockDown Browser:
- Assessments are displayed full-screen and cannot be minimized.
- Browser menu and toolbar options are removed, except for Back, Forward, Refresh, and Stop.
- No access to other applications including messaging, screen-sharing, virtual machines, and remote desktops.
- Printing and screen capture functions are disabled.
- Copying and pasting anything to or from an assessment is prevented.
- Right-click menu options, function keys, keyboard shortcuts, and task switching are disabled.
- An assessment cannot be exited until the student submits it for grading.
- Assessments that are set up for use with LockDown Browser cannot be accessed with other browsers.
Technical Support:
- For more information and to submit a ticket, visit the Respondus support page.
OEM Lockdown Browser for tests in a third-party platform (ALEKS, MyLab, etc.)
TAMU-CC uses the TAMU-CC edition of LockDown Browser with Canvas LMS. The "OEM" edition of the Lockdown browser can be installed on the same device. The two editions will not conflict with one another.
On student personal devices:
- Windows/Mac
Students should navigate to the test from a standard browser (Chrome, Firefox, etc.) and use the link to install the OEM version of LockDown Browser. Once installed, the browser will automatically launch when students begin a test.
- iPad/Chromebook
Students must verify that the third-party platform supports their devices and contact the instructor to activate this option.
TAMU-CC computer labs and library laptops have LockDown Browser installed.
Respondus Monitor® is a free Canvas integration that provides an automated proctoring solution and cheating deterrent that can be set by instructors to run concurrently in LockDown Browser.
Respondus Monitor auto-launches when students access exams within the Canvas as they normally would using Respondus Lockdown Browser.
The students are then guided through a pre-exam sequence, including a webcam check. Exams can be taken with Respondus Monitor without advanced scheduling and without additional registration by the student.
Following an exam, Respondus Monitor will generate reports and allow instructors to review the automatic proctoring results for each student.
Respondus Monitor Resources page contains appropriate resources depending on the type of Canvas quizzes you use (New or Classic):
- What you need to get started
- Instructor Quick Start Guide
- Information to add to your syllabus
- Require a practice exam
- Information for your students
- Technical Requirements for Respondus Monitor
- Technical Support
- TAMU-CC Office of Academic Testing
- capacity is limited, call 361-825-2334 to find out the availability.
- Testing centers in Texas - Texas Educator Certification Examination Program
- Testing centers at universities, colleges, schools -
- National College Testing Association is dedicated to the promotion of professionalism and quality in the administration of testing services and programs, including issues relating to test administration, test development, test scoring, and assessment. Visit the NCTA Proctoring Network webpage to find a testing center.
- Kryterion Testing Centers - A global network of High-stakes Online Secured Testing (HOST) locations through strategic partnerships with professional organizations such as colleges and universities and testing and training companies.
- Participating libraries, Sylvan Learning Centers, etc.
- Individual proctors, with instructor's approval - supervisors, directors, military officers, law enforcement officers, judges, deans and department chairs, school administrators, and teachers. Proctors MAY NOT BE relatives, friends, other students, or persons residing at the same address.