Tell students to use private Zoom chat to ask questions of the instructor. NOT allow their individual test paper to be readable on the video. Help you to see that they are not using outside materials or communicating with others The setup should:Īllow the student to see their screen and interact with it Direct students to set up their webcam so that it shows a wide view of them in their work area.

Have all your students join a Zoom session at the time of the exam.Īll students must have a working webcam. Provide an additional 10 minutes on the exam time to account for the upload process. Set up the exam as a Canvas Quiz with an access password.Īdd a single 'File Upload' question, providing the exam paper as a pdf download.ĭirect students to complete the exam on paper and then take photographs of the pages and upload them into Canvas.

While these techniques potentially require more on trust than 3d party proctoring software, they make minimal demands on student computers and bandwidth and are likely to cause less stress for students. The below methods rely only on technologies that you and your students will already be using for your course.

All of your students will need to have access to a webcam (which could be their computer or even their phone). If you feel a closed-book, timed exam is important in your course, you can hold one in Zoom.

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