YuJa Verity allows instructors to create and administer proctored assessments to students, thereby safeguarding the integrity of assessments taken in their Learning Management System. To enable Verity for Tests in Blackboard Learn Ultra, follow the steps outlined below.
Enabling Verity for Your Test
Before you enable Verity for your test, please make sure you have created a test in Blackboard Learn Ultra.
- Select the test you would like to enable Verity for.
- Click the Gear icon.
- From the right-hand panel, scroll down and click Configure proctoring settings.
- Select Turn on proctoring, then click View YuJa Verity Settings to configure the desired settings for the test.
- Select the Proctoring Mode you wish to enable.
- Automated Proctoring: Offers essential proctoring features through the Verity browser extension within compatible browsers. This mode may also be used within the Lockdown App.
- Lockdown App: Offers additional security features that can be applied to safeguard the integrity of tests.
- Under the Proctor Settings for YuJa Verity for Test Proctoring, select which of the following features you would like enabled.
- Record Video: Record the student's test environment through their webcam.
- Record Audio: Record the student's audio through their connected microphone.
- Record Web Traffic: Record the sites and URLs visited during the test.
- Only One Screen: Students can only have one monitor connected.
- Disable New Tab: Students will be unable to open tabs once the test has started.
- Close Open Tab: Students must close all tabs before beginning the test.
- Disabled Clipboard: Students won't be able to take screenshots or save them to the clipboard.
- Stop Session Recording: Students will be able to access the Stop Session Recording option from the Verity recording panel during a test.
- ID Verification: Students must show their ID to the web camera. This will be recorded and can be viewed by those reviewing the test.
- Live Proctoring: Allow instructors and proctors to monitor students through a live feed.
- If Lockdown App is selected, you'll have access to additional security features that can be applied.
- Hide Other Windows: Students will only be able to see the Lockdown App. All other applications will be hidden from view.
- Record Clipboard: Records the student's clipboard during the test.
- Record Keyboard: Records all keyboard inputs during the test.
- Disable Spellcheck: The browser's spellcheck will be disabled.
- Disable File Download: Students will not be able to download files, images, or webpages.
- Next, if necessary, you can allow individual students to access the test without Verity. These students will NOT be monitored when taking the test. To learn how to use this feature, please visit our support guide on Creating an Exempted Student List.
- If Disable New Tab or Close Open Tab were selected from the proctor Settings, you can list URLs for students to access specific websites. Check, Would you like to include URL links that students can open in a separate tab during a quiz?
- Then, paste a URL into the text field provided, and click Add.
- Once all desired settings have been chosen, you have the option to save them for future use by checking Save these new proctoring settings as a new profile.
- Finally, check I understand, I will not be able to change settings once the exam has started and click Save, located at the bottom right of the page.
- Once satisfied with your settings, click the X icon in the top-left of the panel to close the settings menu.
- Click Save at the bottom of the Proctored assessment panel.
- Finally, click Save at the bottom of the Test Settings panel to enable Verity for your test.