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YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Overview

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YuJa Verity ensures exam integrity with test proctoring software that enables automated and live online proctoring integrated directly within all major learning management systems: Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle, and D2L Brightspace. Below is an overview of the proctoring features available on the Verity platform. 

Proctored Tools 

Verity provides various proctoring tools that can be used to create secure online testing environments for Blackboard, Canvas, D2L Brightspace, and Moodle.

A view of the automated proctoring page.
  1. Automated Proctoring: Access standard proctoring features requiring the Verity Browser Extension 
  2. Lockdown App: Access advanced proctoring features requiring the Lockdown App for Windows and Mac. 
  3. Mobile Lockdown App: Access core proctoring features using the Verity Mobile App for iOS and Android devices. 
  4. Live Proctoring: Create a live environment to monitor assessments in real time with human proctors. 
  5. Live Check-in Proctoring: Create a testing environment to notify human proctors of potential misconduct. Proctors can then remotely enter a test-taker's environment to address the issue. 
  6. Practice Assessment: Create a practice assessment to help individuals familiarize themselves with Verity.
  7. Third-Part Assessment: Enable a proctored environment for assessments created using third-party tools such as Pearson. 
  8. Standalone Assessment: Create a proctored environment for individuals not enrolled in your institution's LMS.  
  9. Extension Compatibility: Check your systems to ensure all permissions are enabled when taking an assessment.

Verity Reports

Reports offer insights into assessments on an institutional, course, and assessment level. 

A view of the institution report in Verity.
  1. Institution: Admins can view insights into number of assessments proctored and assessments taken. Additionally, admins can view the total number of attempts across different proctoring methods.
  2. Course: View an overview of the proctoring experience for a particular course, including
    • Flag levels within your course: View the frequency of severe, major, and minor events flagged in assessments
    • Overview of assessments: View total number of test-takers, the number of flagged events, and the highest flag level recorded of each assessment in a tabular format.
  3. Assessment Report: View a summary of the status of completed assessments, the number of test-takers marked with Severe, Major, or Minor events, and access detailed analytics for individual test-takers.

Verity Settings

Admins and course-level users can adjust settings based on their preferences.

A view of the course settings.

  1. Institution: Admins can adjust how Verity is configured for their institution. 
    • Institution-Wide Profiles: Create profiles that can be accessed by individuals creating assessments. 
    • Designated Institution-Wide Profiles: Create mandatory profiles that must be applied to assessments.
    • Default Institution-Wide Profiles: Set an Institution-Wide profile as a default profile, which will automatically be applied to all assessments. 
    • Institution-Wide Quiz Restrictions: Enable or disable specific quiz restrictions across the institution. 
    • Bypass Mode: Certain assessment configurations can prevent test-takers from continuing their assessments if they fail to meet the requirements. Turning on Bypass Mode will flag issues for proctors to review but still allow test-takers to continue their assessments.
    • Suffix: Add a suffix to the end of assessments to help test-takers identify proctored assessments.
    • Email Settings: Disable the option for course-level users to receive daily emails with a summary of all submitted proctoring sessions.
    • Policy Statement: The institutional policy through which students are asked to confirm their adherence to established guidelines before taking a proctored assessment. 
  2. Course: Course-level users can adjust email settings and the flag level of events. 
    • Email Settings: Enable or disable the option to receive daily emails with a summary of all submitted proctoring sessions.
    • Flag Levels: Assign custom flag levels for each event recorded during an assessment.
  3. Integration: Allows admins to establish a connection with their LMS to ensure that Verity can create and delete proctored assessments. 
  4. Scope Settings: Allows admins to enable Verity for their specific courses or LMS accounts. 

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