Instructors with D2L Brightspace accounts integrated with third-party assessment tools can embed their third-party assignments directly into D2L Brightspace with YuJa Verity enabled.
Creating a Proctored Third-Party Assignment
Before proceeding with the steps below, make sure you have created your assessment using the third-party tool.
- Log in to D2L Brightspace and navigate to your desired course.
- Click Content, then select the module you want to add an assessment to.
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Click the Existing Activities dropdown, then select External Learning Tools.
- Select your external tool.
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Check YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Platform and click Configure Settings to access proctor settings for Verity.
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Select your third-party platform and set up an assessment password (optional), then click Next to continue.
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Select your desired proctoring method and select Next to continue.
- Automated Proctoring (Not Live): Test-takers will not be monitored during their assessment.
- Live Proctors: Proctors will monitor the test-takers during a scheduled proctoring session.
- Live Check-In: Proctors can join and view a test-taker's environment when issues are flagged.
- Live Check-In with Post-Assessment Review: Proctors can join and view a test-taker's environment when issues are flagged, and proctors can manually review recordings after each assessment.
- (Optional) If Live Proctoring is selected, click + Add Session and fill in the following information for your live assessment:
- Name: Add a name for the session.
- Date and Time: Select the date and time the quiz will be available and when it will end.
- Duration: Select how much time test-takers will have to complete the quiz after they join.
- Set Capacity: Choose how many test-takers can register for this session.
- Select Proctor: Choose a user in the course with at least instructor-level access to proctor the live quiz. Alternatively, select Proctoring Group if your institution is partnered with Verity’s test proctoring groups.
- Registration Window: (Optional) Set the date and time for how long the registration period of the session will be.
- Proctoring Guidelines: (Optional) Add a note for the proctor explaining the proctoring details or guidelines.
- (Optional) After creating all live sessions, click Next.
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Select the platform you'd like to enable and click Next.
- Browser Extension: Offers standard proctoring features through the Verity Browser Extension within compatible browsers.
- Desktop Lockdown Module: Offers additional security features that can be applied to safeguard the integrity of quizzes.
- Mobile Lockdown App: If selected, only standard proctoring features will be available to allow assessments to be taken on the Mobile Lockdown App.
- Chromebook Lockdown App: If selected, only standard proctoring features will be available to allow assessments to be taken on the Chromebook Lockdown App.
- Select which configurations you would like enabled and click Next to continue.
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(Optional) Set up accommodations to allow specific test-takers to take the assessment without being proctored or with a different proctoring profile.
- Click Next.
- (Optional) If you want to save these proctoring configurations for the future assessments, click Save as Profile.
- Review your settings and click Confirm.
If you created a Live Proctor quiz, test-takers must register for a session. Once quizzes are completed, you can review them by accessing the Verity Results table.