Verity allows instructors to create and administer proctored assessments to test-takers, thereby safeguarding the integrity of assessments taken in their Learning Management System.
Setting Up a Canvas Proctored Quiz
Before setting up a Canvas proctored quiz, please ensure you have authenticated yourself. Learn more about Authenticating Yourself for YuJa Verity.
- Log in to Canvas.
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Select the Quizzes tab and then click + Quiz/Survey.
- In the Choose a Quiz Engine window, select Classic Quizzes, then click Submit.
- Under Quiz Restrictions, select the YuJa Verity Test Proctoring Platform check box and click Configure Settings. Verity will automatically create an access code that will be applied once students access the quiz.
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Select your desired proctoring method and click Next to continue.
- Automated Proctoring (No Live): Test-takers will not be monitored during their assessment.
- Live Assessment: Proctors will monitor the test-takers during a scheduled proctoring session.
- Live Check-In: Proctors can join and view the test-taker's environment in real-time when issues are flagged.
- Live Check-In with Post-Assessment Review: Includes all features of Live Check-In. In addition, after the assessment, YuJa proctors will review the proctoring session and create additional notes that instructors can review in the Results page for a test-taker's assessment.
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(Optional) If Live Proctoring is selected, click + Add New Session and fill in the following information for your live assessment:
- Name: Add a name for the session.
- Start/End 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.
- Capacity: Choose how many test-takers can register for this session.
- Assign 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.
Note: If Automated Proctoring (Not Live) or Live Check-in is selected, you don't need to add a live session. -
Select a proctoring profile and click Next. If instructor or institution profiles have been created before, they will show up here. Otherwise, you can choose from the following four types of profiles:
- Standard Proctoring Profile: Provides standard proctoring settings for video, audio, screen, room scan, ID verification, and restrictions for browser tabs.
- Advanced Proctoring Profile: All proctoring and access restrictions are enforced by applying the highest level of security using the Desktop Lockdown App.
- Essential Proctoring Profile: Provides minimal proctoring settings for ID verification and recording.
- Create Your Own Configuration: Provides the user full access to configuration settings in order to apply specific access restrictions and control how assessments are monitored.
Note: If you chose a preset proctoring profile, skip to step 11.
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Select the platform you would like to use and click Next.
- Browser Extension: Offers standard proctoring features through the Verity Browser Extension within compatible browsers, including Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, and Firefox.
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Desktop Lockdown Module: Offers additional security features that can be applied to safeguard the integrity of quizzes by installing Verity Lockdown.
- Desktop Lockdown App
- 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, test-takers on ChromeOS must use a device with a managed guest session.
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Enable proctoring configurations for each category and click Next.
Note: Learn more about Verity's configurations.
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(Optional) Select test-takers to add accommodations, then click Next to continue.
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Review your proctoring settings and click Confirm.
Note: You cannot change proctoring configurations using a preset proctoring profile. If you would like to choose specific restrictions, please create a custom proctoring profile instead.
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.