SmarterProctoring is our online proctoring system that is available for Moodle quizzes/exams.
NOTE: We highly suggest creating a Practice Exam to introduce the tool to your students BEFORE the real exam commences. Instructions on how to create the Practice exam are found under “SmarterProctoring Tips” below.
What is SmarterProctoring (SP)?
SmarterProctoring is an online test management system that manages proctored quizzes/exams. It allows the instructor to schedule quizzes/exams, review a student’s test environment, flag questionable activity, and more! Out of the many proctoring systems eLearning has investigated, SmarterProctoring is chromebook compatible. We have verified that both Moore and Hoke County high school students should be able to use the tool via the chromebooks their county technology department supplies. For further details into SP, feel free to click here.
New & IMPROVED Onboarding 2.0
For an inside look of the student’s perspective on how to onboard and complete a SmarterProctoring exam, have a look at the printable student guide. You can share this guide with the class in order for them to better prepare.
And for a more in depth understanding of what onboarding steps were added or enhanced, checkout the video below from our SmarterServices Rep Claire Skiba!
How to integrate it in your course?
Instructors still have to build the quiz/exam in Moodle before adding it into the SmarterProctoring portal link. By placing the Moodle quiz/exam in a hidden topic (but keeping the actual quiz/exam available) students are more likely to complete the quiz/exam via the SmarterProctoring Portal and not via Moodle. To create your SmarterProctoring portal link, follow the manual setup instructions.
- Create your quiz/exam in Moodle and place it within a hidden Moodle topic. For example, you might want to call the hidden topic “Proctored Exams”.
a. Make sure the quiz/exam is made available but in the hidden topic block. Students will not be able to see the quiz/exam from the homepage.
- Link the Moodle quiz/exam to with SmarterProctoring
a. Be sure the duration, dates, accomodations (if any) and passwords all match.
SmarterProctoring Tips
- If you created a new topic for your proctored exams, ensure you hide it from students and create all proctored exams within this section only. Make sure the quiz/exams themselves are visible.
- Create a practice quiz/exam for students to complete to practice using SmarterProctoring. There is an onboarding process so we recommend doing this prior to taking an actual proctored quiz/exam.
- Remember, we are charged per proctored quiz/exam BUT if you enter “[Practice] –” in the name of your SmarterProctoring quiz/exam, the College will not be responsible for paying. Please be sure your Practice SmarterProctoring quiz/exam name starts off with [Practice]- (must include the hyphen).
- Remember, we are charged per proctored quiz/exam BUT if you enter “[Practice] –” in the name of your SmarterProctoring quiz/exam, the College will not be responsible for paying. Please be sure your Practice SmarterProctoring quiz/exam name starts off with [Practice]- (must include the hyphen).
- Be sure your SmarterProctoring settings are matching up with the quiz/exam settings from Step 1. Anything that doesn’t match (time limits, duration, open/close dates, password, etc.) may prevent students for properly completing the proctored quiz/exam.