Online assessment

Assessment during the semester provides you with an opportunity to identify your strengths and weaknesses and target areas that need work. Final exams and assessment at the end of semester provide you with an overall evaluation of your learning throughout the course.

Your course may use quizzes, discussion forums, workshops, lessons and other tools to provide you with feedback on your learning throughout the semester. Final assessment in your courses may be run through the course site in the Learning Management System (Wattle or Canvas), using tools such as Turnitin and Proctorio.

Turnitin for text matching

Turnitin is the ANU approved text-matching system that is used to assess your assignment submissions in a way that supports academic integrity. Turnitin compares your texts to three main databases: an internet archive, scholarly publications and a global student papers database. Turnitin is integrated into Wattle, allowing for online submission and the assessment workflow.

The Turnitin software can be used as a learning tool to assist you to improve your writing, through the reinforcement of correct citation and referencing techniques. As a research student, you are advised to use Turnitin prior to submitting your assignment, to allow you to review your work and make any required changes. Please go to Academic Skills - Turnitin for support and advice.

The use of Turnitin for academic staff is outlined in the .鈥疨lease refer to the section on Assessment Task Submission for more information.鈥

Proctorio for online exams

Proctorio is an online exam invigilation service that is used in conjunction with the quiz activity in your course site within your Learning Management System (Wattle or Canvas). Proctorio is used to ensure academic integrity. The primary purpose of using鈥疨roctorio鈥痠s to provide authentication that the correct person is doing the exam.

How Proctorio works

Proctorio records and captures certain behaviours during an exam, depending on the settings your course convener has specified. It runs as a browser extension in Google Chrome, so can be easily disabled or uninstalled after the exam. Proctorio can record your webcam, microphone, screen, keyboard activity and mouse clicks, as well as any websites that you visit during your exam. Proctorio does not record which keys you type, just that a key has been pressed. Proctorio does not decide what kind of behaviours constitute cheating; it just flags particular moments or aspects of your recording for your lecturers' consideration. For example, if you have significantly more or less keystrokes than your classmates, these may be flagged for consideration.

Proctorio recordings

Proctorio recordings are securely stored. Recordings are deleted once course results are finalised. They can only be accessed, after the exam, by the academics of your course and responsible College staff members, as outlined in the . Photos of your identity card and face are sent to be verified by the Examinations office. The use of Proctorio is subject to the . Reviewing of video and audio can only be done to determine if academic misconduct has occurred in connection with a student's academic progress.

Proctorio settings

Course conveners can set-up Proctorio exams with different settings depending on the activities they expect in the exam. For example, Proctorio would normally flag the appearance of a second face in your recording as suspicious, but in a Group-work exam, that would be fine. After your exam, your convener can review all the recordings and decide whether the flagged events do in fact indicate a breach of exam integrity, or just an ordinary event that is not suspicious. This often even works to a student's advantage, providing evidence of an event if you need to apply for special consideration.

Proctorio in Wattle

It is highly recommended to practice using Proctorio before your exam, to make sure the computer you are planning to use works well in this context. The best option is for your course convener to provide you with a practice exam to try out, which contains all the settings they plan to use. There is also a practice exam you can trial on the (opens Wattle). The practice site provides two Proctorio practice exams (lenient and tight).

For further advice refer to the links below:

  3. Exams Office FAQs

Proctorio in Canvas

At the ANU, your teacher may use Secure Exam Proctor (Proctorio), a special online tool, within the Canvas Quizzes option to run your test/exam in a more secure way. If this is the case, you will need to review the following information.

Note that to use Proctorio, the Chrome browser must be used at all times. Do not click the refresh button during a Proctored exam. If you have clicked refresh, you will be dropped off from the quiz/exam, at which point you will have to re-enter the quiz/exam.

Installing Proctorio into your Chrome browser

Proctorio is an extension that needs to be installed into the Chrome browser before any user can start using it. The extension only needs to be installed once. You will be prompted to re-install should there be any updates to the extension. Please ensure Proctorio is installed before your exam, as setting it up during the exam may take up valuable time. Please follow the steps below for the installation process:

  1. In the Chrome browser, access Canvas and your course site. Select the 鈥楽ecure Exam Proctor鈥 on the Course Navigation Bar.
  2. Select the and follow the instructions to install Proctorio. Students outside of Australia may need to use to install Chrome and the Proctorio extension. After these are installed, you are welcome to continue or discontinue using ANU Remote Access while you do the exam, or pick whichever connection works best for you
  3. Once you鈥檝e successfully installed the extension, refresh your Canvas page. You should see a confirmation message that says: 鈥楽ecure Exam Proctor Plugin Successfully Installed! Please return to your course鈥.

Attempting a Proctored quiz/exam

  1. Select the quiz you are going to take.
  2. If you haven鈥檛 installed Proctorio properly, instructions on how to install and enable the extension will display. Please follow these instructions carefully to .
  3. If you have successfully installed the extension, the quiz page will appear.
  4. After starting the exam, you will be taken to a page that explains what Proctorio is and what types of support are available. Depending on your course convenor鈥檚 settings, you may also see messages prompting you to complete certain required actions before you can proceed with the quiz. You will not be able to select 鈥楥ontinue鈥 until all required actions are completed. Once you鈥檝e done so and are ready to begin, select 鈥楥ontinue鈥.
  5. Depending on your course convenor鈥檚 settings, you may be required to complete a system diagnostics check. If your system passes the check, the icon will turn green. If it does not pass, the icon will turn red. You can select 鈥楻e-test鈥 to run the diagnostics again until all checks are successfully completed.
  6. Once your initial system checks are complete, you should see a confirmation on the screen. Depending on your course convenor鈥檚 settings, you may also see a notification indicating that your screen is being shared with Proctorio. You can choose to hide this notification, but do not select 鈥楽top Sharing鈥, as this will interrupt the proctoring session. If you encounter any issues, use the link provided by Proctorio for more information. When you are ready to proceed, select 鈥楴ext鈥.
  7. Depending on your course convenor鈥檚 settings, you may be required to verify your identity. Hold your ID card up to your camera for the system to scan.

If the automatic scan is unsuccessful, the system will prompt you to switch to manual mode, allowing you to take a photo of your ID to complete the verification process. You can also retake the photo if it is not clear enough before continuing.

Tips:

It is recommended that you use the ANU Student ID card for this step. However, if you do not have an ANU Student ID card, you can use other forms of photo ID for this verification. If you choose to use other ID cards that is not your student ID card, please be reminded to cover up any sensitive information. When covering up sensitive information, it is best to manually take the photo of the ID card.

  1. Review and accept the 鈥楨xam Agreement鈥 to begin the exam. Depending on your course convenor鈥檚 settings, you may be required to sign the agreement by typing your name in the designated field.
  2. Depending on your course convenor鈥檚 settings, you may be required to complete a desk scan. Please note that the desk scan will only occur after you鈥檝e started the test, so be sure to perform the scan immediately. However, there鈥檚 no need to worry 鈥 course convenors have been advised to allow extra time for this check.
  3. Now you should be able to do your test.

Technical Support for Proctorio quiz/exam

During the Proctorio quiz/exam, should you encounter any technical issues, there are two ways you can request for assistance.

Contact GTV男同 IT Serivces +61 2 61252222 (available 9 am - 5 pm, weekdays) if you have trouble completing the pre-checks or have trouble re-entering the quiz/exam, an ANU staff will be on the phone to provide assistance.

Contact a Proctorio agent during/within the exam

You will be able to contact a Proctorio agent via the 鈥淟ive Chat鈥 button in the screenshot below to initiate a chat with the agent.

After the quiz/exam has finished

When you have finished the quiz/exam, make sure you have submitted all your answers.

Proctorio will then end and close automatically

Canvas Guide for Students

A complete user guide for using Canvas, including step by step instructions for setting up and getting started with Proctorio in Canvas.

More information about Canvas is also available.

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