Examity Proctoring

All IU High School courses include the option to take exams at home, using an online exam proctoring service - Examity. This service has been thoroughly vetted and is also being used in courses at the university level. 

Students intending to use the free Examity proctoring option should be aware of the following:

  • You will need a functioning webcam, microphone, and speakers. Examity also requires use of the Chrome browser.
  • You will be required to upload an image of a photo ID (use a cellphone or scanner) and then present this ID at the beginning of the exam.
  • During the exam, you must allow the Examity proctor temporary keyboard control (you will just click ‘allow’ when prompted) for them to type in the exam access code.
  • Before taking an exam, or the suggested practice exam, you MUST click the 'Examity Page' link found in the Syllabus. Then click 'Load Examity in a new Window' - this creates a registration link between you and the course in the Examity system. If you only enter Examity through a different course, the exams from this course will not be listed.
  • The first time you use Examity you will need to create a 'student profile' and set security questions (many of these are oriented towards adults, so please choose ones you can reasonably answer). You should test your computer system to see if it satisfies all requirements.

More information about Examity can be found here Links to an external site. and in a video guide here Links to an external site.. Please take the time to go through both of these to familiarize yourself with their procedures.

All courses include a practice Examity Quiz. We highly recommend scheduling this practice exam with Examity before using the service on an actual exam. (The practice exam is trivially easy, but it should make things go much smoother during your actual exam. You will have already solved any technical problems.)

If you choose to use the online proctoring option (rather than in-person proctoring), then when submitting your exam application please simply select the Examity check-box.

 

Examity and their Canvas application have been vetted for compliance with IU's policies regarding privacy and data security. As part of the vetting process, all third parties must ensure that 1) they are only accessing data they require to perform the service, and 2) they are securing that data appropriately during both transfer and storage. For more, see Classification levels of institutional data  Links to an external site..

When using Examity for online exams, items such as ID photos, security question answers, and video feeds of the test-taking environment are encrypted to ensure the data is protected from unauthorized access. Only properly authorized people, instructors and the service administrators, have access to the information and the videos that are stored. All videos are saved for a prescribed period of time and then deleted. The individual proctors employed by Examity work in proctoring centers with supervisors overseeing them, and everything they do is recorded on video and audio.