Create a Canvas Quiz for Virtual Proctoring using Proctorio

You can create a proctored Canvas quiz that allows your students to securely take a quiz from any location using Proctorio. There are various settings that can be adjusted when creating a Canvas quiz.

If you have any questions regarding your proctored exam, reach out to CIDI at 435-797-9506.

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Enabling Proctorio in Your Canvas Course

Before creating your quiz, there are a few necessary preliminary steps so that your quiz appears with all of the proper settings:

1

Navigate to Settings

Course settings and navigation highlighted

 
2

Select Navigation

Course settings and navigation highlighted

 
3

Locate Secure Exam Proctor, click and select + Enable

Secure Exam Proctor item highlighted with popup with + Enable highlighted.

 
4

Click Save

Arrow pointing at Save button at the bottom of the page.

 
5

Navigate to Secure Exam Proctor

Secure Exam Proctor tab highlighted.

 
6

Follow the steps

The steps specifically mention Google Chrome, but Proctorio can also be downloaded on Microsoft Edge .

Steps to activate Proctorio in Canvas Course example.

Activating Proctorio in a Canvas Quiz

If you already have a quiz prepared and you would like to add Proctorio to it, jump to step 5.

1

Navigate to Quizzes

Quizzes tab highlighted.

 
2

Click + Quiz

Arrow pointing at + Quiz button.

 
3

Select Classic Quizzes and click Submit

Arrows pointing at Classic Quiz radio option and the Submit button.

 
4

Give the quiz a title and description

Example of quiz title and description fields.

 
5

Select Enable Proctorio Secure Exam Proctor

Enable Proctorio Secure Exam Proctor setting higlighted.

 
6

Give the quiz a Time Limit

Arrow pointing at Time Limit with 90 in the field.

 
7

Activate other desired settings

It is recommended that you do not enable the Show one question at a time setting due to a possibility of unwanted delay in loading times.

 
8

Add the quiz Questions

Arrow pointing at Questions tab with preview of adding questions settings.

 
9

Adjust the Proctorio Settings as necessary

Arrow pointing at Proctorio Settings tab.

Making Adjustments After Students Have Taken Exam

The Proctorio settings are designed to not be adjusted after students have taken an exam to ensure fairness amongst all test takers. If there is an error, you will need to:

1

Update the Assign to section to only include the student(s) who already took the original exam

This will ensure that your other students don't take the exam that contains the error.

In the example image below, Demo Student 01 was the only student who took the exam with the error in it.

Example of Assign to with Demo Student 01 as the only option.

 
2

Make a copy of the exam

How to copy your exam.

 
3

Assign the copy of the exam to the appropriate students

If you are planning on having all your students take the new version of the exam, including the ones who took the exam with the error in it:

  1. Assign everyone to your exam
  2. Save the exam
  3. Navigate to Grades
  4. Locate the column with the old exam
  5. Type 'EX' for all of the assigned students scores