{"id":128663,"date":"2020-06-25T16:20:01","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T20:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/?page_id=128663"},"modified":"2022-02-23T14:07:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T19:07:39","slug":"secure-exams","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/services\/teaching\/assessment\/secure-exams\/","title":{"rendered":"Secure Exams"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\" bu-callout alignright\"><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"tw icon-mapmarker\"><\/span> Quick Start<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Available to:<\/strong> Faculty, Staff, Departments<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> to discuss your needs and determine if any costs apply.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See <a href=\"#GettingStarted\">Getting Started<\/a>, below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/div>\n<p>High-stakes exams for licensure, certification, and accreditation require secure testing environments, for both in-person and remote settings. With ExamSoft, instructors create and grade exams faster and easier. Use ExamSoft to collect and organize all your assessment data in one place, analyze exam results, generate valuable reports on student learning that highlight individual strengths and opportunities, and provide students with detailed feedback to improve their future performance.<\/p>\n<h2>Benefits<\/h2>\n<p>ExamSoft protects the integrity of your exams and assessment data with a secure testing platform. It minimizes the need for proctoring and helps to curb academic dishonesty.<\/p>\n<h2>Key Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Works offline \u2013 internet access only required to download the exam<\/li>\n<li>Locks down the exam taker\u2019s device<\/li>\n<li>Used for both in-person and remote learning settings<\/li>\n<li>Get analytics on course, category, and student performance<\/li>\n<li>Syncs with Blackboard to import rosters and push grades to Grade Center<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What to Expect<\/h2>\n<p>This service normally will be available 24 by 7 except for standard change windows, as described in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/about\/service\/change\/\">IS&amp;T\u2019s standard policies, procedures, and schedules for making changes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>For Faculty:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>ExamSoft Account<\/li>\n<li>Required Browsers: Chrome or Firefox<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For Students:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mac or Windows computer, Apple iPad, or Microsoft Surface Pro (see <a href=\"https:\/\/examsoft.com\/resources\/examplify-minimum-system-requirements\">minimum system requirements<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Examplify software (see\u00a0<a href=\"\/tech\/files\/2022\/02\/Examplify-getting-started-v2.pdf\">Examplify &#8211; getting started<\/a> for download\/installation instructions)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><a id=\"GettingStarted\"><\/a>Getting Started<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Departments should\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a>\u00a0to discuss getting started with ExamSoft<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High-stakes exams for licensure, certification, and accreditation require secure testing environments, for both in-person and remote settings. With ExamSoft, instructors create and grade exams faster and easier. Use ExamSoft to collect and organize all your assessment data in one place, analyze exam results, generate valuable reports on student learning that highlight individual strengths and opportunities, and provide students with detailed feedback to improve their future performance&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":872,"featured_media":0,"parent":7012,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"service.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/872"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=128663"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":139033,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/128663\/revisions\/139033"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=128663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}