Online exams
Exams taken on a computer: the question bank, building exams, sittings, the live monitor, marking and results for staff; checking your computer, the practice exam and taking the exam for candidates.
The first part of this course is for Examinations staff: everything is in the left menu under Examination and Registration → Examination → Online exams. The second part, from Your online exams, is for candidates: in the portal, under Registration → Online exams. Candidates who sit an online exam should do at least the lessons from Your online exams to the end.
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The question bank
Keep every online exam question in one bank: five question types, an optional picture, a paper, a topic and a difficulty.
6 min - 2
Upload questions from Excel
Add many questions at once from a spreadsheet, using the blank template.
4 min - 3
Build an online exam
Create an exam, add sections that draw questions from the bank for every candidate, and set the time, pass mark and what candidates see.
7 min - 4
Exam security settings
Choose how strict the exam screen is: full screen, copying, the camera, one device, warnings and what happens when they run out.
6 min - 5
Preview and publish an exam
Draw a sample paper the way a candidate would get it, then publish the exam so sittings can be scheduled.
3 min - 6
Schedule a sitting
A sitting is one time window when candidates take a published exam, from home or at a venue with an access code.
4 min - 7
Add candidates to a sitting
Add people one by one, bring in a whole licensure session, internship intake or indexing list, or upload a spreadsheet.
5 min - 8
Watch a sitting live
Follow every candidate while they write: camera pictures, answers so far, time left and warnings, and act when something goes wrong.
6 min - 9
Mark written answers
Mark the written answers by hand, question by question, without seeing whose answer it is.
4 min - 10
Results and publishing
See every candidate’s score, download the list, and publish the results, which also go into the licensure results when the exam is linked.
4 min - 11
How questions performed
After a sitting, see which questions were too easy, too hard, or may have the wrong answer marked.
3 min - 12
Your online exams
Find the online exams the Council has booked you for, see when they open, and start or continue them.
3 min - 13
Check my computer
Test your browser, screen, full screen, camera and internet connection before exam day.
3 min - 14
The practice exam
Try a short practice exam (5 questions, 10 minutes) on the same screen and with the same rules as the real thing. It never counts.
3 min - 15
Before you start the real exam
Read the exam rules, agree to them, type the exam centre code if you are at a venue, show it’s you, and start.
4 min - 16
Taking the exam
Answer the questions on the full-screen exam page: your answers save as you go, the clock is at the top, and you hand in when you finish.
6 min - 17
Warnings, the camera and one device
What counts as a warning, what happens when you run out, why the camera stays on, and what to do if your computer breaks.
4 min - 18
Your online exam result
See your result once the Council publishes it, and review your answers if the exam allows it.
2 min