Watch a sitting live

6 min Examinations staff and invigilators (including zonal officers)

Follow every candidate while they write: camera pictures, answers so far, time left and warnings, and act when something goes wrong.

What you will learn

  • Read the candidate cards
  • Open a candidate’s details
  • Add time, send a message or move them to another device
  • Submit or stop an exam, or let a candidate continue

While a sitting is open, its page opens on the Live monitor. It updates every 10 seconds.

demo.ahpcghana.com/staff/online-exams?tab=sittings
The Live monitor: one card per candidate.
The Live monitor: one card per candidate.
demo.ahpcghana.com/staff/online-exams?tab=sittings
One candidate: camera photos, what happened, and the staff buttons.
One candidate: camera photos, what happened, and the staff buttons.

Step by step

  1. Open the sitting. Choose the Live monitor tab if it isn’t open already.
  2. Narrow the cards with Everyone, Need a look, Writing now, Lost connection, Not started or Finished, and sort with Problems first, Least time left or Name.
  3. Click a card to open the candidate’s details: their passport photo, the camera photos with a note on each (for example No one seen or More than one person), messages, and What happened from start to finish.
  4. Act with the buttons at the bottom when needed:
    • Add time: give more minutes. Their timer updates within a few seconds.
    • Send message: it shows as a banner on their exam screen.
    • Move to another device: lets them open the exam on one new computer if theirs broke. Answers saved so far are kept.
    • Submit now: ends the exam and marks what they have answered (a reason is needed).
    • Stop the exam: for misconduct. The attempt is kept for review and is not marked as normal (a reason is needed).
    • Allow to continue: re-opens a stopped or submitted exam if time is left, when it ended by mistake (a reason is needed).

What you will see

  • Each card: the latest camera photo (or the passport photo), a green or red dot for online or not seen for a while, answered so far, time left (amber under 15 minutes, red under 5), and Warnings used out of the limit.
  • A red number on the photo when something serious happened.

Check yourself

Pick an answer for each question, then press Check my answers. Nothing is saved or sent.

1 A candidate’s laptop breaks halfway. What do you do?
2 Which actions need a reason?