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.
What you will learn
- Know what gives a warning
- Know what happens at the warning limit
- Keep the camera on
- Move to another computer with the invigilator’s help
Step by step
- These give you a warning:
- leaving full screen, or switching to another tab, window or app;
- clicking outside the exam or making the window small;
- copying, cutting or pasting, right-clicking, or trying to take a screenshot or print;
- nobody, or more than one person, on camera.
- Each time, a box explains what happened and shows Warning … of …. Press I understand, go back to my exam (or Go back to full screen).
- If the camera stops, the exam asks you to Turn the camera on. Allow the camera with the camera icon in the address bar, plug it back in if needed, and press the button. Your time is still running.
At the warning limit
The exam rules tell you how many warnings you have and what happens on the last one. Depending on the exam, your answers are handed in automatically, the exam is stopped and staff decide later, or you carry on and staff review your exam.
The camera
The camera stays on during most exams and takes a picture from time to time. Staff see the pictures. Sit alone, in good light, with your face in the middle.
One device only
The exam can only be open on one computer. If you try to open it on another, you see This exam is open on another device. If your computer breaks, ask the invigilator to move the exam to the new computer, then press Try again. Your saved answers are kept.
Check yourself
Pick an answer for each question, then press Check my answers. Nothing is saved or sent.