Honorlock for Faculty
- Milan Stanic
- Christine Sandella
Honorlock is a browser-based online exam proctoring tool that integrates with Canvas. The platform is easy to use and hosts a number of built-in features to prevent cheating, such as search and destroy, mobile device prevention, and browser guard.
You create your exam like you usually would, and Honorlock collects the information needed to set up the test. When you’re ready, you turn on proctoring and decide which features you’d like to use. The platform offers a suite of options to maintain the integrity of your students' testing experience, including recording web activity, disabling copy/paste, and mobile device prevention that disallow the use of external monitors.
Once your students have taken the test, certified test proctors review the exam session and notify you of guideline violations. All of this means that you can spend more time teaching and less time focused on proctoring exams.
Using Honorlock with Canvas:
Click on the Settings page in your course and then switch to the Navigation tab.
At the bottom of your course navigation options, locate Honorlock. Either drag and drop it into the upper list, or click the “⋮” More Options button and select Enable. Press the Save button at the bottom of the page.
The items on the upper list will appear in order on the course navigation bar on the left side of the screen. The items in the bottom list will not appear in your course navigation bar.
Click Honorlock on the left course navigation bar to navigate to the Honorlock page by Honorlock on the left course navigation menu.
Click the blue Enable button. This is a one-time step that is needed to activate Honorlock for the course.
Once enabled, you will have the ability to customize your proctoring settings. To enable a setting, simply click on the box for that setting. The blue checkbox will indicate that the option is enabled. Clicking on it again will deselect this option and turn it off.
Set your student guidelines for the test. We strongly encourage you to clarify or expand upon any or all of the items you choose to enable in the Additional Instructions section below. These guidelines and Additional Instructions will be visible to exam takers when starting their exam and will be utilized by our proctors to determine what is and isn’t allowed during the assessment.
Set up accommodations that may be needed for some students. These will only be visible to the Honorlock proctors. Whatever the accommodation may be, please include the exam taker's name and the accommodation details in this section. For more information, please visit accommodation with Honorlock.
Lastly, leave the exam visibility toggle to “no” to default to the exam availability dates and times you set within Canvas.
Proctoring Settings:
Record Webcam - Records HD video of the student’s face and testing environment using the webcam built into their device or external webcam.
Record Screen - Records HD video of the exam taker’s laptop or desktop screen.
Record Web Traffic- Logs and monitors the browser activity in Google Chrome during the exam.
Student Photo - Requires the exam taker to take a still picture prior to taking their assessment.
Student ID - Requires the exam taker to take a picture with their webcam of their government-issued photo ID, or their student photo ID. Honorlock will ensure the name on the ID matches the name within the LMS.
Room Scan -Requires that the exam taker show a 360 degree view of their testing environment and there will be onscreen messaging informing them of this. If you are requesting your exam takers show certain items - blank scratch paper, their cell phone being placed out of reach, etc. Use the Additional Instructions Section below to detail out what you’d like your exam takers to do for the Room scan.
Calculators - Allows basic or scientific calculator during the assessment. Turning one calculator on will turn off the other.
Disable Copy/paste - Prevents exam takers from copying exam content and pasting it outside of the assessment.
Disable Printing - Prevents access to the browser print function to print or export exam content.
Browser Guard - Honorlock's secure browser solution that prevents exam takers from accessing additional applications outside of Google Chrome. Any attempt to access external applications will generate an automated flag to be reviewed when reviewing exam taker results. For more information on Browser Guard, please see BrowserGuard and Allowed Site URLs FAQ
Allowed Site URLs - Grants access via another Chrome tab to any sites that you add in below. That could be a link to the e-textbook, DESMOS for an online graphing calculator, or a link to any other web page your exam takers will need to complete the assessment. When adding your URLs in the box below, please make sure you click “Add Site” for each page you’re granting access to. Please include the link to that site or resources within the question stem itself, or the exam instructions so students can click on it. These will be available before the exam before they launch proctoring and during the exam in the student toolbar.
Simulated - Not proctored. This should only be used for low-stakes assessments, as it will simulate the proctoring experience, but there will be no recording or flagging to review after the session is complete.
Student Guidelines:
Open Book Allowed - A book can be referenced.
Restroom Breaks Allowed - Student can leave the webcam view for a short period of time.
Hats Allowed - A hat can be worn on the student’s head.
Mobile Phone Use Allowed - Students can use a mobile phone during assessment.
Notes Allowed - Pre-written paper notes can be referenced.
Handheld Calculator Allowed - A physical calculator can be used.
Take Exam in Public Area - background noise and multiple people are expected.
Scratch Paper Allowed - Paper and a writing utensil can be used.
Headphones Allowed - Students can wear headphones during assessment.
Background Noise Allowed - Occasional sounds expected in the testing environment.
Get Support
Need technical support or have a general support question? Support is available 24/7 via live chat or by phone at +1 (844) 243-2500.
As a student navigates through their exam, a link to live chat and support services is just a click away—no need to leave the test session or question how to find technical help when they run into a problem. It’s support that follows you through the exam and helps everything run smoothly.
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