Before Enabling Honorlock
🔎 Make sure the course note in the schedule includes the requirements/expectations of using Honorlock for your course.
ℹ️ Add information about Honorlock to your syllabus. Here is proposed language to consider:
Honorlock will proctor your exams this semester. Honorlock is an online proctoring service that allows you to take your exam from the comfort of your home. You do not need to create an account, download software, or schedule an appointment in advance. Honorlock is available 24/7, and all you need is a computer, a working webcam, and a stable Internet connection.
To get started, you will need to use Google Chrome and install the Honorlock Chrome browser extension.
When Honorlock is enabled for an exam, you will log into your Falcon Online course, navigate to the Tools link in the course navbar, select Honorlock, and locate your exam. Select the "Launch" button to begin the authentication process, which includes taking a picture of yourself, showing your ID, and selecting the screen to record.
Honorlock will record your exam session via webcam and screen capture. Additionally, Honorlock uses an integrity algorithm that can detect the use of search engines. Do not attempt to search for answers, even on a secondary device.
Setting Up An Honorlock Exam
Here are a few tips to keep in mind:
- Best practices include creating a Practice Exam with similar settings so students can try out the process in a low-stakes environment and sending an announcement message out about the use of Honorlock in your class.
- A password is automatically applied to your quizzes by Honorlock. Never give out the password to your exam(s).
- There are a variety of settings you can apply which may affect the flags generated after a student completes their proctored session.
- Proctoring Settings - a variety of settings so you can decide the level of proctoring for your use case
- Room Scan - it is recommended to elaborate any additional instructions, such as showing any permitted resources.
- Browser Guard - flags if there was an attempt to navigate away from the exam and pushes the exam to the front of the screen.
- Student Guidelines - students will see any settings and instructions provided in this section.
- Open book, notes allowed, and scratch paper allowed will all prevent flags about students whose face is partially out of view (note: flags are still recorded if they completely leave the webcam view) since these settings anticipate students looking down at permitted resources or working on scratch paper.
After Students Complete An Honorlock Exam
Here are a few tips to help when reviewing results:
- You can right-click the video (webcam and/or screen recording) to show controls. This will give you options such as fullscreen, mute, and navigation. (Note: each video can play independently of each other, so take note of the timestamp for each video.)
- If you notice a gap where the recording may have lapsed, the student may have experienced a network issue. In this case, a still or "failsafe" image is saved for review. If the connection remains unsteady, images will be saved every 10 seconds. You can access these images by going to the download button on the left to request failsafe images. You will be notified when they are ready for review.