Feature - ProctorU Integration

epaPRO has been extended to integrate with ProctorU

The ProctorU Proctoring Platform - Advanced Exam Technology Backed by Human Validation

ProctorU (soon to be MeazureLearning) is a leading provider of remote proctoring for online testing and assessment.

The following areas of epaPRO have been altered to integrate with ProctorU:

Entity Management → Assessment Component

The following additions have been made under this section;

• A new ProctorU tab has been added to allow the enabling of ProctorU for a specific component.

• A new field allows a user to specify what resources an apprentice is allowed to use during the test (this is validated against a specific list defined by ProctorU).

• A new field also allows a user to specify other resources an apprentice may use during the test - this is free text limited to 255 characters.

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Assessment Plan → Book Component

On the ‘Assessment Details’ step of component booking an extra option has been added named ‘Book Proctor’. Selecting this will tell epaPRO to make a reservation in ProctorU at the assessment date and time (subject to availability).

• A new field for notes has been added that will be sent to ProctorU and will only be visible to the ProctorU, not the candidate.

• A new section for Accommodations has been added. These are attached to a specific apprentice after a booking has been made.

  • A static list is available to choose from supplied by ProctorU, which includes.

    • all_websites, approved_website, bathroom_breaks, computer_calculator, course_website, ebook_computer, ebook_website, excel, excel_notes, financial_calculator, fomula_sheet, four_function_calculator, graphing_calculator, handwritten_notes, note_cards, notepad, online_calculator, paint, pdf_notes, powerpoint, powerpoint_notes, printed_notes, scientific_calculator,scratch1, scratch2,scratch_more, spss, textbook, whiteboard, word, word_notes

  • A custom field is also available to add your own.

epaPRO will automatically append any extra time or break time onto the notes, so that the Proctor is aware of the situation. 

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Options under “add an accommodation”

Assessment Result

The sidebar for an element has been extended to show the ProctorU reservation number within the Booking Details widget.

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Shown here as “ProctorU Res No”

The Add/Edit result screen has been extended to include any incident details sent back from ProctorU. This area also includes a link to ProctorU for the full details (ProctorU login required).

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QA

The QA engine has been changed to take into account the feedback received from ProctorU. Any incidents that are raised and flagged by ProctorU, that result in further investigation required by the EPAO will always flag the element for QA, regardless of other QA settings; this supersedes all current rules (i.e. 0% against a component or EPA).

The QA listing screen has been extended with two new filters to help users only see the types of QAs that they need to process:

• Assessment Type (select one or more types)

• Proctored (yes or no)

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Reporting

Changes have also been made under Reporting;

• The ‘Assessment Elements’ report has been extended to include the “ProctorU Reservation No” to easily identify elements booked in ProctorU.

• The ‘Results Pending QA’ report has been extended to include filters for Component name and type to aid in filtering QA listings to the appropriate type.

• The ‘QA Audit’ report has a new reason named ‘ProctorU Trigger’ to indicate the QA was due to an incident raised by ProctorU.

Comms and Notifications

The following emails have been altered for when they are sent to the apprentice;

• Component Invitation

• Component Rescheduled

Other

In addition, a bug was fixed during development where the ‘Manage Components' link was linked to the wrong permission within the 'Assessment Components’ management area.