DRES Accommodations 

If any students need extended test-taking time, you can accommodate them using overrides in Moodle or in Canvas by using the “Moderate Quiz” button, which appears after the exam is published. You must also add the student names into ProctorU’s system using the Accomodations web form for accommodations at least 24 hours in advance. Submit the form for every student who needs it for extended time or any other accommodation, such as a screen-reader or special equipment. 

ProctorU External Tool Link (Optional) 

This step is optional, and you may want to skip it. You can provide the ProctorU tool link in your Canvas or Moodle course site. Please note this can mislead students into thinking they need to sign up for the exam in ProctorU’s website – they do not. It simply provides a link where they can create or sign into their ProctorU account to take the exam, but they do not need to use it. 

• In Canvas, by default there may a ProctorU link in the left-hand course navigation menu. Press that link to sign into ProctorU. If you don’t see it, to enable it for you and students, press the Settings button in the course navigation menu. Press the Navigation tab at the top of that page. Scroll down to the ProctorU link and press the options button to the right of it. Choose Enable and save. 

• In Moodle, you can add an external tool item for ProctorU to make a ProctorU link/icon appear in your course site. Pressing this icon/link will sign you into ProctorU. Press the Turn Editing On button in the upper right corner. Then press Add an Activity or Resource in the area you want to create the link. Then choose the External Tool option from the next window, name the item ProctorU (or whatever you would like) and choose ProctorU from the “preconfigured tool” menu. Press Save and Return to Course. It appears as shown below. 

• Warning: If instead you press Save and Display or if you subsequently press on the ProctorU external tool link yourself, your ProctorU account may be converted into a student account. If this happens, contact citl-info@illinois.edu.  

To use Record+, your exam must have a time limit and a password, but you should never issue that password to students or they can bypass ProctorU completely. 

• Be sure that you are signed into the ProctorU browser extension in Chrome or Firefox. After enabling ProctorU on an exam, in the future be sure to always sign into the browser extension before editing the exam settings, though you can edit questions without doing so. 

• In Canvas courses: navigate to the quiz, open it and press the Edit button.
• In Moodle LTI courses: To use Record+ on quizzes in full or single activity Moodle LTI courses housed inside Canvas, follow these steps before you proceed.
  • To enable Record+ on an exam, you must first open that exam in a new tab or browser window; otherwise, you will not be able to see the ProctorU settings. You want to only see Moodle in your active tab, not the Canvas frame around it.
  •  To do this, navigate to the quiz, and press the down arrow button between your profile image and the Edit Mode button. In the pop-up menu, select the option Open in a New Tab and also press the button to turn on Edit Mode.

• • You must set up quizzes as shown in this article. This forces students to open the quiz in a new browser tab, which they must do to engage Record+. They should only see Moodle frame in the active tab, not the Canvas frame around it. This method involves hiding the actual quiz from students and adding a URL item that links to the quiz.

• In both Canvas and Moodle set the date availability and duration of the exam. The exam must have a time limit, but the availability range can be as long as you would like. 

• On the settings page, press the ProctorU switch which is located beneath the exam description field. If you do not see the ProctorU switch, you may not be signed into the browser extension. 

• A new switch to enable an auto-generated password will appear. We recommend using it to create a very secure password. If you enable it, the fields for an access code (in Canvas) or password (in Moodle) will disappear from their areas lower down on the page.  

• • However, you can leave this disabled and provide your own access code (in Canvas) or password (in Moodle) lower on the page as usual. 

  • You must use a password / access code, and you should never issue it to students. If there is no access code, or if you give it to students, then they may access the exam without engaging ProctorU and will not be recorded.

• This will display a full menu of settings and notification options. 

• • In Canvas, you will need to scroll up to the top of the page and look for the two ProctorU tabs – one for settings and one for notifications. 

ProctorU Website

• After setting up the exam in a Canvas, Moodle or Moodle LTI course, you can review the exam in the ProctorU website. You do not need to go there unless you want to view recordings after the exam. 

• If you navigate to the exam in ProctorU, you can change or add additional instructors, incident users or contact information as needed. Please only edit these things here. Press Exam Options and then select Edit this Exam. Then add or revise the instructor and/or incident user information as needed. When finished, press the Submit for Review button. If you decide not to change anything, close or exit the page. There is not a button to cancel changes.