Add a proctored exam request for every student in your section.
What you need to know
Only sections with full exam support will have proctored exams that all students enrolled in the course will take. When you make the proctored exam request(s) in the portal, you will set the exam audience to "All Students." As a reminder, full exam support means:
- access to Iowa City test centers and live proctors.
- access to the virtual proctoring platform, Honorlock.
- assistance with ICON exam build and security settings.
- assistance with exam accommodations, including re-formatting online exams.
- technical support for faculty and students before, during and after the exam.
- exam integrity review of recorded exam sessions.
- proctoring for an entire section.
- available for sections with an online delivery mode only.
Once you have submitted all exam details and the request is reviewed by DOE Exam Services staff, students in the section can begin to schedule for the upcoming exam.
Keep in mind that if the "All Students" option is not available in the portal, then this means your section is not eligible for full exam support. Due to staffing limitations, full exam support is only available for sections with the online delivery mode in MAUI. In-person sections are not typically eligible to request this support. However, there are some exceptions. Contact Laura Sinn to find out if your section would be considered an exception.
To learn more about the fields, menus, and buttons found in the Proctored Exams Portal, visit the User Guide.
Complete the steps below
- Proctored Exams Portal. If the portal is not visible in the left menu bar, add the Proctored Exams Portal to ICON.
- New Exam. Click on the gold button in the upper right corner of the portal.
- Exam Name. Add an exam name.
- Exam Section. Will be pre-populated. However, if you have multiple sections in one ICON site, indicate the section or section(s) with which you want to associate the exam.
- Audience. Select "All Students" which indicates the exam is intended for the whole class.
- Exam Medium. Select "Paper" or "ICON" from the drop-down menu.
- Delivery Method. Select one of these three options:
- "Iowa City Test Center or Virtual Proctor" allows students to choose how they complete exams.
- "Virtual Proctor only" requires all students to use Honorlock.
- "Iowa City Test Center or Virtual Proctor by Permission" allows you to designate who may use Honorlock.
- Window Start. Click in the box for a pop-up calendar to appear. Choose a start date, then select the earliest time you want to allow students to begin the exam and click on "Ok."
- Window End. Click in the box for a pop-up calendar to appear. Choose an end date, then select the latest time you want students to finish the exam and click on "Ok."
- Duration. Enter the amount of time allowed for students to complete the exam without accommodations. (Accommodations are assigned later on an individual basis.)
- Exam Source. Select one of these three options from the drop-down menu:
- To create a new exam, select "New" and upload the new exam file in the "Exam File" field.
- To use a previous exam without changes, select "Copy No Changes" and indicate which semester to copy the exam from in the "Notes for Administrators" field.
- To make changes to an existing exam, select "Reuse with Revisions" and indicate which course and semester to copy the exam from in the "Notes for Administrators" field.
- Materials Allowed. By default, no materials are allowed. Click on the gold Plus (+) button to select materials that students may use during the exam.
- Submit. Scroll to the bottom of the window and click on the blue Submit button.
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For other questions about the Proctored Exams Portal and your online section, call 319-384-4800 or email doe-exams@uiowa.edu.