Snapshots capture information to show how an exam-taker progressed throughout an assessment. The Snapshot Viewer provides a report that includes time stamps for the specific actions and the exact responses that were entered by the Exam-Taker. You can use a snapshot to review the answers as they were submitted and changed, and to analyze an exam-taker's behavior during the assessment.
Log files provide a more in-depth view of an exam-taker’s behavior during an assessment. There is an entry for every action performed by an exam-taker from the opening of an assessment to the closing. This file also contain system details about the exam-taker’s device. You might want to view the log file when investigating academic integrity issues or technical issues that affected an exam-taker during an assessment.
Procedures
View a Snapshot
- Select the Assessments tab.
- Select the assessment that you would like to view snapshots from.
- Select the Exam-Taker Activity tab.
- Find the exam-taker whose snapshot you want to view.
Tip: To sort the list alphabetically by the exam-taker's last name, click on the Exam-Taker column heading.
- Select the camera icon in the Actions column.
The SnapShot Viewer appears in a pop-up window.
Snapshots will be taken when the following actions are performed by the exam-taker:
- Exam Begin
- Exam End
- Answer Selected
- Capture of Entire Answer File Every 10 Minutes
- Screenshot of Essay Answers if more than 500 characters are removed
- Text typed and removed
- Navigation to the next item
From this window you can identify:
- Item and Snapshot Number
- Item Type
- Time Stamp (Time is documented when navigating from the question indicated.)
- Trigger
- Exam-Taker’s Response (including character count for essays)
Note: If you want to export the information, use the CSV and XLS icons in the top right corner of the Snapshot Viewer pop-up window.
View Log Files
- Select the Assessments tab.
- Select the assessment that you would like to view log files from.
- Select the Exam-Taker Activity tab.
- Find the exam-taker whose log files you want to view.
Tip: To sort the list alphabetically by the exam-taker's last name, click on the Exam-Taker column heading.
- Select the yellow notepad icon in the Actions column.
The log file will open in a new window.Note: If you want to print or save the file, right-click in a blank area of the page to view the shortcut menu.