Proctor a PrairieLearn exam using PrairieTest

Sign in to PrairieTest via https://prairietest.umd.edu.

If you are within the check-in timeframe of the upcoming exam you are proctoring, you will see your exam at the top of the screen.

Click the exam name and session to open the proctor page.

If you are not within the check-in timeframe of the upcoming exam you are proctoring (e.g. several days in advance) or you have multiple exams, they will appear in the list below.

When you open the exam session page, you will see the session name, information about the session, a section on running the exam session, and the list of students signed up for that session.

To begin checking students in, click the Open the ID card page button next to step 1.

The ID card page will open in a separate browser tab. Begin scanning student barcodes with your cursor in the barcode text box. When a student is successfully checked in, you will receive a message in the bar at the top of the page indicating such.

Click the assign seat button to assign a seat for that student and direct them to that seat.

After you are done checking students in, return to the PrairieTest browser tab and check to see that students are checked in to the exam.

Ensure that students have signed in to https://prairietest.umd.edu and that they are able to see the exam for which they are registered and are on the exam details page before continuing. This screenshot is what the student should see.

Once you have verified all students who are present have checked in and are ready to start the exam, click the Start exam button in step 3 of run the exam session.