In some LSU Moodle courses, exams are administered through a third-party publisher site. This means that students take exams in the publisher site and not in the Moodle site with a quiz activity. Most third-party tools are added to Moodle as an LTI external tool. The most commonly used publisher external tools in Moodle are:
- Pearson
- Cengage
- Macmillan
- McGraw-Hill
- Sage Vantage
- Wiley
This article covers the following topics. Click on a topic to jump to that section of the article:
Setting Up Honorlock for Third-Party Exams
Third-party exams must be set up for proctoring as a separate exam instance through the Honorlock external tool in a Moodle course. See instructions for adding the external tool in article 20058, Moodle: Add an LTI External Tool. Students must click on this tool to take third-party exams in your course. To set up your exams, take the following steps:
- Add the Honorlock tool to your course for each third-party exam. Make sure you have given each one a descriptive name so students know to click here at exam time.
- Inside the Honorlock external tool, click on the menu in the top right corner of the dashboard and select Register Third Party Assessment.
- On the registration screen, you will set the following:
- Email Notifications: Add anyone else's email address who needs to receive notifications for this exam. Also check to make sure your email address is listed correctly.
- Admin Settings: Name your assessment and set the exam window. Here you will also select or add your third-party platform and provide a direct URL (optional). Add the password that you have set in the third-party site.
- Proctoring Settings: Here you will set the technical proctoring conditions during the exam. Make sure you click Allow Site URLs so that the student can access the third-party site.
- Test Taker Guidelines: Here you will set allowances and restrictions for your students. If you would like to include written instructions, open the Additional Instructions text box beneath the blocks.
- Assessment Accommodations (if necessary): If you have students who need accommodations, enter their information here. You should also set individual accommodations in the exam settings on the third-party site.
- Assessment Visibility: Determines whether the students can view the assessment on their dashboards outside of the exam window.
- Click Create.
- You will see the new exam at the top of your assessment list with buttons for Results (your students' exam sessions) and Settings, which you can edit.
How Students Access Exams Using Honorlock
In your course materials, direct your students to click on the Honorlock external tool when they are ready to take an exam. Student scheduling is not necessary for Honorlock proctoring. When students click on the Honorlock external tool link, they will:
- Select the correct third-party exam. On the dashboard, students will see all exams available for launch. If there are more than one quizzes set up for proctoring, be sure to give them descriptive names so students will know which to choose. Third-party exams will also be labeled.
- On the next page, agree to the Data Collection and Use statement that will appear. This will continue to an optional system check that will test compatibility with Honorlock.
- Review the assessment guidelines, which is a list of prohibited items and behaviors. Read the required settings for authentication, then click the button to begin the authentication process.
- Procced through authentication and setup. Eventually, there will be a prompt to open the third-party site to access the exam. This will open in a new tab.
- At the publisher site, the proctor will enter the exam password. During the exam, Honorlock displays a menu along the bottom for accessing chat support, an option to minimize, a reminder that recording is happening, and an Exit Honorlock button.
- When finished with the exam, click Exit Honorlock. Confirm the pop-up message, and the proctoring session will end.
- This exam attempt will now appear in the Honorlock external tool, if you click Results next to the exam name.
Setting up ProctorU for Third-Party Exams
If your course uses ProctorU (Meazure Learning) Live+ or Review+ services for third-party publisher exams, you must set up proctoring on the ProctorU LSU Baton Rouge site. These exams cannot be set up using the ProctorU LTI external tool.
Direct students to log in to both ProctorU and Moodle at exam time to begin their exam session. In your course, there must be a link to the exam in the third-party site for your students to click at exam time.
First, add the external tool to your course page:
Then, set up third-party exam sessions at ProctorU:
- Log in at the ProctorU Baton Rouge site.
- Click on the blue Add New button at the top right of your page and select Exam.
- Fill in the required (asterisked) information:
- Exam Title: Be as descriptive as possible so that students can easily find the exam in a search. The following naming convention is recommended: Program_Moodle Course Name_Exam Name_Third-Party Tool Name. Example: LSU Online_2025 Summer 2 MATH 1021E for Mike Tiger (Online)_Final Exam_Cengage.
- Department: This selection will determine the proctoring service line and price per exam (prices apply to LSU campus students only). For an explanation of pricing, see article 20564, ProctorU: Information for Instructors.
- Instructors: Add yourself and any others in course instructor roles.
- Term: Select the current term.
- Duration (minutes): The exam duration in minutes. This is not the same as the exam window.
- Exam URL: To add your publisher site URL, click Add URL and enter the site address. Make sure Open on exam launch? is checked. Example: https://www.cengage.com.
- Exam password: Enter the exam password set at the third-party publisher site. Confirm the password in the next text box.
- Permitted resources: Select resources you will allow students to use during the exam. If none, select No resources allowed. You can also type a description of resources in the Other resources area if you do not see your allowed resource listed.
- Expected No. of Test-Takers: Enter the number of students expected to take the exam. This will help you keep track of who has scheduled and completed exam sessions.
- Additional Exam Notes: Type any other information you want proctors to know about your exam process. For example, detail calculator models, special instructions for the publisher site, or any other prohibited items or behaviors.
- Notify on Schedule Emails: Enter email addresses for anyone who wants to be notified when a student schedules an exam.
- Contact Info for Exam Issues: Should any problems arise during exam launch or the exam session, this person will be the point of contact and should be available during the exam window.
- Windows: This is the official exam window during which appointments will be available for scheduling. The first time should match when the exam opens in Moodle, and the last time should correspond to the exam close time minus the exam duration. For example, if the exam closes in Moodle at 8:00 p.m. and the exam duration is two hours, the last appointment time should be 6:00 p.m.
- Submit your exam for review. When your exam entry is approved, you will receive an email. The approval process takes 24–72 hours.
Additional Steps for Student Accommodations Using ProctorU
When you are notified that one of your students has registered accommodations with LSU Disability Services, you must submit an accommodation request to ProctorU. After applying settings for the approved accommodations in the third-party exam, submit a request for accommondations at the Meazure Learning site. This must be done prior to the start of the exam window. Provide the following information in your request:
- The student's name and email address in ProctorU
- The course and exam name
- The accommodation(s) approved by Disability Services
- Any other details, if necessary
You should submit accommodations to ProctorU no later than 72 hours before the exam window opens. You do not need to provide any information about the student's disability.
How Students Access Third-Party Exams Using ProctorU
In your course materials, direct your students to navigate to both the Moodle course and the ProctorU site when they are ready to take an exam. Students should have already scheduled their sessions before they sit down for the exam session. They will do the following:
- Log in to the Moodle course and navigate to the exam link.
- Log in to the proctoru.com site and click on My Sessions at the top left corner.
- In the Scheduled Appointments box, click on the Start Session when ready to begin.
4. At this point, the proctor will begin exam launch.