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Enable Examity Exam Proctoring for Canvas-Integrated WebAssign

If you use Canvas™, you can prevent cheating by using Examity®. Link to your WebAssign exam from Canvas. Your students will continue to be monitored by Examity while they complete their exam in WebAssign.

Note While Cengage supports our learning platform integrations with several Learning Management Systems, proctoring solutions are third party services that we do not directly support. The LMS and proctoring solution versions we have tested might not be the same versions you use. For this reason, your process and results might vary and Cengage cannot guarantee support for any third party proctoring service.

Starting in spring 2021, many schools use a new method to integrate WebAssign with their LMS. These steps apply to all WebAssign courses regardless of when you integrated your course.

Examity is a browser extension and works only with Google® Chrome™.

Students will be prompted to download the Examity extension when they open the exam.

You must first create a password protected exam in WebAssign, and add a link to your exam in Canvas. In order for students to access the exam through the proctoring service, both the link and the module you add it to must be published. However, students should not access the exam directly through this link. To avoid confusion, consider creating a new module titled "Do not access." Let your students know that you will be notified if they attempt to access the exam through the "Do not access" module.

  1. In Canvas, locate your WebAssign exam link.
  2. Click the link and copy the link address from your browser.

    This is the link you will add to Examity.

  3. Click Modules.
  4. In the module where you want to add the exam, click add item.

    To add a new module, click +Module.

  5. Set the dropdown to External Tool.
  6. Click Examity > Add Item.

    An Examity link is added to your module.

  7. Click the Examity link.
  8. Click Launch Examity.
  9. Click Exams > New Exam.
  10. Enter a quiz name and other required information.
  11. If your WebAssign exam is timed, set the Exam Duration to be longer than the time set in WebAssign.

    Students will need time between opening Examity and beginning the exam in WebAssign.

  12. Click Next.
  13. Set the security level to Auto Premium or Live Premium.
  14. Paste the link you copied earlier under Link to test.
  15. If your WebAssign exam is password protected, enter the password under Exam Password. Otherwise, leave this field blank.
  16. If students are required to upload files to complete their assignment, set Allow Test-taker to upload file to Yes.
  17. Click Next.
  18. Optional: Review the exam rules and add additional rules and instructions.
  19. Click Create Exam > Done.
  20. In Canvas, click publish to publish the exam.