Use Schoolyear in your digital test

Use Schoolyear for your digital test

To start using the Schoolyear integration for the taking of your test, you will first have to create a timeslot for the test before being able to configure Schoolyear for your digital test. 

Follow the steps below to enable Schoolyear for your digital test.

1. Navigate to your assignment.
2. Click on settings Settings in the menu at the top.
3. Click Integrations in the menu on the left.
4. Click Enable next to Schoolyear.
5. Configure the settings that apply by clicking on View.

Configuration settings

URL to allow

Add any URLs you want students to be able to visit within Schoolyear. By switching on the blue toggle, all pages on the website will be allowed.

Device Check

By default, Schoolyear treats every session as an exam session. With this setting enabled, you can use a Schoolyear session as a Device check.

When this setting is enabled, students need to log in using Single Sign-On (SSO) when starting the session. After successful authentication, the student can launch the Schoolyear environment.

Fraud detection mechanisms are not active during a Device check session. This setting can be used when you want students to experience the complete exam flow of Schoolyear in combination with an integrated testing application, without exam supervision.

Important:
Do not use this setting for actual exams. Only use this setting for practice exams or mock exams without exam supervision.

Security incidents will not be displayed to students during a Device check session.

Require Workspace Authentication

When Workspace Authentication is enabled, each Schoolyear workspace is linked to a specific student through Single Sign-On (SSO).

If Workspace Authentication is disabled, each workspace is counted as unique. This can result in a student using multiple licenses.

When this setting is enabled, students need to authenticate when starting their exam. Students can no longer manually enter their name and student ID.

Enable Spell Check

If spell check is allowed, students will be able to see red lines underneath spelling errors for both open questions and fill-in questions. This option uses the built-in spellchecker of the browser. This is not a spellchecker provided by Ans. We recommend to only enable Spell Check if spelling is not a criterion for the test.

Exam Password

With an Exam Password, students need to enter a password before they can start the exam.

The password can be used as an additional security measure to restrict access to the exam.

Use Schoolyear for your publication

After your digital test has been taken, you can create a publication in order for students to view their results. You can read more about publishing your results here.

If Schoolyear is enabled for your digital test, this automatically secures your publication with Schoolyear as well. No further settings need to be configured in the publication settings. However, it is possible to enable Schoolyear after an assignment has already been taken.

Please note: publications without an end time are not supported in the Schoolyear integration. The end time is a required field in Schoolyear. During synchronisation with Schoolyear, the system checks which end time lies furthest in the future: that of the taking timeslot or that of the publication timeslot. If a publication timeslot does not have an end time, the end time of the taking timeslot is automatically used. Once this date has passed, the publication can no longer be viewed in Schoolyear. This can be resolved by setting the availability of the availability within a specific time window.

Before a student tries to gain access to the publication, the student receives a notification that the test is secured with Schoolyear.