Faculty Test Procedures and Standards
Proctorio Sunset: Proctorio will be removed from Canvas on December 16, 2025. Tests may be administered in the testing centers or Honorlock.
Testing Information For Faculty
Faculty Testing Updates
WSU Faculty,
Canvas is the sole source of exam delivery for academic exams in both testing centers and Honorlock. Proctorio will be removed from Canvas on December 16, 2025. If you are in need of technical support, please contact WSU Online here to help to aid in that transition.
Instructions for making your exams available in the testing center are available here.
For Honorlock, flagged session reviews are in the hands of the instructor. It is imperative that departments set standards for secure exams. Faculty (or departments) determine what will happen after an infraction, but if you want to maintain national exam standards, please keep in mind that the following violations clearly disqualify a secure exam:
- Lack of picture identification, if required by the instructor. Students must identify themselves with an official government picture I.D. Faculty may otherwise identify their own student within Honorlock.
- Stepping away from the camera.
- Any use of a cell phone during testing. If you want to allow cell phone use, secure testing is not necessary and instructors should consider a take-home exam.
- Unauthorized use of notes or cue cards.
- Talking or collaborating with someone else in the room.
- The lack of a room scan on Honorlock.
As for the validity of test results, testing centers with a live face-to-face proctor are the gold standard in the world of academic testing. This is important because it often shuts down an infraction or violation before it happens. However, it is up to the instructor to determine the level of security for a particular test, whether a testing center is more appropriate or if Honorlock is a better fit. Higher-stakes exams generally benefit more from an actual testing center, whereas Honorlock may fit the need, especially for some online courses. Remember that without academic assessment and integrity standards, it diminishes any institution. It is the goal of Testing Services to prevent any violation from happening before it results in any negative sanction for a student.
Please let us know how we can be of further service or if we can answer questions. We also welcome feedback on this ongoing process.
Testing Services Team, 801-626-6803.
Faculty Testing Procedures & Standards
- Canvas is the sole source of exam delivery for online and paper exams in both testing centers and Honorlock. Instructions for making your exams available in the testing center are available here.
- The Testing Center staff takes the instructor’s written instructions literally. Instructions or allowance of testing aids must be included in the Faculty Testing Center Check-In App. Any notes of permission, syllabi, or emails brought in by the student will not be considered.
- Faculty may not ask for test aids or circumstances that are either beyond our ability or against Testing or National College Testing Association standards. This includes word processors allowed in the test room.
- All paper exams must be at least two days in duration. The Testing Centers are not equipped to handle one-day tests in which entire classes show up at once or within a short period.
- Because of the potential volume of examinees on a certain day or our own record keeping, the Testing Department uses Canvas for online exams. Faculty may not bring in their own disks or request the use of an alternative internet site or program. This is disruptive to the process of checking students in or out, aside from producing accuracy or security issues.
- For tests requiring access to online resources or PDFs, students may only access resources linked in the Canvas quiz description or in a test question to verify that the content is authorized by the instructor.
- Valid and current picture identification is required of all students who wish to test. This approved list includes a driver license, military identification, passport, or Wildcat card. It does not include a concealed weapon permit, food handlers permit, employment identification, credit card, or any other non-approved form of identification. Faculty has the right to identify a student, but it must be in person. A phone call or email does not positively identify a student or the faculty member.
- We do not take a student’s homework for hand-in.
- Students have the option of using a whiteboard instead of scratch paper for Canvas exams. No one is compelled to use the whiteboards unless required by their faculty or department.
- In the case of certain misconduct, holds are placed on students’ testing accounts in order for them to be compelled to visit the dean of students or to meet with their instructor or our management. Under rare circumstances, a student may be banned from Testing Centers, but this process is initiated through the dean of students.
- The Testing Center is not a liaison or arbiter between the student and faculty member. We do not chase down a test that has not been delivered, nor do we call faculty if a student is late for an exam. It is up to the student to approach the faculty about such a situation. The Testing Center does have a responsibility to contact faculty about an emergency, a cheating incident, or a testing center error.
- Calculators that have a separate area on the surface dedicated to a keyboard are not allowed in Testing Centers. These calculators are more akin to computers than to other calculators because they can connect to other devices and often to the internet.
- For paper exams, the numbered copies must be delivered to a testing center. Copies should include the instructor name, course name, and exam name. The centers do not pick up or deliver exams. We also do not make copies of exams.
- No test is ever sent through U.S. or campus mail.
- Time limits for Paper testing are not enforced by testing staff; ALL students will be informed of time limits and testing times will be recorded. All timed Canvas examinations are managed by Canvas and will terminate automatically.
- We have a responsibility to create a secure environment, to treat all students equally, and to follow national standards.
- Any issues relating to the Test Center may be brought up through the Faculty Testing Advisory Committee, the governing board for Testing standards. A formal review can be arranged. The names of those committee members are listed on this website.
- Any faculty member who feels these standards are not reasonable may petition the committee. Otherwise, it is up to the faculty member to evaluate if our services fit their needs.