Online exam

Before you start

• Each student needs a laptop or desktop with Chrome or Edge, and an internet connection. Phones and tablets cannot share a screen, so they cannot sit the exam.
• The staff passcode is asked for every time an exam is started, so a student cannot start one from a shared lab PC.

Running the exam

1. 1

   Create the exam

   Click Start an online exam and enter the passcode. Give the exam a name, set the minutes and type the questions. Leave a blank line between questions and put a * before the right answer.

   What is the worst-case time complexity of quicksort?
   - O(n)
   - O(n log n)
   * O(n^2)
   - O(log n)

2. 2

   Read out the code

   You get a six-character code and your dashboard. Keep the dashboard open on your screen for the whole exam.

3. 3

   Students join

   Students go to snapnplan.ddns.net, open Exam mode and type the code, then their name. They click Share screen & begin and choose Entire Screen. Each student's time starts at that moment.

4. 4

   Watch the room

   Each student appears as a tile that shows clear, warning or flagged. Use Allow lookup for an open-book part, or Pause to stop checking. Click a tile to do this for one student.

5. 5

   See the results

   When students submit, they see their score and a timeline of what was recorded. Your dashboard shows who has submitted and how many flags each student has.