Quiz Generator: Password-Protected Quizzes

Password-protected quizzes can be used in situations where you also have proctors for each of the students in your course. The password that unlocks the quiz is not sent to the student. It is sent to a third party who is selected by the student and verified by staff from the Center for Teaching and Learning. Every student in the class gets a unique password, so passwords cannot be shared between students.

How to Enable Password Protection on a Quiz

1. Click Quiz Generator under Activities and Assignments on the main Faculty Tools page.
2. For a new quiz, click Create a Quiz at the top of the main Quiz Generator page.
3. For an existing quiz, click the title of the quiz on the main Quiz Generator page.
4. For an existing quiz, click Setup.
5. Under the Quiz Setup tab when you create or edit a quiz, find the Require a password to access the quiz? option.
6. Select Yes for Require a password to access the quiz? 
7. Save your changes.

How to Manage Proctors for a Password-Protected Quiz

1. Click Quiz Generator under Activities and Assignments on the main Faculty Tools page.
2. Click the title of the quiz on the main Quiz Generator page.
3. Click Special Permissions.
4. Click the Password/Proctor Management tab at the top of the page.

From this tab, you can do the following:

• See all proctors for all students
• Update the name or email address for each student's proctor
• Email students who have not yet selected a proctor
• Export information about all proctors for that quiz to Excel
• View a sample email that proctors will receive
• Send the proctor the email with the quiz password
• View when individual proctor emails were sent

How to Send the Proctor the Email with the Quiz Password

1. Click Quiz Generator under Activities and Assignments on the main Faculty Tools page.
2. Click the title of the quiz on the main Quiz Generator page.
3. Click Special Permissions.
4. Click the Password/Proctor Management tab at the top of the page.

Important: Prior to sending passwords to proctors, some fields may be marked with an orange border. The orange border indicates that the information was updated by the student since the last time you viewed the Quiz Password Management page. In order to use this updated information, you will need to click the Save All Changes button prior to sending the password emails to proctors. Otherwise, the previous information for each student will be used instead.

5. To send passwords to all the proctors at once, click Send All Passwords. To send passwords to specific proctors, select the proctors and click Send Selected Passwords.

How the Student Enters the Password to Unlock the Quiz

During the regular exam period, the student clicks the link to start the quiz. They are presented with the following:

If the student enters the correct password, they get access to the quiz. If the student leaves the quiz page, they will need to re-enter the password to get back to the quiz.

If for some reason the student's proctor doesn't have the password, the student can click the link in the lower right corner to have it re-sent.