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Honorlock Guidance for Spring 2025

Honorlock Guidance for Spring 2025

 

New Features and Tools

Honorlock Prep Tutorial Assignment

  • We recommend you create a for-credit assignment in Canvas and require students to complete the Honorlock Student Prep Tutorial. If you need assistance setting up an assignment exam for credit, please email the Canvas team to request a consultation.

 

Hotkey Detection

  • The Hotkey Detection feature is automatically enabled to prevent the use of “hotkey” keyboard shortcuts to take screenshots during a proctored exam. A list of hotkeys that can be detected can be found here.

Reduce Anxiety for Student test-takers

Offer For Credit Practice Exams

  • Taking an Honorlock Exam requires additional steps beyond logging into Canvas and opening the exam. If you launch a live exam without conducting practice exams, students will experience more issues than if you establish several practice exams.
  • To encourage students to participate in the practice exams, we recommend you require them as for-credit assignments. If you need assistance setting up a practice exam for credit, please email the Canvas team to request a consultation.

 

Prepare Pencil & Paper Alternative

  • Despite best efforts and troubleshooting, it is possible that some students will be unable to access your assignment using Honorlock. We recommend you prepare pencil & paper alternatives for students who are unable, due to incompatible device(s) or for other reasons, to complete their assignment through Honorlock.

Set Clear Expectations for Using Honorlock

Syllabus Resources

Sample scripts stating requirements:

  • “All students are required to use Honorlock to complete exams for this course.”
  • “Before you take your first exam, you must complete 1) The Honorlock Student Prep Tutorial Assignment and 2) [# of] Practice Exams in Canvas.”
  • List any custom requirements for Honorlock exams.

Promote Academic Integrity

Add UT Honor Code Affirmation to All Quizzes and Exams

  • The Office of Academic Affairs strongly encourages all instructors to add an Honor Code Affirmation item as your first quiz question in all Honorlock Exams. We have added this Affirmation item to the Item Bank in Canvas. To add this question to your quizzes, follow these instructions or email the Canvas team to request a consultation.