Exam checks

Exam checks identify timing patterns, verification phrases, browser events, and camera moments for your review.

The checks

Exam checks are observations that help you examine an exam recording and the session in which it was made. They include answer timing, a spoken verification phrase, browser events, and camera observations. You review these alongside the student's answers.

A pause followed by unusually fluent speech

ReadsWord times in a recording of one voice

When it flagsWait at least 4 seconds and 2.5 times usual; internal gaps at most 60 percent of usual; pace at least usual; zero hesitation tokens

You seeA playable observation from the pause through the answer

Pattern strength0.4 to 0.95

Select a check to see what it reads and what you receive.

Answer timing

The timing check separates speech at gaps longer than 1.5 seconds. It requires four measurable answers, each with at least eight words and three seconds of speech. The Studio compares each answer with the middle values from the other answers.

The check counts um, uh, er, ah, hmm, mhm, huh, umm, and uhh as hesitation tokens. A rehearsed definition after a pause can produce the pattern. Pattern strength describes how far the measurements pass the thresholds.

Exam settings and review

Oral Exam and Question Draw start with Verification phrase and Session signals on. You can change those settings for each assignment. The Oral Exam recorder requests full screen, and the student says the displayed phrase on camera.

Camera checks depend on the assignment's settings and available analysis. You can also review moments when the student looked off-screen. You determine the grade through the assignment's rubric and your chosen method for posting.

The player shows each exam question at the moment it appeared during recording. Students read held feedback after you press Release feedback. A student can then use Ask for a second look to request another review.