How to use Tegrity to record a test session

• Tegrity is a feature within Connect that allows students to record both their computer screen and themselves via a webcam.

• You will need a webcam, microphone, and your student ID when taking a test

• In order to practice using Tegrity, you will use the program when you complete the Syllabus quiz in the first week of class.

Accessing Tegrity

• Open Course materials in Blackboard• Click on the Tegrity link called McGraw-Hill

Connect Lectures

• This will take you to the library in your course in Connect. Click on Lectures

• You can also reach this point directly from Connect by clicking on the Library tab on your course homepage

Using Tegrity to record a test session

• After opening Tegrity, click on the blue button "Start a test." This button will create a recording that only your instructor can view.

• **Note: Do NOT click on Start a Recording. This creates a recording the whole class can view

• The testing policies will pop up. Read them and click Accept.

• The first time that you open Tegrity, the program will prompt you to download a file called tegrunner. When the box Tegrunner.exe pops up, choose save file.

• Go to the download folder on your computer. Right click on the tegrunner file and click Run. Tegrity will now open on your computer.

• Once the program has opened, click on the down arrows to select your webcam and microphone if needed, then click next .

• Hold your student ID up close to your face and click Take photo. If necessary, click Retake. Make sure your face and ID photo with your name are easy to see. Click next

• Click start to begin the recording

• Note that once begun, the recording cannot be paused and restarted. Do not stop the recording until you have completed your test and submitted it.

• Go to Course Materials in Blackboard and access the test that you wish to take. For example, click on the Midterm exam folder in Course materials and then click on Midterm exam: 3 Hour Time Limit. This will take you to the exam in Connect. Complete the exam.

• When you have finished the exam and submitted it, click the black square on the Tegrity toolbar at the bottom of the screen to stop the recording.

• The program will automatically begin uploading the recording. To watch the progress of the upload, click on the blue Tegrity icon on the toolbar at the bottom of the screen.

• When the progress column says 100%, your recording has been uploaded and will be available for your instructor to view.

Some reminders

• Begin the Tegrity recording BEFORE opening your exam• Do not stop the recording until you have submitted

your exam in Connect• No websites other websites may be opened while

taking the exam. Books and notes may not be used.• You must be alone in the location in which you take

the exam.• Place your computer on a table or desk while taking

the exam so that the webcam will be able to record what is happening in your immediate area.

(Reminders)

• You will only have 1 attempt at each exam, and you must complete each exam in 1 sitting. Do not leave the test location during the test.

• Chapter tests are allotted 90 minutes, and the Midterm/Final exams are allotted 3 hours.

A student will receive a zero on the exam if:

• He/she does not record his/her test session using Tegrity*

• He/she begins the test BEFORE start the Tegrity recording

• He/she leaves the test location or other people are present in the location

• There is evidence of academic dishonesty, including but not limited to:

• Opening other documents or accessing other websites during the testing session

• Use of notes, textbooks, or other reference materials

• Evidence that the student taking the exam is NOT the student enrolled in the course or whose photo does not correspond to the Student ID used in the Take photo in Tegrity.**

• *If the student has technical difficulty using the Tegrity program, he/she may be allowed to take a paper exam on campus at the discretion of the instructor

• **If there is a question about the identity of the student, he/she may be asked to meet with the instructor and show his/her student ID to the instructor in person