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This is the exam proctoring subsystem for the Open edX platform.

Overview

Proctored exams are exams with time limits that learners complete while online proctoring software monitors their computers and behavior for activity that might be evidence of cheating. This Python library provides the proctoring implementation used by Open edX.

Documentation

For authoring documentation, see Including Proctored Exams In Your Course.

Installation

To install edx-proctoring:

mkvirtualenv edx-proctoring make install

To run the tests:

make test-all

For a full list of Make targets:

make help

Configuration

In order to use edx-proctoring, you must obtain an account (and secret configuration - see below) with SoftwareSecure, which provides the proctoring review services that edx-proctoring integrates with.

You will need to turn on the ENABLE_SPECIAL_EXAMS in lms.env.json and cms.env.json FEATURES dictionary:

"FEATURES": {
    :
    "ENABLE_SPECIAL_EXAMS": true,
    :
}

Also in your lms.env.json and cms.env.json file please add the following:

"PROCTORING_SETTINGS": {
    "LINK_URLS": {
        "contact_us": "{add link here}",
        "faq": "{add link here}",
        "online_proctoring_rules": "{add link here}",
        "tech_requirements": "{add link here}"
    }
},

In your lms.auth.json file, please add the following secure information:

"PROCTORING_BACKENDS": {
    "software_secure": {
        "crypto_key": "{add SoftwareSecure crypto key here}",
        "exam_register_endpoint": "{add enpoint to SoftwareSecure}",
        "exam_sponsor": "{add SoftwareSecure sponsor}",
        "organization": "{add SoftwareSecure organization}",
        "secret_key": "{add SoftwareSecure secret key}",
        "secret_key_id": "{add SoftwareSecure secret key id}",
        "software_download_url": "{add SoftwareSecure download url}"
    },
    'DEFAULT': 'software_secure'
},

You will need to restart services after these configuration changes for them to take effect.

License

The code in this repository is licensed under the AGPL 3.0 unless otherwise noted.

Please see LICENSE.txt for details.

How To Contribute

Contributions are very welcome.

Please read How To Contribute for details.

Even though they were written with edx-platform in mind, the guidelines should be followed for Open edX code in general.

Reporting Security Issues

Please do not report security issues in public. Please email [email protected].

Getting Help

Have a question about this repository, or about Open edX in general? Please refer to this list of resources if you need any assistance.

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