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Jeriah Bowers
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Jeriah Bowers
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Proctor never connected.

So has anyone else had your proctor not show up for your final exam?? I've been studying for this exam for a while now and he doesn't even show up..

Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
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The concept is a bit mysterious to me. How does one "proctor" an online exam?

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stjarnan
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Hi Jeriah,

There could be multiple reasons for this:

  • You got the timezones wrong, it can happen to the best of us. (I've actually made this mistake myself once!)
  • The proctor got sick or something came up, the proctors are people like you and I and sometimes things get in the way of life. Let's hope the proctor is ok!
  • The exam wasn't booked correctly, maybe it wasn't saved or something went wrong in the process.

I'd recommend you to contact Treehouse about this either in your Slack-channel for a fast response or using this: help@teamtreehouse.com, or maybe you got a way to contact the proctor?

Good luck with the exam Jeriah, remember to relax and you'll do great!

Steven Parker, the proctor proctors your exam by following a couple of steps. You will have to show the proctor your entire area by using your webcam, and you are not allowed to have any papers, extra screens, books or anything else where you can find help(or hide notes behind/inside). Basically, you will have to show that your area is clear. The proctor will then watch you do the exam and you're not allowed to walk away until you're done. I hope that explains the concept for you.

Jonas

Steven Parker
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So remote proctoring is essentially "video surveillance". :smirk:

Dave Harker
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you are not allowed to have any papers, extra screens, books or anything else

That seems a little over the top.
In reality developers refer to the internet often to aid in solving issues or checking syntax for something, so not allowing it in a developer test environment just seems to go against the general development status quo.

But, I guess it is what it is.

Just my $0.02 :moneybag:
Dave

Steven Parker
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Steven Parker
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I've taken both "open-book" and strictly limited resource tests. I think it boils down to what is being tested. The limited tests are only concerned about what you know, where the open-book tests are more about determining what you are capable of doing.

Now as to why retained facts would be of more interest to someone that practical capability, that's a mystery to me also. But I know it's common.

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Without spoiling the exam for you Dave Harker - I can say that there is a part during the exam where you're allowed to use documentation, but in general the questions will basically make sure that you understand how things work.