Creating Tests
How Do I Set Up Security and Monitoring Settings?
Learn how to secure a test in ExamLive. Require fullscreen, block copy and paste, and set violation limits with automatic actions.
What gets detected
Four behaviors are detected automatically during every session:
- Tab Switch: switching to another browser tab.
- Window Blur: clicking away from or leaving the test window.
- Fullscreen Exit: leaving fullscreen while it's required.
- Copy/Paste: attempting to copy or paste text.
Every event is timestamped, counted against that person's total, and visible both in live monitoring and on their submission afterwards.
Setting limits
In Settings › Security:
- Enter a Violation Limit: the number of events one person can accumulate before the action triggers.
- Pick a Violation Action:
- Do Nothing lets them keep going; they still see an on-screen warning naming the violation and how many warnings remain.
- End & submit their test closes the test immediately and submits whatever was answered so far.
There are only these two actions; sessions are never silently flagged or locked without your involvement.
Extra safeguards
Two switches harden the environment further:
- Full Screen Required forces fullscreen before the test starts and brings them back to it if they leave mid-session.
- Block Copy & Paste stops copying from and pasting into the test page.
Things to know
- All four behaviors are always tracked; you can't enable only some of them.
- These settings lock once the test is published.
- For the full enforcement story, including what people see when warned or cut off, read Monitoring Rules and Violations.