14 Online Invigilation Using Zoom
Quick links to Exam Resource Webpages
- Alternatives to Timed Online Exams (“Take-home” exams/assignments or oral exams)
- Designing Online Exams: choosing a platform, question types, etc.
- Deployment of Online Exams: technical considerations before and during the exam.
- Academic Integrity considerations
- Online invigilation using Zoom (you are here)
- Handwritten Responses
- Exam Accommodations
- Canvas FAQs & Lessons Learned from Online Exams
Note: this top table compares main features, while below there are further lists of constraints for each of these three platforms. See also the following guide, Using Zoom for Exam Invigilation.
Zoom Features
| PLATFORM | ZOOM |
| Set-up & Access | Request for a Zoom account by contacting av.helpdesk@ubc.ca . Log into your account at https://ubc.zoom.us/and create a Zoom meeting.Create waiting rooms and breakout rooms. |
| Type of Invigilation | Real-time invigilation – Instructors monitor video feeds of students during the exam. |
| Compatibility | Can be used with any exam tools. |
| Recording Options | Video and audio |
| Max video feeds | Depends on your computer capacity |
| Max participants | 300 participants
(Check your Zoom Profile for meeting capacity. Contact |
| Lockdown Options | Prevent re-entry (using waiting room and breakout room) |
| Verification Options | No verification required. |
| Detecting abnormalities | Abnormalities are observed by instructors by monitoring the video feed. |
| Breakout rooms/groups | Maximum of 50 breakout rooms per session.
Only the host can move co-hosts/participants to breakout rooms. |
Zoom Constraints
| Instructor Constraints | Student Constraints |
| If Zoom is used for exam invigilation, it would be difficult to identify where the noise is coming from if all the students have their audio enabled. | Students need to have a webcam and microphone if Zoom is used for invigilation purposes. |
| The video quality is unpredictable and is dependent on internet connection. The video feed on Zoom can be blurry and pixelated if there is poor connection. | Students may have privacy concerns. |
Breakout Rooms:
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When joining a session using the web client (e.g. joining from your browser), certain browsers do not support all the features in Zoom. The recommended browser is Chrome (see this link for details on what is supported) |
| Anyone who has the meeting join URL will be able to join the session. | When joining a session using the Zoom desktop application, students cannot private message the host/co-host (works if joining via web browser) in the breakout room. They can only send a message that will be visible to everyone in the breakout room. |