Zoom exams

Your Zoom supervisor will confirm your identity during the exam by checking the photo ID you have uploaded for your student card.

Make sure you have uploaded a photo at least 5 days before your exam. If we cannot verify your identity on exam day, your exam will not be accepted by your Faculty.

It is important that your webcam is set up with optimal lighting so that exam supervisors can clearly see your face throughout a Zoom ID verified exam. The reasons for this are to:

• Verify your identity as would normally be done in a regular exam.
• Verify that you were present and abided by the examinations policy during the exam.

If you are using a:

• Laptop or PC with a built-in webcam, ensure that you are seated in front of the webcam. Check in Zoom if your face is clearly visible.
• Tablet or smartphone to enter the Zoom room, ensure that you position your device so your face is clearly in view. Check in ZoomZoom if your face is clearly visible.

Do not use your webcam to broadcast your exam workings or the LMS screen.

You will not be permitted to use an image as your Zoom background during the exam.

Here is a good example of a Zoom setup. This has optimal lighting and the face is clearly identifiable. Make sure your Zoom setup looks like this.

Here is a bad example of a Zoom setup. This has poor lighting and the face is not identifiable. Make sure your Zoom setup does not look like this.

• The device you choose to use to join the exam Zoom with must be updated to the latest version of Zoom.
• Make sure it is fully charged or connected to power, so you can stay in Zoom for the duration of your exam.
• The exam Zoom link will be located in your personal calendars on Canvas and my.unimelb.

• You will need a strong internet connection to keep connected to your exam Zoom for the entire exam, including when you are scanning and submitting your exam.
• Your connection should be able to support a video quality that allows your face to be clearly identifiable.

• You can download the exam paper onto a device for reading. This device must be disconnected from the internet after you have downloaded the paper, and your screen must be visible to your Zoom supervisor.
• You can also choose to print the exam paper. You may briefly leave the room to collect your printing.

Your Subject Coordinator will tell you what items you are permitted to use during the exam. These should be the only items you have on your exam desk.

Make sure you have good lighting and your webcam has a clear view of you and your desk.

Here’s some examples of good and bad webcam set up.

Acceptable - this student is viewing the exam via phone, with the device visible on their desk.

Acceptable - this student has a second device disconnected from the internet - with the screen visible.

Acceptable - this student has ensured that their hand is not out of view if they reach forward.

Acceptable - this student is using a printed exam, and their face is clear and visible for identificaton.

Unacceptable - the device is too close; your hands should not go out of view during the exam.

Unacceptable - the device being used to read the exam paper is not visible.

Unacceptable - objects within reach are not visible - either obscured or out of frame.

Unacceptable - objects within reach are not visible, the student can't be identified and your working out shouldn't be readable.

• You must remain under Zoom supervision while you are scanning and submitting your exam.
• Any exams submitted outside of zoom supervision will not be accepted, so it is strongly recommended that you do not plan to use your zoom device to scan your exam papers.
• It is also strongly recommended that you use a scanning app on your phone rather than take photographs of your exam papers.
• Students who try to submit photographs of their exam may find the file size is too large to submit.
• Download and test out your chosen scanning app before the exam period so you don't experience any trouble on exam day.