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  • ๐Ÿ“Requirements
  • ๐Ÿ‘€ Conditions
  • โŒ Penalties
  • โฏ Replay enabled
  • ๐Ÿ“ธ Webcam & Screen interval capture
  • Recommended domains to whitelist

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  1. Exams
  2. Proctoring

Proctoring with Synoptic

Synoptic is our in house proctoring solution that works through a Chrome plugin. Suitable for low to medium-stakes exams, or for high-stakes with candidates on Zoom/Teams or in assessment centres

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Synoptic has been developed as Synap's solution to light proctoring. It does not require strong internet connections and users only need to install a . You can customise the conditions / rules of an exam to decide what you will allow users to do and not do. Any violation of these rules by a user will be recorded and flagged as a breach.

Check out the video below for a student sitting a Synoptic exam

๐Ÿ’ต Pricing

There are two options for Synoptic: No Replay, Replay Enabled (with optional interval captures), the cost of each exam with depends what plan and payment type you're on. For each Synoptic exam there is no strict time limit, so you won't be charged an additional seat if your exam is over a certain amount of hours.

Synoptic on Monthly Plans

Item
Standard - Monthly
Pro - Monthly

Synoptic, No Replay

Free

Free

Synoptic + Replay + Webcam & Screen interval capture

ยฃ3

ยฃ2

Synoptic on Pay as you go (PAYG) credits

Item
Standard - PAYG
Pro - PAYG

Synoptic, No Replay

2 credits

2 credits

Synoptic + Replay + Webcam & Screen interval capture

5 credits

5 credits

Additional out of plan MAUs

ยฃ3

ยฃ2

For additional charges you'll only be charged for attempts that were started, so you won't be charged if you set an exam up and a candidate doesn't attend. You'll be automatically billed at the end of the month.

๐Ÿ“Requirements

In order to sit a Synoptic proctored exam your candidates will need:

  • To be on Google Chrome - this will not work with other browsers

  • To be on a laptop or desktop - this will not work with a tablet or mobile device

๐Ÿ‘€ Conditions

The following exam conditions / rules can be enabled or disabled on a Synoptic exam. Any violation of the conditions you set will be flagged as a breach

  • Exam window must be in fullscreen and focused

  • No external displays

  • No additional tabs

โŒ Penalties

You can enable a penalty for a breach of the conditions, where the candidates exam is frozen but the timer continues to tick down.

Penalty (Optional):

  • Enable exam freeze on breach

โฏ Replay enabled

Breaches, and resolutions are recorded and shown to the admins. When replay is enabled available to admins or educators can review screen recreation footage to see exactly what the user was doing and which question they were on when they breached the conditions.

๐Ÿ“ธ Webcam & Screen interval capture

Monitor candidates through interval captures of their entire desktop and through their webcam. Captures are taken at 5-8 second intervals through out the exam and viable through the proctor review after an exam has ended.

Head to the article below for more about creating a Synoptic exam and the different configurations.

Recommended domains to whitelist

If you are having any problems launching a Synoptic exam please make sure the following domains are whitelisted on your network. Note by default your portal will be on EU infrastructure even if you're based in the US.

US Infrastructure is available on Business and Enterprise plans by request

EU Infrastructure whitelist:

https://<<your-portal-subdomain>>.synap.ac/ # or your custom CNAME domain if using one
https://synap.ac/
https://api.synap.ac/
https://web-app-assets.synap.ac/
https://service.prod.api.synap.ac/
https://synap-files-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/
https://widget.synap.ac/
https://files.synap.ac/
https://k9v6y2xuhl.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/

US Infrastructure whitelist:

https://<<your-portal-subdomain>>.synap.ac/ # or your custom CNAME domain if using one
https://synap.ac/
https://api.synap.ac/
https://web-app-assets.synap.ac/
https://service.prod.api.synap.ac/
https://synap-files-prod.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/
https://a2ol6rrvtb.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
https://bbtddns9n0.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
https://a2ol6rrvtb.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/
https://widget.synap.ac/
https://files.synap.ac/
https://k9v6y2xuhl.execute-api.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/

To be able to download and install

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a plugin
Create a Synoptic exam
Chrome plugin
Create a Synoptic exam
Student Synoptic experience
Exam frozen because of a breach
Reviewing a Synoptic session
Webcam and Screen interval capture