As per our submission deadlines, you must submit exam information in RegisterBlast at least 72 hours before the testing
window begins.
If your exam content isn't ready at submission time, giving the exam in iLearn is
a workaround. You must still submit the exam information and exam password at least
72 hours before the testing window begins. However, you can alter the content of the
iLearn exam anytime before 7am on the first day of the exam window. Be sure not to
change the password, or your students will not be able to access your exam.
Giving iLearn exams in TLC Testing is extremely secure. You create the exam in iLearn
and create one password for that exam. You submit the password when you submit the
exam information in RegisterBlast. Since no one but you and TLC Testing/Library professional
employees should have the password, students cannot take the iLearn exam outside of
TLC Testing. Your password is not shared with your students or our student workers.
Your students then stand in a designated spot where they cannot see the computer screen
or keyboard while we type in the password for your exam.
You must set the iLearn exam as available all day (beginning at 7 a.m.) for every
day students are allowed to take it in TLC Testing. Do not restrict the exam availability
in iLearn to a specific time because the TLC does not facilitate testing at specific
times. If you have students with extended time accommodations, be sure to extend the
time in iLearn as appropriate.
The TLC only uses Respondus LockDown Browser if you specifically request it in your
exam instructions submitted through RegisterBlast. You also must require LockDown
Browser within the iLearn exam settings. Do not require Respondus Monitor, which is
the webcam component, for students testing in the TLC. Our testing stations do not
have webcams, so students cannot take the exam in the TLC if you require Respondus
Monitor.
If students cannot access or finish iLearn exams because you changed the password
after submitting it in RegisterBlast, you restricted access in iLearn including specific
times, you required Respondus Monitor webcam in iLearn, or you did not properly extend
the iLearn time for accommodations:
We email you an irregularity report by the end of the day; duration between the incident
and the emailed report depends on our testing traffic that day
We tell the student to contact you about the issue; the student may inform you before
we send the irregularity report
If you still want the student to test in the TLC, please fix the issue as soon as
possible. The student will need to schedule again 24+ hours in advance. Email tlc@tntech.edu if that means the testing window in RegisterBlast needs to be extended. If you want
the student to test sooner, you will need to find another testing venue.
Note: It is extremely disruptive to our procedures when students cannot properly access
their iLearn exams. Therefore, if your iLearn restrictions repeatedly prevent your
students from accessing their iLearn exams, you will no longer be able to use the
TLC for iLearn testing.
