Teaching Tools

YuJa Verity

What is YuJa Verity?

YuJa Verity is a bi-modal automated secure test proctoring platform integrated within Online@UT (Canvas). YuJa Verity offers automated proctoring, live proctoring, lockdown application, ID verification, and more to support secure, flexible online assessments and to help protect the academic integrity of test-takers.

Benefits

Helps to confirm the identity of the student taking the exam
Monitors test-takers throughout the course of the exam and flags suspicious behavior
Downloadable Lockdown Module option locks down the test-taker’s computer
Discourages academic misconduct

Features

Fully integrated within Online@UT (Canvas)
Flexible proctoring parameters with two distinct modalities from which instructors can choose:
- A browser extension version (requiring that test-takers use Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Brave, or Opera)
- A downloadable, browser-independent Lockdown Module version
Supports test taker privacy and data security (For more information, please review these YuJa Verity external web sites: Support for Test Takers and YuJa’s Privacy Policy.)

YuJa Verity Support Documentation

YuJa has a robust, searchable, and publicly available Verity support website that is divided up into help for test-takers, instructors, and administrators. Instructors and test-takers can use the website to learn how to get started with YuJa Verity, to access troubleshooting tips, and to review FAQs. We strongly encourage both test-takers and instructors to visit the Verity support site and bookmark it for future access.

Additionally, the Verity support website provides round-the-clock chat support that does not require login, or even a specific browser, to use.

ABOUT THE ROOM SCAN FEATURE:

We wanted to offer a response to address faculty concerns regarding news pertaining to proctoring room scans.

First, it is important to note that the decision in the recent Cleveland State case was a trial-level decision in Ohio. We believe this decision is the first on this specific subject matter and recommend being mindful of it. As such, the university continues to support instructors administering remote exams as they see fit, within certain parameters. However, please note that this perspective could change as further legal developments manifest.

Second, our campus proctoring software, YuJa Verity, does have the Room Scan capability. Instructors can choose to enable this feature on a per-assessment basis. If you are personally uncomfortable utilizing this feature based on the potential for any violation of rights, we recommend not enabling it.

If you do want to use this feature, we recommend first considering if other methods to deter academic dishonesty could be used and the efficacy of those methods. Then, if you remain interested in using this feature, consider conducting only a “desk” scan rather than a room scan, and notify students in your syllabus and again at least several hours before each exam that a scan will be used. This should allow students to choose which space they’d like to take the exam in and time to put away any personal items they don’t want visualized during the scan. We do not recommend allowing other students in the class to view the scans, either live or recorded.

And finally, know that our campus units are available to help you make sound decisions that are in the best interests of your students and your method of course delivery and assessment. We offer guidance and resources for alternative and authentic assessments both within and outside the Canvas learning management system. Please don’t hesitate to contact us.

In the Volunteer spirit,

UTK Teaching Collaborative

(collaborative comprised of the following campus units: Office of Innovative Technologies | Digital Learning | Teaching & Learning Innovation | University Libraries)