Honorlock: Instructions for Collin Faculty 

Collin College contracted with Honorlock to provide proctoring for proctored exams.

Honorlock is available for the following Collin College credit courses:

• Fully Online Courses
• Live (Synchronous) Online Courses

Use the decision tree to determine your course delivery

Honorlock is an online proctoring solution offered by Collin College. For the current semester(s), Collin College will be covering the cost of Honorlock and students will not be responsible for any fees.

Exam sessions are recorded via webcam, allowing students to test at their convenience. Exam incidents will be reported back to faculty via Honorlock in Canvas. 

Honorlock: Enabling it, Implementing it, & Considerations

(Enabling Honorlock in an Exam PDF)

Enable Honorlock in Your Canvas Course Menu:  

1. Enable the Honorlock course menu by going to Settings > Navigation.
2. Locate the "Honorlock" link in the list.
3. Click on the three vertical dots next to "Honorlock" and click "Enable".
4. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click on the "Save" button. 
5. Next, enable your exam:

• Canvas Quiz/Exam: 

1. Click on 'Honorlock' in the course menu (after you have enabled Honorlock).
2. Locate the quiz for which you would like to configure Honorlock and click the 'Enable' button to the far right of the quiz name.
3. In the Proctoring Settings interface which appears, choose appropriate settings. For more information click on Explanation of Proctoring Options.
4. Click the 'Enable' button at the bottom of the page. (Note: You can return to the Proctoring Settings page for a specific quiz by clicking on the "Settings" button to the far right of the quiz name.)
5. Students will access Honorlock enabled quizzes wherever they are linked within Canvas (quizzes, assignments, modules, etc.), but may also access them through the Honorlock link (which may be necessary for third-party exams and to link to support prior to exams).

• Third-Party (Publisher) Quiz/Exam:

  1. After enabling Honorlock in your Canvas course, click the link below for written directions on enabling a third-party exam.
  2. Create a Third-Party Exam
  3. If you have questions about enabling a third-party exam, please use Honorlock's Chat Support or contact your publisher's representative.

Honorlock Support: Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year!

1. Enable Honorlock in your Canvas course using the directions above.
2. Click the Honorlock menu item in your course navigation.
3. Look for the Chat icon in the top right title area and click the Chat button.

Honorlock AI Policy Statement for Educators

AI tools can help improve teaching and learning, but some nstructors have concerns about how they’re used. Honorlock has developed a prewritten AI Policy Statement to set expectations for acceptable use of AI tools in your courses.You can copy and paste from the template to customzie as needed for your syllabi. 

AI Policy Statement for Educators from Honorlock

Honorlock Training Webinars

Honorlock offers several webinars for using Honorlock in Canvas and to proctor 3rd party exams. You can view and register for a workshop on their Upcoming Honolock Webinars page. 

 Honorlock Faculty Help Pages (PDFs):

• Upload Questions (Universal)
• Bypass Pin 
• How to Create Practice Exam
• Create a Third-Party Exam
• Voice Detection 
• How to View Honorlock Results
• Honorlock Recommended Syllabus Language
• Explanation of Proctoring Options
• BrowserGuard & Whitelisting
• Creating, Managing and Applying Exam Profiles
• Canvas Course Copy
• Enabling Honorlock in an Exam

 Information to Provide Students:

• Student Proctored Exam Information Page
• Collin College Online Exam Procedures
• ADA - Student Guide - Getting Started with Honorlock PDF
• Honorlock Student Privacy
• Student Privacy Policy on Sensitive Information
• Collin College Student Handbook, which outline the Collin College Code of Conduct.

Honorlock Updates

Version 10.3.0 (Web App) + Version 6.29.0 (Extension) April 24, 2024

• Hotkey Detection (Beta) bug fixes and improvements. Fixed an issue where double flagging was occurring.
• Fixed a bug where certain Proctor added indicators were not timestamped properly.
• UI updates to the Minimum System Requirements page.
• Corrected an inconsistency where exam passwords were not always being set to the appropriate formate: HL_NO_EDIT_########
• Improved download functionality when utilizing HTML format. Longer sessions are now able to be downloaded successfully.

Version 10.2.1 (Web App) April 18, 2024

• Fixed an issue where some students on Canvas were unable to complete the payment process for an exam
• Fixed a system check bug for organizations utilizing Honorlock's Partner API

Version 10.2.0 (Web App) + Version 6.28.0 (Extension) April 11, 2024

• We've made improvements to the Focus Lost flag to improve its accuracy and eliminate unnecessary flags.
• Fixed a bug where the email icon was not appearing next to certain students on the Exam Results page.
• When utilizing the "Download as HTML" feature, users will now receive an email when the file has been bundled up and is ready for download.
• Test takers will now receive a high flag when they attempt to re-enable a blocked extension during an exam.
• Fixed an issue where navigating within an exam was incorrectly creating a flag for "Attempted online resource blocked."
• Updated MSR Speed test link to fast.com

Version 6.27.1 (Extension) April 2, 2024

• Extension patch release that addresses a Canvas New Quiz edge case where a user may get stuck in a pause state during an active exam.

Version 10.1.0 (Web App) + Version 6.27.0 (Extension) March 28, 2024

• Introducing a new session download function, allowing instructors and exam administrators to save necessary sessions as HTML files and view in any browser with the same session viewer layout you are accustomed to. (Note that users will not yet receive email notifications when the download is ready. That feature is coming in the 10.2.0 release)
• When creating 3rd Party/Universal exams, users will see a new option in the platform dropdown; Access through LMS. This option is to be used if the test takers are expected to launch the 3rd party exam within the LMS and will provide test takers with more clear navigation instructions.
• Fixed a bug where proctoring was attempting to launch on the results page for Canvas New Quizzes.
• Users can now build Canvas New Quizzes after enabling Honorlock. Prior to this fix, the quiz needed to be built before enabling Honorlock.
• Fixed an issue where test taker responses to soft pop-ins were showing up as flags instead of responses.
• Fixed an issue where flags were occasionally time stamped incorrectly.
• Fixed a problem where Honorlock was not disabled in associated courses when disabled in a Canvas Blueprint course.

Version 10.0.0 (Web App) Mar 19, 2024

• Updated PHP framework

Honorlock Release Notes