8.9 How to use the Waiting Room when delivering a Remote OSCE

From the Administrator Dashboard the list of published exams is visible

  • Click Start session for the required Exam

This opens the Waiting Room for the selected Exam/Session. This allows candidates to enter the Exam where they are held in the waiting room until the exam timer is started.

  • Click View

  • Click View logins

Check the status of all participants using the legend:

Visual Representation

Status Summary

Visual Representation

Status Summary

No colour, no camera symbol

Not yet connected or logged in

Camera symbol

Connected

Amber

Logged in but not yet verified

Green

Logged in and verified (Note that only candidates will show as require verification, Examiners and Observers will turn green as soon as they login and are connected)

Red

Did not attend

When you are ready to start the exam

  • Click Start timer  

This will start the automatic timer and rotation for the exam

For the Candidate and Examiner, the Yellow timer banner will appear counting down the allocated Reading Time (or Assessment Time if no Reading Time is allocated)