How to Set Up Exams with ATS

Linking Your Course with RegisterBlast

To ensure your students can schedule their exams smoothly, please link your Canvas course to RegisterBlast. Linking the course allows only students officially enrolled in your class to see it as an option when booking their exams. Without this connection, students will not be able to locate your course in the scheduling system.

1. Open Your Course in Canvas: Log in to Canvas and navigate to the course where you'd like to enable the Testing Services module.
2. Go to Course Settings: In the course navigation menu on the left, click Settings.
3. Open the Navigation Tab: At the top of the Settings page, click the Navigation tab.
4. Locate TestingServices in the Hidden Items List: Scroll down to the bottom section where hidden navigation items are listed. Look for Testing Services. (It may appear as "RegisterBlast" in some documentation, but it has been renamed to "Testing Services" in our Canvas shell for clarity.)
5. Enable Testing Services: Click and drag Testing Services from the hidden items list to the desired location in the active course navigation list above.
6. Save Your Changes: Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the Save button. If you skip this step, the changes will not be applied.
7. Verify the Module is Enabled: Return to your course home page and confirm that Testing Services now appears in the course navigation menu.

Register an Exam in RegisterBlast

1. Make sure you have liked your course to RegisterBlast (steps listed above)
2. Go to RegisterBlast by signing in with your Odin username and password: Sign in to RegisterBlast (IMPORTANT: Be sure to click on "Sign in with School Credentials")
3. On the Submissions page, hit the "Plus" icon in the upper right to create a new exam submission.
4. In the Details section, fill out the exam name, the group it is for (this will auto-populate with your Canvas courses), start and end date, and allotted time. Hit Next.
5. In the File Management section, drag and drop or upload any files necessary for the exam to be taken, and hit Next. Note: if your exam is not prepared at the time of your exam submission, that is okay. Please upload a PDF copy of the exam to your exam submission under File Management at least 48 hours prior to the first scheduled exam.
6. In the Additional Information section, fill out the instructor information, including first and last name, email, phone number, and what additional exam materials need to be provided, along with any other instructions, and hit Next. NOTE: This is what proctors will use as a guide for what students are allowed to take with them into their exam, so please make sure to be as specific as possible.
7. Eligibility and Restrictions: If this exam is for one specific student, please enter them here. If it is for your entire course, or all students registered with DRC testing accommodations, you can leave this section blank.

8. Additional Details: If there is any additional information you think is important for us to know, please enter it here.

    

Edit an Exam Submission

To edit an exam previously submitted, follow the same steps as above except choose the Edit option in the drop down menu. Once you have edited the necessary items, hit Submit at the bottom of the page to re-submit your edited exam.

Clone an Exam Submission

If you want to create a new exam, but use an old exam as a template (ex. if the base time, materials allowed, etc. is the same for more than one exam), RegisterBlast allows you to clone any of your old exam submissions. To clone an exam submission, follow the same steps as above for viewing and editing an exam, except choose the Clone option in the drop-down menu. This will pull up the Submission Builder and allow you to create a new exam using a previous exam as a template. 

If you need to set up a make-up exam for a specific student or students, or clone your exam so a student can take it past the exam deadline or before the exam administration date:

If the exam already exists in RegisterBlast for the rest of the students in the course:

1. Use the exam cloning tool to create a new exam submission based on the guidance that was submitted for the exam that is available to the entire course.
2. Edit the name of the exam so that it is differentiated from the original exam.
3. Adjust the start and end dates of the exam to reflect the adjusted window of time.
4. In the "Eligibility and Restrictions" section, enter the name(s) of who the exam will be available for. Only students listed in this section will be able to register for this exam. If additional students need to take the exam, you can edit this submission to include them.

If the exam has not previously been entered into RegisterBlast:

1. Please see Register an Exam in RegisterBlast at the top of this page.
2. In the Eligibility and Restrictions section, enter the name(s) of the student(s) the exam will be available for. Only students listed in this section will be able to register for this exam. If additional students need to take the exam, you can edit this include them.

Receiving Completed Exams

When exams are completed, they will be scanned and uploaded into RegisterBlast and you will be notified of their availability. If you would like to schedule a time to pick up physical copies of printed exams, please email testingservices@pdx.edu.