Exam delivery

The exam runs on our side, so a computer problem cannot cost a paper.

Exam delivery is everything about sitting the paper itself: the questions, the clock, saving the answers and handing in. The candidate’s computer only shows the exam. The clock, the saving and the handing in all happen on our side, where they cannot be tampered with or lost.

In everyday terms

Like the clock on the exam hall wall.

In a hall, the time that counts is the clock on the wall, not the candidate’s own watch. And the scripts are collected when time is called, whatever state they are in.

ExamLense keeps the clock on its own servers, so a candidate who changes the time on their laptop changes nothing. Every answer is saved as they go, so if the laptop dies, the answers are already safe.

A plain clock on the wall of an exam hall above candidates writing their papers
How it works

How it works, step by step.

  1. 01

    The exam opens in its window

    Your institution sets when the exam can be started. Before or after that window, it does not open.

  2. 02

    Answers are saved as the candidate works

    A few seconds after each change, the answer is saved on our side. A flat battery or a power cut costs seconds, not a paper.

  3. 03

    A dropped connection is a pause

    If the internet goes, the candidate reconnects within the time your institution allows and carries on exactly where they were, answers intact.

  4. 04

    Handed in when time is up

    Candidates can mark questions to come back to and check a summary before handing in. When time runs out, whatever they have answered is handed in for them.

Who it helps

What it means for you.

  • Your examinations office

    Set the window, the length and the rules for each exam. The rules in force are stamped on every sitting, so a later change never rewrites a past one.

  • Your candidates

    Clear questions, a clock with warnings at five minutes and one minute, answers that are never lost, and a review page before they hand in.

  • Your markers

    Multiple choice and short answers are marked automatically. Essays go to your own markers, and results are released only when you say so.

Questions

What people ask us.

Anything else, ask the team and a person will answer.

Ask a question
Their answers up to the last few seconds are already saved. They sign back in and carry on.
Plain words

Words you may hear.

Exam window
The dates and times between which an exam can be started.
Auto-save
Answers saved automatically as the candidate works.
Credit
What one sitting costs. Credits are bought in advance and used when a candidate starts.

See it against one of your own exams.

Bring a real paper and a real roster. We will run a sitting end to end, including a deliberate flag, so you can see exactly what a reviewer would be looking at.