How do I follow students live while they take the test?

The steps

During the session, the “Follow the session” button leads to the same page, from the class menu (“My classes” tab) or from a session’s pop-up in the “Calendar”. The page brings together all the sessions being followed, not just the one you clicked. It stays available for thirty minutes after the end, long enough to note the levels. After that, you read them in the session report.

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What the page shows

• At the top, one badge per class session in progress, and the number of one-time attempts in progress. A search box by name, an “All classes” filter and an “All states” filter let you narrow the list.
• The table gives, for each student, their class, the session their presence comes from, their state, the time they started, the time they finished and their level. The “Actions” column holds the row’s buttons.
• The “To handle now” column, on the right, lists the incidents: the students who called for help, and those whose page was left in person.

Page exits also appear in the table: next to a student’s state, a note such as “2 exits” counts them, in person and remotely alike. For students in a class session, this count is that of their test.

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When tracking is interrupted

The indication at the top gives the age of the last successful update. If it becomes “tracking interrupted, last read” followed by a number of seconds, on an amber badge, the page is no longer receiving live updates: check the device’s connection, then reload the page if the indication does not come back.

When the “Live” entry appears

The “Live” entry shows in the sidebar thirty minutes before the start of a class session or a one-time attempt, and goes out thirty minutes after its end. The sidebar is recalculated every thirty seconds: the entry appears and disappears on its own, without you reloading the page.

An unlimited opening never lights up “Live”, since it runs all the time. A one-time attempt with no end date stays followed as long as no test has used up its attempt. When nothing is in progress, the page says “Nothing in progress for now.” and reminds you to schedule a session or open an attempt from the home page or the calendar.

For a one-time attempt that has been used, the end taken is that of the student’s test: their row therefore stays displayed, “Done”, for thirty minutes after they finish.

The states of a row

A student goes through six states. The first two in the list, “Called for help” and “Blocked”, call for your action.

• Called for help: the student clicked “Call my teacher”. Their test continues.
• Blocked: the student left the page in person, and their test is waiting for you to unblock it.
• Taking the test: they are working on it.
• Not started: they have not started the test yet.
• Absent: you marked them absent for this session.
• Done: they have finished; their level is shown when their answers allowed it to be computed.

The screen uses “Blocked” for the state, “frozen” in some sentences and “paused” on the student’s side: it is the same thing. No button freezes a test by hand. Blocking is automatic in person; you can only lift it.

In person and remote: what the live view shows

In person, a student who leaves the page switches to “Blocked” and appears in “To handle now”. Their card says that they left the page and, once the student is back, how long they were away (“away 1min 05s”). It also states that their test cannot continue until you unblock it. As long as their test stays blocked, no further exit is counted for them.

Remotely, nothing is blocked. The student resumes on their own, there is no incident to handle, and the table only counts their exits (“3 exits”). A call for help, however, appears in both cases. The choice between the two settings is described in Which settings should I choose: lightning or precise, in person or remote?.

For one-time attempts, the row’s state can be read in the table, but the exit count is not shown there.

The actions on each row

Without the right to open tests, which the administrator can remove, the page is read-only: neither the table nor the cards in “To handle now” offer any action, and the class menu does not offer “Follow the session”. The “Live test incidents” block on the home page keeps “Unsuspend”, “Acknowledge” and “Cancel test”.

With this right, the “Actions” column offers, depending on the student’s state:

• Called for help: “Acknowledge”, “Cancel test” and “End the test”.
• Blocked: “Unsuspend”, “Cancel test” and “End the test”.
• Taking the test: “Cancel test” and “End the test”.
• Not started, in a class session: “Mark absent”.
• Absent: “Present after all”.
• Done: no action.

“End the test” is only offered in a class session, never for a one-time attempt, and only if you have the right to open tests. The card of each incident, in “To handle now”, has the same buttons as its row, except “End the test”, which is only in the table. If an action fails, a red box says so: “The action did not go through.”, followed by the server’s message.

What each action does

• “Acknowledge” removes the call from the list. It notifies no one and changes nothing in the test. The student can then call again.
• “Unsuspend” lifts the block. The student resumes at the same question, with the answers already given. In lightning mode, the time spent blocked counts neither towards the question’s minute nor towards the 35 minutes. If the student leaves the page again, their test is blocked again.
• “Cancel test” asks for confirmation: “Cancel this student’s test in progress?” The student then reads “Your test was cancelled by your teacher. It will not be graded. You can start a new one.” The cancelled test does not count anywhere, and the student’s access is not used up.
• “Mark absent” prevents the student from starting the test during this session. They keep their right to the test, and “Present after all” cancels the absence as long as the session has not ended. How do I schedule a test session for a class? describes this action in detail.

• “End the test” asks for confirmation, for example “End Phoque Indigo’s test? Their results will be computed from the 22 answers already given, and the test will count as taken. The global level may be missing if too few skills received enough questions. The test cannot be resumed afterwards.” Below fifteen answers, the window warns that the test will be classed as “not computable”, and its button becomes “End anyway”. How do I cancel or end a student’s test in progress? explains the difference from “Cancel test”.

The incidents panel on the home page

Incidents are not confined to the “Live” page. The “Live test incidents” panel, on the home page, lists them too, and updates every five seconds. Each incident has the same buttons there: “Unsuspend” or “Acknowledge”, and “Cancel test”. When at least two students in the same class are blocked, a red “Unsuspend all” button followed by the class name and the number of students unblocks them in a single click.

If an action fails, the panel says so: “Could not unsuspend this test. Please try again.”, “Could not unsuspend this class. Please try again.”, “Could not acknowledge this help call. Please try again.” or “Could not cancel this test. Please try again.” What should I do if a student is blocked during the test? goes over these cases.

When the session ends

The page is read again about every ten seconds. After the end time, the session stays followed for thirty minutes, then it disappears from the page; the levels can then be read in the session report. In precise mode, tests still in progress stop at the end time. A test stopped before fifteen answers then gives “Not computable” in the report (see Which settings should I choose: lightning or precise, in person or remote?).