Frequently Asked Questions
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Read on for answers to some of the most frequently asked questions about Scorpion’s exam development, delivery, exam management, and test security features.
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With Scorpion, you can absolutely import current items and exams. We will work with your team to make sure your data is in the best format to make the migration as seamless as possible. If it’s in Excel, it’ll upload well!
Yes. Scorpion allows you to assign specific roles and access permissions to each member of your team. There are predetermined roles for Administrator, Item Worker, Proctor, and Delivery Worker. Within those roles, permissions can be restricted based on the principles of least access.
In-exam assets supported by Scorpion currently include: images, audio, video, PDFs, e-books, alt text, calculators, and widgets, as well as external technology environments (as might be used for performance exams). If you don’t see what you need, don’t fret! Our team is continually adding to this list and will work hard to accommodate your request.
Yes. Scorpion keeps a detailed activity log that tracks user changes, user ID, time stamp, and other metadata across individual items and allows switching to older or newer versions of an item, ensuring that you know exactly who edited your items, and when.
Yes! Unlike other vendors, Scorpion clients have complete control over their test content and can modify, update, or republish their items, forms, and exams at will—and at no additional fee.
Absolutely! Scorpion offers multiple exam modes, including computer adaptive, fixed form, Linear-on-the-Fly, and even performance testing through our external item type.
Scorpion supports all aspects of the exam development and review process, including job task analysis, Angoff, CARD reviews (congruency, accuracy, relevancy, and difficulty), and standard setting.
Yes, Scorpion supports advanced formulas and equations through KaTeX.
Yes, Scorpion’s review module allows administrators to assign specific items for review, require feedback, and incorporate important collaboration steps in the item development process.
If you don’t have the inclination or resources to develop your own exams in Scorpion, our team of development professionals is here to help you create new tests, refresh your item pools, or rapidly clone exposed content in the event of a security breach. Get in touch to learn more!
No. Neither Scorpion users nor test takers need to download or install anything to use Scorpion or take tests delivered through Scorpion.
Yes. Scorpion has a number of UI language presets and the ability to add any custom language of your choosing.
Yes, Scorpion allows you to show content-area breakdowns and score reports.
Yes. Scorpion offers “Exam Watch,” a feature with enhanced proctor controls that gives designated proctors and test administrators the power to pause, suspend, or stop tests based on live data in the proctor event log. Scorpion does not offer remote proctoring services.
Scorpion is not a proctoring service, and it does not come with proctors or proctoring services. However, Scorpion can be integrated with your chosen proctoring solution. Furthermore, Scorpion offers “Exam Watch,” which gives designated administrators the power to pause, suspend, or stop tests in Scorpion based on suspicious events in the examinee Activity Log.
No matter how a Scorpion exam is administered (in person, in a test center, remote proctoring, testing event, etc.), all candidates receive the same user experience. Scorpion uses browser-based technology, so no additional software download or install is required for candidates to take a Scorpion exam.
Scorpion allows administrators to customize the exam experience in almost every way. From question type to language to button labels, custom instructions, and branding—you have control.
Automated forms splitting is when you use actual testing data or estimated data provided by SMEs to randomly assign items to separate forms, according to a blueprint specification, so that the overall difficulty of the forms is equivalent.
Yes, Scorpion’s secure launchpad supports bulk exam delivery at events like conferences, bulk delivery in testing centers, and more.
Yes. Scorpion can be configured to deliver nearly any kind of reporting that your program needs.
Scorpion has a native integration with Accredible and can support a custom integration with nearly any other badging system.
Scorpion allows for two different dimensions of score reporting in a two-level, nested hierarchy. Scorpion can report raw scores, scaled scores, or descriptive feedback based on exam performance.
Scorpion gives you the power to control your own publication and republication. You never need to ask or pay one of us to do it for you (unless you want to).
Export reports from Scorpion in plain text, simple CSV, Webassessor, XLXS, and QTI v2.2. Reports that come available in Scorpion are delivery summaries, custom fields summaries, examinee comments, delivery scores, references, and reviews.
This requires integration with a third-party vendor. However, Scorpion’s flexible API integration makes it possible to integrate using whichever vendor you want.
This requires integration with a third-party vendor. However, Scorpion’s flexible API integration makes it possible to integrate using whichever vendor you want.
A Learning Management System (LMS) can be a valuable component of a program that conducts testing; but if you’re using your LMS as your testing platform, it won’t produce valid, reliable test scores. Scorpion provides the item writing, banking, delivery tools, and security features that are necessary for valid testing. Scorpion also supports adding proctoring and other external workflow components to create the exact ecosystem you need. Click here to learn more about the many benefits of Scorpion.
Yes! Scorpion’s rich testing data is useful for further analysis to support the detection of and reaction efforts to cheating and test fraud. Your Scorpion data can support web monitoring efforts, psychometric analysis and data forensics, and any investigations into potential wrongdoing.
Scorpion is not a lockdown browser, but it has the ability to block content inside the browser and record an event log of everything that’s done during the exam.
Yes, Scorpion logs keystrokes.
Yes. Scorpion’s user roles support principles of least access, giving you the ability to restrict content visibility.
Proctoring is not included with Scorpion, but Scorpion supports integrations with third-party vendors and provides enhanced proctor controls in the Exam Watch feature.
Yes, Scorpion can be used to deliver exams in bulk in test centers and at conferences and events. The Exam Watch feature also enables an administrator to pause, suspend, or stop an exam based on suspicious information in a test-taker’s activity log.
Exam Watch is Scorpion’s proctoring administration tool that allows an administrator or proctor to administer exams across multiple projects. Exam Watch is particularly useful for clients who administer their own testing events at conferences and other on-site activities.
Caveon Maintains SOC2 Type II attestation, and ISO27001 certification, and encrypts data end to end using AES256 encryption.
Scorpion utilizes configurable role and permission-based access to allow for access to only the content that users are supposed to have access to.
The short answer is, your program should be employing measures to cover the big three bases: Prevent, Deter, and Detect/React to security threats. Learn more about security threats and the Protection Process in this article. You can learn more about the exam security solutions available with Scorpion on this page.
Yes. Integrate Caveon’s Data Forensics service directly with Scorpion to receive incredible reports at the push of a button. Integrating Scorpion with Caveon’s Web Patrol® service allows for a seamless transfer of data directly to the experts who’ll be out looking for it.
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