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The Live monitor shows every active session for a test as a tile, in real time. Each tile carries a status dot and a set of controls. From here you watch the room, step in when needed, and admit students if you’re using a waiting room.

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Session states

The status dot tells you what state each student is in.

Active

The student is taking the exam normally.

Paused

A legitimate break or interruption. The student can’t answer, but monitoring continues and full-screen is relaxed until you resume them.

Locked

Review or intervention. The student cannot interact with the test until you explicitly unlock it.

System-paused

Screen sharing was interrupted and Proctorly paused the session automatically.
System-paused is a recovery state, not a discipline action. When you see system_paused, it usually means screen sharing dropped — the student didn’t necessarily do anything wrong. Treat it as “needs to resume sharing,” not “caught cheating.”

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Actions you can take

Pause a single student for a legitimate break, then resume them. While paused, they can’t answer but monitoring keeps running.
Lock a student out of interacting with the test for review or intervention. They stay locked until you unlock.
Capture a snapshot of a specific student on demand.
Send a message to a student — either a preset nudge (for example, “Need a moment? You can request a pause…”) or your own custom text.
If the Waiting room is enabled, students are held after setup until you admit them from the live monitor.
Students can request a pause. You approve it from the live monitor, which moves the session into the paused state.
End a student’s session.

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Mass actions

When you need to act on the whole room at once, mass actions apply across every active session:

Screenshot all

Capture a snapshot from every active session.

Pause all

Pause every active session at once.

Lock all

Lock every active session at once.

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What the student sees

The student side mirrors the live monitor:
  • A student can raise their hand with the “I have a question” button.
  • A student can request a pause, which you approve.
  • If Student alerts is enabled for the test, the student sees on-screen warnings as violations happen.

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Next

Reviewing results

Once sessions finish, read each student’s integrity score and decide on their flags.
Last modified on June 24, 2026