ExamSoft is an assessment software that provides a secure offline testing environment. ExamSoft allows faculty and staff to build exams, question banks, and create reports that tag individual quiz items to competencies or topics. Students take exams wirelessly through the ExamSoft application Examplify, and after exams have access to quiz results and reports. https://prod-ui.examsoft.io/login?institutioncode=desmoines ExamSoft Support Support Page Download Examplify If you still need help, click here to request assistance with ExamSoft.

ExamSoft is an exam testing platform that will provide robust analytics across multiple performance indicators. There are two parts to ExamSoft: the ExamSoft portal and the Examplify application. Download and Login to Examplify Login to ExamSoft How students will use ExamSoft and Examplify ExamSoft Examplify The online portal where you will download the Examplify application (one-time only) and view exam results that have been released to you. The ExamSoft application that you will download on your device Where you will download and take your exams Provides a secure, offline testing environment How you will use ExamSoft and Examplify ExamSoft Examplify The online portal where you will create and manage questions. Create exams and quizzes Assign exams and quizzes to students Adjust and publish exam settings Proctor exams Review exam and quiz results Where you will download and preview your exams Step #1: Download Examplify NOTE: If Examplify is already installed on your computer please skip to step 3 Navigate to the Examplify download page. https://support.examsoft.com/hc/en-us/articles/11146797283469-Examplify-Download-the-Installers-for-Windows-Mac Download the application and complete the installation. Your computer may restart during the installation process. Open Examplify Agree to the terms and conditions. Select Des Moines University (desmoines) as your Institution. Sign in using [Username]@dmu.edu as your email and your DMU password. Close the window and return to Examplify Step #2: Login to ExamSoft Navigate to the ExamSoft login. https://prod-ui.examsoft.io/login?institutioncode=desmoines (Bookmark this page with ctrl+D or access it from the D2L Homepage) Click "LOGIN" Login using [username]@dmu.edu as your email address and your DMU password.

ExamSoft is an exam testing platform that will provide robust analytics to students across multiple performance indicators. There are two parts to ExamSoft: the ExamSoft portal and the Examplify application. Download Examplify ExamSoft Examplify The online portal where you will download the Examplify application (one-time only) and view exam results that have been released to you. The ExamSoft application that you will download on your device Where you will download and take your exams Provides a secure, offline testing environment Before you get started ExamSoft works best if Chrome is set as your default browser. Click here for instructions. Step #1: Download Examplify Navigate to the Examplify download page https://support.examsoft.com/hc/en-us/articles/11146797283469-Examplify-Download-the-Installers-for-Windows-Mac Download the application and complete the installation. Your computer may restart during the installation process. CAUTION: Anti-Virus! You may need to add an exception in your antivirus software for Examplify to function correctly. The following link provides more information: https://support.examsoft.com/hc/en-us/articles/11167774778253-Disable-Your-Antivirus-Software Step #2: Open Examplify Open Examplify Agree to the terms and conditions. Select Des Moines University (desmoines) as your Institution. Sign in using [Username]@student.dmu.edu as your email and your DMU password. Close the window and return to Examplify. Login to ExamSoft Navigate to the ExamSoft login. https://prod-ui.examsoft.io/login?institutioncode=desmoines (Bookmark this page with ctrl+D or access it from the D2L Homepage) Click "LOGIN" Login using [username]@student.dmu.edu as your email address and your DMU password.

ExamSoft and D2L have an integration that maintains the student classlist and allows grade transfers from ExamSoft to D2L. On the proctoring page in ExamSoft select Push Grades in the top right of the screen. Under Select Grade Column select Browse All to see a list of the grade items in the D2L course. Select the Grade Item from the list and click Save. Select the score type and select Push to Desire2Learn. Points – will push the percentage value to Desire2Learn. If you’re grade item’s points are set to 100 this will be the preferred method. Raw – will push the number of points earned by the student. If the Exam has 35 and a student got 32 correct, ExamSoft will push 32 as the value for this student. If the grade item in D2L is set to the number of the questions in the ExamSoft exam use this method. Considerations If you have thrown out a question you will need to adjust the grade item in D2L and decrease the points possible by the value of the thrown out question. Otherwise students grades will be decreased when re-pushing the grades, but the denominator will not change. IE. A student received 25/30 originally. I have thrown out one of the question valued at 1 point. The student did get this question correct originally so their score is adjusted to 24/30. The denominator needs to be adjusted to 29 since we threw out the question correcting the students score to 24/29.

From here, you can easily download the latest version of Examplify for both Windows and Mac OS X devices. Download Examplify Detailed instructions for students downloading Examplify can be found below, as well: Downloading Examplify for Windows & Mac OS X 

Accessing your results If your instructor has alerted you that your exam results have been released, begin by logging into the ExamSoft Portal.  Upon logging in, you will be brought to the "My courses" page. This page will display all courses you're currently enrolled in. Select the course from this list. Next, the page will populate with all assessments you've taken in the course. Beside each assessment, you will see the date, score, and results. Click the "view your results" hyperlink. Your individual strengths & opportunities report will roll-out from the right.  Student overview When expanded, the 'student overview' tab will show your score, statistics, as well as the average score for this assessment. Category performance When expanded, the 'category performance' will show your performance per category and any sub-categories. Each category will be separated by the different category types, clearly labeled in bold before listing the category performance(s). To view your performance of any subcategory, click the "# subcategories" hyperlink to expand that information. To collapse the list of sub-categories, click the link once again. The green diamond icon represents the student score for the specific category or subcategory.   The orange diamond icon represents the class average score for the specific category or subcategory.   The blue rectangle represents the score range of all students per category or subcategory.   The red triangle represents a score that is below the at-risk threshold percentage. By default, any score lower than 60% is marked as need(s) improvement / are at risk.   The gold cirlce represents a score that is below the needs review threshold percentage. By default, any score lower than 70% but greater than or equal to 60% is marked as needs review.   The green triangle represents a score is greater than or equal to 70%.   Questions When expanded, the questions section will show all questions that your Professor chose to release. This may include ALL questions on the exam or just the incorrect questions. Multiple choice questions For multiple choice, 1 answer questions, the questions and answer choices may appear as such: The question number as it appeared on the exam, question text, answer choices, green highlighted text and green check mark indicating you chose the correct answer choice. If you did not answer the question correctly, the answer choice will be highlighted in red and a red No symbol next to the chosen answer choice. To the right, you will see the number of points rewarded / total points available, and the number of categories tagged to the question. Clicking this number will open a pop-out window listing the category type as well as all associated sub-categories. Fill in the blank questions For fill in the blank question types, the questions and answers will appear as such: The full question text and blanks (each numbered appropriately), the answer you provided, green highlighted text and a green check mark indicating you entered an accepted response, red highlighted text and a red no symbol indicating you entered the unaccepted response, as well the points rewarded / total points available, and the number of categories tagged to the question. If you entered an unaccepted answer, the accepted answer(s) will be listed to the right of their response. If there are multiple accepted responses, you will see the accepted responses listed next to your unaccepted response. True / false questions For true/false question types, the questions and answers will appear as such: The question number as it appeared on the exam, full question text, true/false answer choices, green highlighted text and green check mark indicating you selected the correct answer choice, red highlighted text and red no symbol indicating you selected the incorrect answer choice, as well the points rewarded / total points available, and the number of categories tagged to the question. Essay questions For essay question types, the questions and answers will appear as such: The question number as it appeared on the exam, full question text, and the full answer response. You will also see the points rewarded / total points available, and the number of categories tagged to the question. Notes left by your grader may also be visible if your instructor has chosen to release them. Multiple choice questions with multiple correct answers For multiple choice, multiple correct answer question types, the questions and answers will appear as such: The question number as it appeared on the exam, full question text, all answer choices, green highlighted text and green check mark indicating you selected the correct answer choice, red highlighted text and red no symbol indicating you selected the incorrect answer choice, as well the points rewarded / total points available, and the number of categories tagged to the question. Hot spot questions For hot spot question types, the questions and answers will appear as such. The question number as it appeared on the exam, full question text, hot spot image, the number of points awarded / total number of points possible for each hot spot, as well as the number of categories tagged to the question.

If an upload has failed please follow the instructions linked below.  Windows/MacOS: https://support.examsoft.com/hc/en-us/articles/11146150303629-Manually-Upload-an-Answer-File iPad: https://support.examsoft.com/hc/en-us/articles/11146151559949-Examplify-for-iPad-Manually-Upload-an-Answer-File If the file does not appear in the location provided in the instructions above please contact ExamSoft Support 866-429-8889 for further assistance.

If you receive the message "Sorry, we couldn't connect to your school's login page" or "Sorry, but we're having trouble signing you in." (screenshots below) Ensure you are using the Chrome browser and not Safari or Firefox. 1. Clear the cache and cookies for all time  2. close all browser sessions.  NOTE: On a Mac you will need to use the keyboard shortcut Cmd + Q or right click the application in the Dock and select Quit to close the Chrome session. 

If Examplify is having application related issues (not loading or prompts an "tamper" error) you will need to uninstall and reinstall the app. A simple uninstall and reinstall from the Apps setting in Windows or by dragging the icon to the trash in Mac is all you need.   However, for trickier issues you may need to do a clean uninstall.  This removes all temp files, reg entries, etc. Uninstall from Windows PC - Simple - Clean Uninstall from Mac - Simple - Clean Windows PC:  Simple Uninstall -  At the bottom left of your screen, click on the Windows icon and type settings (or click on the Windows icon and then the Settings icon (looks like an illustration of a gear). Under Settings, select Apps. Select Examplify, then click the Uninstall button. Follow the on-screen instructions to remove Examplify from your computer. Clean Uninstall  Once you have uninstalled Examplify, open File Explorer and type the following into the address bar: C:\Program Files (x86) Locate the ExamSoft folder and rename it to examsoft.old In the address bar, type: C:\ProgramData Locate the Examplify folder and rename to: examplify.old In the address bar, type: C:\Users\Public\Documents Delete both of the .adata folders listed. MacOS: Simple Uninstall In your Finder, navigate to the Applications folder. Find Examplify app and drag its icon into the trash on your dock or select Move to Trash from the drop-down menu. Choose Empty Trash… from the Finder menu. Clean Uninstall Click on the magnifying glass Search icon on the top right of your screen. Type terminal and click Enter. Enter the following command into the terminal window and click Enter: defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles YES Hold down the Option key on your keyboard and right-click the Finder icon on the dock. Select Relaunch. Click on Go in the menu at the top of your screen and choose Computer. Find and delete the following hidden folders: \MacintoshHD\.adata-Examplifyi \MacintoshHD\Users\Shared\.adata \MacintoshHD\Users\Shared\.adata-Examplify Go to Library > Application Support. Find the Examplify folder and rename it to examplify.OLD Restart your computer. You can hide the previously-hidden files again in the terminal window by typing defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles NO If this doesn't work, try defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles -boolean false ; killall Finder

You may run into this error when launching Examplify. This is due to the Core Isolation Memory Integrity is enabled in your device.  Follow the troubleshooting steps below: Search for "Core Isolation” in your Start menu or head to Settings > Update & Security > Windows Security > Open Windows Defender Security Center/Open Windows Security Click the “Device Security” icon in the Security Center. Click the “Core Isolation Details” link. Disable Memory Integrity, click on the oval button to change it "Off". You’ll be prompted to restart your computer, and the change will only take effect once you have. After restart, launch Examplify and see if the issue is resolved. If the ability to turn off Core Isolation is Greyed out please call the Service Desk. 515-271-1522.