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title: "Proctoring a Third-Party Assessment using Verity"
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Instructors can use Verity to create a secure, proctored environment for assessments created in third-party assessment tools. 

## Applying Proctor Settings for a Third-Party Assessment 

Before you start, make sure you have created an assessment using a third-party platform.

1. Log in and select your course.
2. Navigate to **Verity**.
3. In the side navbar, click Proctored Assessments and + Create Assessment.
4. Select Create Third-Party Assessment.
5. Select the tool you want to use and click Continue.
6. Enter the Assessment Name, Assessment URL, and Assessment Password, and then click Create.
  1. Assessment Name: The name of your assessment. “Third Party:” will automatically be added to your assessment name.
  2. Assessment URL: To get the URL, Click on the 3rd-party assessment (in this example, MyOpenMath) from D2L Content to open it. Copy the URL to this page located at the very top of the screen. Use this URL in the Assessment URL box.
  3. Assessment Password: The password of your assessment. Note: the password entered here must match the password on the third-party platform.
    
7. In the Setup Proctoring modal, click Next.
8. Select the proctoring method you want and click Next.
  1. Automated Proctoring (No Live): No proctors will monitor the test-takers during their assessment.
  2. **Live Check-In: **Proctors can join and view a test-taker's environment when issues are flagged.
  

![Select the proctoring method you want.](media://6527150c-fa70-40d4-8f7a-cda437dfdf59)

9. Select the platform you want to use and click **Next**.
  - **Automated Proctoring: **Offers standard proctoring features through the Verity browser extension. This mode can also be used in the Lockdown App.
  - **Lockdown App****[:](https://support.yuja.com/hc/en-us/articles/14203286095767-Downloading-the-Verity-Lockdown-App-for-Canvas)**** **Offers additional security proctoring features for assessments taken on the Verity Desktop Lockdown App.
  - **Mobile Lockdown App:** Offers standard proctoring features for assessments taken on the Verity Mobile Lockdown App.
10. (Optional) To select an existing profile, click Click here to select your profile.
11. Select the configurations you want enabled and click Next. Learn more about YuJa Verity's Quiz Restrictions.
12. (Optional) Assign accommodations for individual test-takers.
  1. To allow individual test-takers to take the assessment without being proctored, select the check box next to their name, then click Accommodate, then Do Not Proctor and Save.
  2. To allow test-takers to take the assessment with a different set of proctoring configurations, select the check box next to their name, then click Accommodate, then Modify Proctoring. Select the profile you want, and click Save.
13. Click Next.
14. (Optional) To save these settings for future assessments, click Save as Profile, enter a Profile Name, and then click Save Profile.
15. Click Confirm.
16. Once the assessments are completed, review them by accessing the <u>[Verity Results table](https://support.yuja.com/hc/en-us/articles/19974935758487-Reviewing-Results-for-a-Verity-Proctored-Assessment)</u>.