Welcome to Inspera at UNSW!
Familiarise yourself with our digital assessment platform before taking your exam
Inspera makes your digital exams & assessments easy, whether they are on campus or remote.
Read through our instructions, information and resources carefully to best prepare yourself for your exam on the digital assessment platform, Inspera.
Looking for support? Check out our FAQs.
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📝 Exam format
- Final & supplementary exams— centrally timetabled,end-of-term examinations which take place during the main or supplementary exam period.
- In-term assessments—anyexams and assessment tasksbefore the main exam period, organised by your course convener.
- On-campus
- Remote
On-campus Inspera exams
Follow the steps below if your Inspera assessment is in-person. This includes final exams and in-term assessments.
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Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) provides an additional layer of security to help protect the University and your account (zID) from unauthorised access.
During your exam, you musthave access to your smartphone with MFA already set up to log into Inspera.
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Make sure to update your device, operating system and internet browserbefore attempting an assessment or exam on Inspera.
Note: You must use a laptop or desktop device for Inspera exams. Tablets and iPads arenotsupported devices, regardless of their specifications, and some Inspera questions will simply not work on them.
1. Install the newest versions of any two of following web browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
- Apple Safari.
🌐 If you're a Mac user, we strongly encourage you to have a secondary web browser installed in case the SEB-enabled exam cannot open in Safari.
2. Enable the following in both of your installed internet browsers:
- Cookies
- Pop-ups (make sure your security software doesn't block them either)
- Javascript.
Need a laptop for your Inspera exam?
If you are unable to bring your own device to your Inspera exam, you can borrow a laptop from the Library. Book a loan laptop for free for up to four hours.
At least two different internet browsers and the Safe Exam Browser application should be installed on loan laptops already.
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Safe Exam Browser (SEB)is a web browser environment which lets you carry out e-assessments safely and securely. The softwaretemporarily turns any computer into a secure workstation and limits the use ofcertain applications and unauthorised resources on your device during an exam (e.g. browsing websites, taking screenshots, screen sharing).
🛡️Please note: SEB does not send personal information to any centralised server and is not connected to any web analytics, user tracking or clickstream analytics service.
You do not need to download Safe Exam Browser for remote exams (unless instructed otherwise).
If you're taking an on-campus, invigilated final exam at UNSW's Canberra campus, please check your assessment instructions to confirm whether or not you'll require SEB.
For your final exam to function in SEB, you need to launch it from your Inspera test dashboard first. We recommend you to check SEB's and install the latest version of your operating systemand browser.
Install Safe Exam Browser
Make sure to download and install the UNSW compatible version of Safe Exam Browser (SEB) for Mac or Windows from the links below. If you download SEB from elsewhere online, your UNSW Inspera test may not work.
🗑️We recommend that you uninstall SEB after each exam period and redownload the latest version closer to your next exam period.Learn how to uninstall apps for or .
Read through our (PDF) for more detailed information and support.
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Follow the steps belowto prepare for your on-campus invigilated exam in Safe Exam Browser (SEB):
- Save your work in any open apps and programs, then close them.UseTask Manager(Windows) or click on the apple icon > Force Quit (MacOS) to ensure you shut down all background apps and browsers. You may need todisable or uninstall screen-sharing and gaming applications (e.g. TeamViewer, Steam).
- Install Safe Exam Browser for Windows or Mac from the links above.
- Takethe same laptop you have installed SEB on to your exam. Please make sure youhave full admin rightsto your laptop to ensure you can successfully install SEB.
- Access the, or log into Inspera and find it under 'Demo Tests'.
- Click 'Start test' in Safe Exam Browserwhen you are ready to start the Practice Test.
Test Password:12345a
Quit Password:1234
Note:If the test doesn't open, try accessing it through a private or incognito windowon your browser.
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Tick off the steps below to get ready for your on-campus, invigilated Inspera assessment.
Before exam day
- Know your UNSW zID and to make sure you can log into Inspera.
- Set upMulti Factor Authentication(MFA)on your smartphone if you haven't already.
- Checkyour access to UNSW's eduroamWi-Fi network using your zID and password.
- Download theUNSW compatible version ofSafe Exam Browser(SEB).
- Take the SEB practice test created by your course convenor for your specific exam, or the generic .
- Visit ourfrequently asked questions(FAQs) page if you have any questions about Inspera exams.
On exam day
- Bring a fully-charged smartphone. You'll need this in the test room to respond to MFA when accessing Inspera.
- Bring a fully-charged laptop and its charger.Make sure you havefull administrative access on the laptop. Admin access is required if you need to change your computer settings to run SEB and Inspera properly.
- Connect your devices to eduroam(UNSW's Wi-Fi network).
🎨 Appearance & accessibility
Customise the Inspera platform to best support your exam-taking. Open appearance settings to change the colour of the screen, adjust the text size and use"Text to Speech"(if available for your exam).
For more information, check out our and on accessibility features.
Listen out for any instructions given by your exam supervisor.
Specialist invigilators, as well as the technical support team, will be there during on-campus exams to support you through any technical issues.
See our guide for on-campus network issues to know what to expect.
What if I lose my internet connection?
Don't panic! The answers you enter after disconnecting from the internet will still be saved in your browser, but onlywhile your browser is open.
If you lose connection, DO NOTclose your test or browser until your internet reconnects.
Raise your hand to advise a supervisor about your issue. If your exam is about to end and you still don't have connection, they can save your submission as a file from your browser.
→ Handwritten answers
You may be required to upload handwritten responses for certain on-campus exams hosted on Inspera.
Check your assessment instructions or ask your course convener whether you'll need to answer questions, provide working or draw diagrams and equations by hand.
We strongly encourage you to read our . You can also take a look at a UNSW .
→ Digital answers
You must manually submit your assessment if you are taking an exam with Safe Exam Browser enabled.
Once you are happy with your answers, DO NOT forget to click 'Submit now' to finish your assessment. You will need to do this to be able to exit Safe Exam Browser.
Please note: Once you have clicked the 'Submit now' button you can no longer edit your responses.
Follow the steps below if your Inspera assessment is delivered online &off-campus. This includes final exams and in-term assessments.
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Multi Factor Authentication (MFA) provides an additional layer of security to help protect the University and your account (zID) from unauthorised access.
During your exam, you musthave access to your smartphone with MFA already set up to log into Inspera.
-
Make sure to update your device, operating system and internet browserbefore attempting an assessment or exam on Inspera.
Note: You must use a laptop or desktop device for Inspera exams. Tablets and iPads arenotsupported devices, regardless of their specifications, and some Inspera questions will simply not work on them.
Install the newest versions of any two of following web browsers:
- Google Chrome
- Mozilla Firefox
- Microsoft Edge
- Apple Safari.
Enable the following in both of your installed internet browsers:
- Cookies
- Pop-ups (make sure your security software doesn't block them either)
- Javascript.
Need a laptop for your Inspera exam?
If you are unable to bring your own device to your Inspera exam, you can borrow a laptop from the Library. Book a loan laptop for free for up to four hours.
At least two different internet browsers and the Safe Exam Browser application should be installed on loan laptops already.
🎨 Appearance & accessibility
Customise the Inspera platform to best support your exam-taking. Open appearance settings to change the colour of the screen, adjust the text size and use"Text to Speech"(if available for your exam).
For more information, check out our and on accessibility features.
As long as you are connected to the internet, Inspera will automatically save your answers every 30 seconds or so.
That means you can close your remote exam and reopen it later to continue working with your saved answers. As long as you haveinternet connection, you can also close your web browser and open your test in another browser or on another computer without losing your work.
What if I lose my internet connection?
Don't panic! The answers you enter after disconnecting from the internet will still be saved in your browser, but onlywhile your browser is open.
If you lose connection, DO NOTclose your test or browser until your internet reconnects.
If your remote exam ends before then,save your submission as a file from your browser, instructions on next steps will be in your test.
Please note:You can only return to your remote exam for the duration that it is open, whether that is 45 minutes or 48 hours. If the test ends before you return, then your saved answers will beautomatically submitted.
→ File Upload
Certain remote assessments hosted on Inspera may require you to upload your final answer as a file.
Your course convener may choose to have you work in an external software, such as Microsoft Word, and upload your answers as a file through Inspera, similar to Turnitin.
Check your feedback for in-term Inspera assessments
Your lecturer or tutor will provide further instructions on accessing your results for in-term assessments.
If your lecturer has enabled theCandidate Reportsetting in Inspera, then you can see your feedback via your 'Inspera Student Dashboard' once your marks and feedback release. To check your results:
- Log into
- Navigate to your test
- Click 'See more details'
- Click 'View Report'.
