Video tutorials on COLE
Learn how to use COLE, Concordia's OnLine Exam platform by watching these instructional videos (resources for faculty and students).
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At Concordia, instructors can choose to administer online exams either on Moodle or COLE (Concordia's OnLine Exam) platform.
While Moodle supports a variety of timed and untimed assessments with assignment, quiz, forum, workshop, wiki, etc., COLE only supports timed assessments (midterm and final exams) which are created using the Quiz Activity (termed Exam on COLE).
This page will focus on using COLE for online assessments. For more information on using Moodle for your online assessments please refer to the CTL page Moodle Assessments: Assignments & Quizzes.
Last updated: May 4, 2022, 11:11 a.m.
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Apart from the enhanced quiz/exam features, faculty can benefit from the services provided by a dedicated exam support team including creating exams, entering questions, adding ACSD extensions, configuring Proctorio (if the exam is proctored), and marking support. Students can benefit from in-exam live support via a built-in chat feature and a help line.
Watch this video for an overview of COLE platform features and the kinds of support available to students and faculty.
This is the COLE information site on Concordia’s website. Here students and faculty will find FAQ and video tutorials about the COLE platform.
Information on uploading your exam into the COLE system.
Learn how to use COLE, Concordia's OnLine Exam platform by watching these instructional videos (resources for faculty and students).
Quick view of online assessment platforms (sign-in required)
The page provides an overview of the advantages, limitations, where to use, and when to avoid non-proctored and proctored exams.
Did you know there is a COLE faculty support site within the COLE platform? Here you will find an overview of COLE platform features, COLE exam process, Proctoring options, as well as Proctorio review and marking related support materials.
COLE basics (sign-in required) | Marking (sign-in required) |
Introduction to COLE | Batch grading |
COLE Exams: The Process | Grades |
Find your way around COLE | Manual grading |
Question types | Mark by questions |
Upload options for pen and paper exams | Responses Export |
Create Your Own Exams | Make marks and feedback available to students |
Export grades from COLE and Import into Moodle Gradebook |
Make sure you are familiar with the COLE process. Review the following:
COLE Exams: The Process (sign-in required)
How to use COLE for your exam (with or without proctoring) (Carrefour sign-in required)
Information on uploading your exam into the COLE system.
IMPORTANT: To have your exams hosted on COLE, you will need to let the COLE support staff know your plans in advance as per the deadline schedule below. Missing these deadlines makes it difficult for the exams to be created, tested and made available on time.
Make sure to check COLE exam submission deadlines (sign-in required).
Here are some suggestions on how you can prepare your students to write their exams through COLE.
Your students have access to practise exams, either with non-proctored and proctored (auto proctoring or live proctoring).
Each student only has one trial for a proctored practise exam. It is recommended that they take the exam at least a few days before the exam to leave enough time to fix any possible technical issues that show up during the trial.
NOTE: Some non-proctored practise exams provide the opportunity for students to get familiar with COLE and different question types. These can be accessed by students any time and as often as they wish.
COLE FAQ (sign-in required) — Make sure you are familiar with:
Some of your courses may have proctored exams (on COLE) using one of the two proctoring solutions; some may have non-proctored exams (either on COLE or Moodle).
However, if you are going to have proctored exams you should include this information in your course outline and provide students resources on what they need to do to prepare for a proctored exam. This way if a student does not agree with the protocol process, they can choose to drop the course before the deadline.
ALL courses that have been approved to use Proctorio, must ensure they attach the prescribed syllabus language.
FAQ for students (Concordia website)
Share this FAQ with your students. Online exams on COLE will not be invigilated (proctored) unless stated in the course syllabus. This FAQ provides general and technology information, and addresses security and privacy concerns.
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