Limiting Student Access in the Platform – Pearson Connexus Support

If you would like to limit assessment availability, there are several options.

Log in as a Teacher-Author.
Select a Course from the Main Menu.
Select Editor from the Course Menu.
Select Activity List. Filter by the type of assessment you’d like to protect.
Choose your assessment(s) by selecting the checkbox. Then, select the Bulk Edit icon.
Select your Assessment Password and check the box. Select “I understand that these changes are permanent, and I confirm that I want to proceed.” Finally, select Update to insert your password.

Assessment password will prompt all students or the group selected to enter a password before beginning any assessment in the course.

To set an assessment password for the first time or to change an existing password, enter the password in the text box.
The password is in plain text when created but is encrypted after saving.
If you want to set a different password for each assessment type, do not use this tool, use the Editor to adjust passwords by assessment type.

Setting Domain-wide Assessment Passwords

This password gives access to all password-protected assessments in your domain without overriding each assessment-specific password.

This option does not work without course- assessment passwords enabled.

Use domain-wide assessment passwords to facilitate quick reaction time when a password is compromised:

The system administrator creates a domain-wide password that is relatively easy to remember and provides it to teachers. Teachers give this password to their students to use when accessing assessments.
When a content author creates a password-protected assessment, they must provide an assessment-specific password. They can create a secure password without worrying that it will be hard for students to remember or use because students will use the simpler domain-wide password.
The system administrator can then control how frequently they change the password and can quickly react when there are signs that the password has been compromised.

From the Domain tool, select the More menu from the Header Menu. Next, select Set assessment password to create a password that grants access to all password-protected assessments in the domain. This password works in addition to each assessment's original password; it doesn't replace them. Domain-wide passwords are not inherited by subdomains.

This password gives access to all password-protected assessments in your domain without overriding each assessment-specific password.

Use domain-wide assessment passwords to facilitate quick reaction time when a password is compromised:

The system administrator creates a domain-wide password that is relatively easy to remember and provides it to teachers. Teachers give this password to their students to use when accessing assessments.
When a content author creates a password-protected assessment, they must provide an assessment-specific password. They can create a secure password without worrying that it will be hard for students to remember or use because students will use the simpler domain-wide password.
The system administrator can then control how frequently they change the password and can quickly react when there are signs that the password has been compromised.

From the Domain tool, select the More menu from the Header Menu. Next, select Set assessment password to create a password that grants access to all password-protected assessments in the domain. This password works in addition to each assessment's original password; it doesn't replace them. Domain-wide passwords are not inherited by subdomains.

The current password will display.

Add a new password in the Password field and retype the password to Confirm.
Select Save or Change.