Auto submission in Inspera Assessment allows candidates' answers to be automatically submitted when a test ends, particularly useful for tests without Safe Exam Browser (SEB) like home exams. 

This article explains what auto submission is, details how Planners can enable it, covers the Submit once option, and highlights known errors with this feature.

Understanding auto submission

Auto submission ensures that candidates' answers are submitted automatically when their individual test time or the test's closing time is reached. Until that point, candidates can change their submission an unlimited number of times.

• When a test is submitted automatically, the standard Submit button available in the interface will redirect the candidate back to their Dashboard. They can then reopen the test to change their answers as long as the test window is open.
• Candidates with an empty submission at the test end time will not have their test automatically submitted.
• Two minutes after the test end time is reached, the status of all candidates that have answered is updated to Submitted.
• Grading can begin once the standard closing time, or standard closing time plus any extra time given, is reached.

Enable auto submission

Planners can enable auto submission in the general settings of a test.

1. In the test setup, navigate to the General settings section.
2. Under Test options, select Enable auto submission.

The Submit Once option

Inspera Assessment offers an additional setting that allows candidates to submit their test only once. This feature is useful for ensuring that candidates who forget to click Submit still get a Submitted status when the test window ends.

• Behavior: If this option is enabled, and a candidate clicks Submit, their test will immediately close and they will not be able to reopen it to make further changes. This functionality works the same way as tests without auto submission where a single submission closes access.
• Assistance: The Service Desk can provide guidance on how you can use this setting if required for your specific needs.

Candidate experience

When a test is set up with auto submission, candidates will experience the following behaviors:

• Dashboard information: Before starting the test, and as long as no questions have been attempted, candidates will see information on their Dashboard indicating: You have not attempted any questions and your answers will not be submitted.

  

• Unlimited edits: Candidates can edit or delete their submission an unlimited number of times as long as the test window is open and the test has not automatically submitted.
• Message after answering: Once questions have been answered and the candidate has navigated to the submit page, they will receive a message confirming their responses are being managed for submission.
• Automatic submission: Answers will be automatically submitted when the test's closing time is reached.

Known errors

Extra Time Trigger: Setting extra time to 0 after the test end time has been reached will not trigger auto submission for that specific candidate.

• Workaround: To resolve this, you can either submit on behalf of the candidate by opening and closing their resubmission, or simply allow the extra time to run out naturally.

  Inspera is working on a solution for this issue.