Edit Private Access Codes

Once a Private Access Code (PAC) has been created, you may edit it to add or remove exams. As long as the PAC has not been applied to an actual exam registration, you may also change the name of the PAC and change the delivery mode of the PAC. If a PAC is no longer needed, you may expire the PAC. If you wish to reuse an expired PAC, you may edit the Ends on date to reactivate the PAC.

Edit PAC

  1. Search for the desired PAC. See Search Private Access Codes.
  2. Click the View/Edit View/Edit a private access code. button for the PAC you wish to edit.

Add or remove exams on PAC

Assign all exams to PAC

There are two methods for selecting all available exams:

  1. Make sure the Specific exams option Assign specific exams to PACAssign specific exams to PAC is selected and click the select all link in the Available exams column on the left.

    Assign specific exams to private access codes.

All exams in the Available column are moved to the Selected column on the right.

  1. Select the All exams option. Assign all exams to a PAC.Assign all exams to a PAC.

    Assign all exams to a private access code.

All exams of the selected delivery mode will be assigned to the PAC. The list of applied exams is not displayed in the user interface, but all the available exams are applied to the PAC.

Assign individual exams to PAC

  1. Select the Specific exams option.

The list of available exams for the selected delivery modes are displayed in the Available column. Assign specific exams to a private access code.Assign specific exams to a private access code.

Assign specific exams to a private access code.

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If you do not see an exam in the Available exams list that you expected to see, contact your test publisher to ensure the correct Delivery mode has been applied to the exam, and that the PAC Required field has been selected for the exam/delivery mode combination.
  1. Scroll through the list of Available exams in the left column and click the desired exam name.

The exam is moved to the Selected column.

  1. Rather than selecting individual exams from the filtered list, you may also click the select all link.

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The select all link behaves differently than the All Exams option. The All exams option applies all exams for the selected delivery mode to the PAC. Use the select all link after filtering the list of exams. For example, filter the list to display all exams for electrical engineering. Then click the select all link. This takes all the exams that have been filtered and displayed in the Available column and applies them to the PAC in the Selected column.
  1. Continue selecting exams you wish to assign to the PAC.

Remove individual exams from PAC

There are two methods of removing exams from the PAC:

  1. Make sure the Specific exams option is selected. Scroll through the list of Selected exams in the right column and click the desired exam name you wish to remove from the PAC.

The exam is moved back to the Available exams column on the left.

If you remove all exams from the Selected exams, a message displays reminding you that no exams are selected for the PAC. The PAC must be associated with at least one exam.

Remove all exams from PAC

  1. You must have the Specific exams option selected. Click the deselect all link in the Selected exams column on the right.

All the exams are moved back to the Available column. A message stating that at least one exam must be associated with the PAC is displayed.

Add or remove exam groups on PAC

Assign individual exam groups to PAC

  1. Select the Specific exam groups option.

All client exam groups are displayed in the Available column. Assign specific exam groups to a PAC.Assign specific exam groups to a PAC.

Assign specific exam groups to a private access code

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If you do not see an exam group in the Available exams list that you expected to see, contact your program manager to ensure the exam group has been configured.
  1. You may search for a specific exam group by typing in any part of the exam group name.

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The list of exams is dynamically filtered as you type in the search field. You may type in any part of the exam group name, and all exam groups matching the text entered will be displayed.
  1. Scroll through the list of Available exam groups in the left column and click the desired exam group name.

The exam group is moved to the Selected column.

  1. Rather than selecting individual exam groups from the filtered list, you may also click the select all link.

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The select all link behaves differently than the All exams option. The All exams option applies all the client's Anywhere Proctored exams to the Authorization. Use the select all link after filtering the list of exam groups. For example, filter the list to display all exam groups for electrical engineering. Then click the select all link. This takes all the exam groups that have been filtered and displayed in the Available column and applies them to the PAC in the Selected column.
  1. Continue selecting exam groups you wish to assign to the PAC.

Remove individual exam groups from PAC

  1. Scroll through the list of Selected exam groups in the right column and click the desired exam group you wish to remove from the Authorization.

If you remove all exam groups from the Selected exams, a message displays reminding you that no exams are selected for the PAC. The PAC must be associated with at least one exam.

Change PAC delivery mode

As long as a Private Access Code has not been applied against an actual exam registration, you may change the delivery mode for the PAC.

  1. Click the View/Edit View/Edit private access code button button of the desired PAC.

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If the PAC has been applied to an exam registration, the Delivery mode drop-down list is disabled and you are unable to change the delivery mode. Delivery mode disabled if PAC applied to exam registration.Delivery mode disabled if PAC applied to exam registration.

Delivery mode disabled if PAC applied to exam registration.
  1. Select a different Delivery mode from the drop-down list.

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When you change the Delivery mode, all previously selected exams are removed from the Selected exams column and a message now states that at least one exam must be associated with the PAC.

Only those exams that are available for the selected Delivery mode are displayed in the Available column.
  1. You must reassign exams to the PAC.
  2. Click Save.

Change PAC code name

As long as a PAC has not been applied to an actual exam registration, you may change the Code name.

  1. Click the View/Edit View/Edit private access code button. button of the desired PAC.

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If the PAC has been applied to an exam registration, the Code name is disabled, and you are unable to change the code. Code name disabled if PAC has been applied to exam registration.Code name disabled if PAC has been applied to exam registration.

Code name disabled if PAC applied to exam registration.
  1. Change the name of the PAC in the Code field.
  2. Click Save.

Expire a PAC

If a PAC is no longer needed or if you wish to disable a PAC, you can change the Ends on calendar date to a date in the past.

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There is no way to delete a PAC once it has been created. You can expire it so it is no longer visible in the Active list of PACs.
  1. Click the View/Edit View/Edit private access code button. button of the desired PAC.
  2. Click the Ends on Calendar Open calendar button. button.
  3. Select a date prior to the current date.
  4. Click the End time clock Open end time clock. button.
  5. Select an End time.
  6. Click Save.

The PAC is removed from the list of active PACs. See Advanced Search in the Search by Status: All/Active/Inactive topic for instructions on viewing inactive PACs.

Reactivate a PAC

Once a PAC has been expired, you may wish to reactivate it. First you must locate the PAC in the list of expired PACs. You can change the Ends on calendar date to a future date, and this will move the PAC code to the active list.

  1. Follow the instructions in the Advanced Search in the Search by Status: All/Active/Inactive topic to display all the expired PACs.
  2. Search for the desired PAC.
  3. Click the View/Edit View/Edit private access code button. button of the desired PAC.
  4. Click the Starts on Calendar Open starts on calendar button. button.
  5. Select a date.
  6. Click the Start time clock Open start time clock. button.
  7. Select a Start time.
  8. Click the Ends on Calendar Open ends on calendar. button.
  9. Select a date after the current date.
  10. Click the End time clock Open end time clock. button.
  11. Select an End time.
  12. Click Save.

The PAC is removed from the list of expired PACs and moved back onto the list of active PACs.

Save PAC changes

  1. Click Save.

A message is displayed above the PAC list stating the PAC changes were saved.

 

 

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