This guide will show you how to create a Scene for a exam environment (Maths Test). The scenario - There is an upcoming maths test and this session needs to be in an exam-based environment. Only one website and two applications will be allowed within the scene meaning every other website and application will be blocked.

This guide will take you through this process step by step.

Once logged in to your console you will need to locate the Scenes Module. To do this click on the ‘Teacher Tools’ Icon on the top bar of your console.

This will open the ‘Scenes’ module.

Select ‘Create Scene’.

This will open a new page where you will start to create the Scene.

Enter in the scene name, choose the background colour (This is optional) and add in a description about the scene (This is optional).

You have completed the first stage of your scene. The next decision is whether your Scene needs to be in either the ‘Allow Mode’ or ‘Block Mode’ setting.

For this Scene we will select the ‘Allow Mode’.  This means the only websites or applications that can be accessed are the ones that you add into your list. Every other website and application will be blocked.

Please note – The Default Setting will be in the Allow Mode.

Initially the website Disable/Enable toggle button is set to ‘Disable’.

To start building your list of website addresses, this needs to be toggled to the ‘Enable’ position.

To add a website to your list, select the ‘Add Website’ button.

Enter in the website address that you want the students to be able to access. The  website I have entered is www.tests.com

Then select ‘the ‘Create’ button.

The website address that you have entered will now appear in the ‘URL’ list.

At this point I have added in the website that the students will need to access for the online maths test.

I now want to add in the application links that will be allowed during the lesson. To do this we need to select Application Access.

Then select ‘Enable’.

I only want the students to be able to access ‘Calculator’ to use within the maths test. 

Click ‘Add Application’. Then enter in the application name. To make this quicker there is already a built-in list of ‘most used’ applications to select from. Click on the ‘?’ icon, hover over the ‘Allow’ option and select the application if appropriate.

You will need to manually type in the calculator address (This may differ for your devices).

Select ‘Create’. This will now show in your application list.

As we need to access a website during the lesson, we must also add in a browser application. This can be selected from the application list or manually typed. Just repeat the above process.

To recap, the scene now includes one website that can be accessed and two applications.

The final step to complete creating the scene, is to select the ‘Create Scene’ button.

Once this has been selected you will automatically be taken to the Scenes landing page and the scene you have just created will now be visible.

This scene will stay on the landing page unless you decide to delete it. It can be accessed at any time.

Please note there is a full guide which shows you how to use all of the functionality that is available in the Scenes module.