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Welcome to the Amazing Smart Examiner

Version 4

The all-purpose Computer-Based Testing software solution, suitable for all schools, training centres and organizations

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Meet the Main Players

The Designer

SmartExaminer Designer is the application responsible for building questions for use on SmartExaminer.

The Manager

SmartExaminer Manager is the central application responsible for exam and examinee management and more.

The Client

SmartExaminer Client is the application which examinees/students would use to take the Exam or Test.

The App Server

The App Server is the glue between all other applications and provides the web and database accesses.

Meet the Other Players

The IAM

Identity and Access Management with added security using Fingerprint biometric for examinee exam approvals.

The Inspector

This Application is provided as a fail-safe in case of some extreme unforeseen circumstances in the clients.

The Launcher

The Launcher is the starting point for launching the client application and handles app updates gracefully.

The Canvas App

This is the design tool that powers the new Drag and Drop Question and is available for other question types.

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Why SmartExaminer

Free Upgrades

With subscription, always receive the latest apps. We are always working on more question types and new features to simplify tasks.

Fully Customizable

Show answers after exam, show or not show scores after exam, one-click start all exams, multiple subjects same exam, e.t.c.

Inherently Decentralized

Multiple Manager applications can connect to the Application server. Teachers/Lecturers can build their own questions with the Designer.

Security

Encrypted questions, get notified of multiple connection attempts, fingerprint and photo biometric identification during exams, account permissions.

Highly Flexible Reporting System

SmartExaminer has been built to enable simple and complex reporting schemes. Reports can be generated for just about any data in the application. Reports can also be generated to be used as an exam attendance sheet.

  • Basic and Exam tailored reporting.
  • Generate reports from any table.
  • SQL-like advanced reporting for easy comprehension.
  • Generate reports to Excel
  • Generate reports to PDF
  • Customize reports titles and/or add blank columns.

Generate Exam connection reports. See who connected, where and when the connection was made from and which connection was rejected by the in-built security features.

The Manager Security Features

Exam Tracking

Each examinee that has connected to the system is tracked by the manager. An attempt to login from another system when the initial connection is active is stopped and reported to the manager via notifications. In a case where the systems are numbered/tagged, the manager is informed of the PC initiating the secondary connection as well as the primary connection device

Exam Start Permissions

Due to network/wireless connectivity in private networks, it is possible for an examinee to start an exam from some other place other than the designated exam hall. This feature allows granting permissions to only those who have entered the hall. The manager is informed of any attempt to start an exam when the user has not been granted approval and the attempt is denied on the client end.

Client Commands

The manager can send commands to all clients to show the registered picture and details of each examinees. This window cannot be closed by the examinee until the manager issues a close command. The window shows via a smooth animation, allowing the examinee to still continue with their work. This can allow invigilators to confirm that the examinee is the person writing the exam.

Why Choose the Subscription Plan?

Version 3 and 4 use subscription-based activations. With this version, there are many new exciting features as well as more advantages. Here are just a few to be excited about:

New Question Type

2 new question types: Multiple-Choice Multiple Select Question and Drag and Drop Question.

Audio-Enabled Questions

You can now add audio files with multiple configuration to questions for listening exercises.

Free Version Upgrades

With a subscription plan, you are future proof for new versions with more features and questions types.

Designer Online

Create questions from anywhere. Visit examina.io to get started.

Canvas App

The version 4 comes with SmartExaminer Canvas - a new design tool to help you create custom graphics and shapes.

Live Screen Monitoring

Video monitor and capture the screen and webcam of examinees and send commands.

Integrate with SmartSkool

Student scores can be automatically available in SmartSkool after each Exam for instant result generation.

Stop Exam Command

You can Issue command to Clients to instantly stop Exam for all examinees or for a selected.

Graphical Report & Stats

You can see graphical performance of students and statistics for each exam.

Word Support

You can now import questions directly from Microsoft Office Word formats with formulars, tables and images.

 

Looking to Download SmartExaminer?

All downloads now reside on a separate page. You can still download all apps from version 2 onwards.

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Training, Video Tutorials & General Information

We are very much aware that SmartExaminer can be a very complex application if not guided. This has made us to create tutorial videos for the application on our Youtube channel. You should subscribe to the channel to receive notifications when new tutorial videos are created especially due to requests from users. You can also visit the online forum to find out more. You can contact us if you need training. We offer trainings remotely as well as training on site.

There are several video playlists which should help you understand how the application works. You can find them here:


If you wish to download the videos to your computer, you can follow the links below:

If you wish to install SmartExaminer individually, Ratelsoft Applications Server should be installed first followed by the SmartExaminer Client. You can then install the others at will.

SmartExaminer Manager and the Ratelsoft Applications Server software can be installed on different systems and would work just fine. However, if speed is highly critical, you may wish to install both of them on the same computer.

Any modern computer/laptop can be used as your server computer. For better performance, we recommend a minimum specification of 2GB RAM (4GB for version 3), 2.0GHz dual core processor and 3GB free hard drive space. The higher the better.

SmartExaminer Manager is the only software in the entire package that requires a license. You can deactivate and reactivate the application anytime you feel like. Please note that you should deactivate the application first before carrying out any data destructive task like formatting your computer.

If you have any issues during the usage of the application or you wish to learn more, please visit our forum to get help; you can send a mail to info[at]ratelsoft.com or call us on +2348061595590

The Manager Licensing

All applications are available for FREE except the SmartExaminer Manager which is the only licensed application in the bundle. SmartExaminer Manager licensing is done on a per connection basis. By connections, we mean the number of asynchronous examination from clients which would be allowed. In other words, how many clients/examinees can be connected at any given time for an exam session.

Please note that by default, pricing is on a per installation basis (one server computer). This means that normally, the licensing is for one installation of SmartExaminer Manager. It is to be noted that one installation of SmartExaminer Manager can manage thousands of client computers.

  • Select your plan

    Subscription plan is only available from version 3 onwards.

    One-off is only available for version 2 and below.

    • One-off payment
    • Free version updates
    • Upgrade to new version
    • Backward compatible
    • Max allowed connection
    • Support
    • Video Tutorials
    • Supported Question Types
    • Audio-Enabled Questions
    • SmartSkool Integration
    • Live screen monitoring
    • Online Designer Support
    • Stop Exam Command
    • Email Support Response

  • Starter

    50 connections
    ₦ 250k
    Purchase
    • 50
    • Email/Community
    • 2
    • 24-72 hrs

  • Professional

    100 connections
    ₦ 500k
    Purchase
    • 100
    • + Phone
    • 2
    • 24-72 hrs

  • Advanced

    200 connections
    ₦ 1M
    Purchase
    • 200
    • + Remote
    • 2
    • 24-72 hrs

  • Custom

    per connection
    ₦ 5,000
    Purchase
    • Custom
    • 2
    • 24-72 hrs

  • Subscription (Version 3+)

    per month/connection
    ₦ 200*
    Request Quote * billed annually
    • Custom
    • + Remote
    • 3+
    • < 24 hrs

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This includes 1 year phone and remote support as well as on-site training and setup.
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Frequently Asked Questions

There are four question types currently available, namely - Multiple Choice Single Select, Multiple Choice Multiple Select, Fill in the Blanks, and Select and Place (Drag and Drop).

Please note that the Multiple Choice Multiple Select question type is only available from version 3 and Select and Place (Drag and Drop) is only available from version 4.

However, there are planned upgrades to include the following question types:

  • Essay or Report
  • Point and Shoot
  • Hot Area
  • Create a tree
  • Build list and reorder
  • Drop and Connect

Yes, this is now fully supported from Designer version 3.0.3

For Designer versions less than 3.0.3, you would need to use either a plain text file or Wordpad to type the questions and arrange them in a format the Designer can understand. You can learn how to import questions from file in this video.

However, if you have your questions in Microsoft word and you have a subscription plan, you can make use of the Designer version 3.0.3+ to easily import your question from Word which is able to import formulars, tables and images.

For older versions you may need to either copy the questions to a plain text file or Wordpad (to keep some of the formatting). If you have images in the file, you can export them or take screenshots and later add them after importing the questions.

If you are on a subscription plan, updates and upgrades to new versions are free. However, versions 1.x.x and 2.x.x are one-off plans and only updates for the same major version are free.

In the Designer application, when you select a question, you can change the "Add Case Study/Passage" option in the Properties section to "Yes". Watch this video to learn more.

You can either use the in-built sample expression templates or build it in Microsoft word, after which you can either import the questions from Word or you can take screenshots and then add them as images. Watch this video to learn more.

 

The best way to delete multiple Examinees is to add them to a group. After which you can delete the group examinees. Please note that deleting a group does not delete the Examinees. When you click on a Group, there is a Delete Group Examinees button which you can use to delete all examinees in that Group.

From version 2.1.5 you can use Add Multiple Examinees button on the Group view to add several Examinees to a group at once.

Version 3 takes it a step further by allowing the use a File for matching existing Examinees in the system and adding them to a Group. Matching can be done using Full Name, Examinee ID or an additional field. One use case is if you notice an error in your data from a previous import.

Also, from version 3, from the Reporting section, instead of generating custom reports to files, you can choose to add all the listed examinees to a group.