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Resources

Resources are content and applications made available to students during an exam.

Web resources

Web resources are URLs (documents, videos, web pages) made available during an exam. They are linked to exams via the ExamResource model.

  1. Go to Administration → Resources → Web resources → Add
  2. Fill in the Name and the URL
  3. Optionally set an allowed domain/pattern
  4. Save

During the exam students can open the URL from the resource list. With URL filtering enabled, the resource URL is also auto-added as an SEB allow rule.

Remote app providers

A remote app provider streams a desktop application (Office, SPSS, …) to the student during an exam via an allocated streaming seat.

  1. Go to Administration → Resources → Remote app providers → Add
  2. Fill in the Name and the streaming connection details
  3. Save

For remote apps, SES can pre-warm seats before the exam starts:

ModeDescription
Pre-warmedSeats allocated and warmed before the exam
At sessionSeats allocated when a student starts the exam
N/ANot applicable (web resources)
Pre-warm calculation

Seat count = ceil(required_seats × readiness_threshold / 100). Lead time is batched by seat count and clamped to 1–120 minutes. Deadline = exam start − lead time.

Remote seats

Remote seats manage the streaming seat pool used by remote app resources. A seat is allocated to a student session when an exam needs it.

StatusDescription
PendingNot yet provisioned
ProvisionedAll seats ready
PartialSome seats ready
FailedProvisioning failed
ReleasedSeats returned to the pool
ActionDescription
Provision seatsPre-warm seats for selected remote apps
Release provisioned seatsRelease pre-warmed seats back to the pool