Before starting
SMOWL is a monitoring tool that provides the collected evidence to the institution for evaluation. In no case will SMOWL decide whether a user passes or fails the activity.
SMOWL is fully integrated within the platform, so the results report will be available a maximum of 24 hours after the last student has finished his or her activity within the virtual campus.
You can customize our reports if you wish, you can use our API for communication with web services. You will find more information about this in the following article.
SMOWL will provide all the tests of a course or an activity by selecting the modality (course, quiz, test, scorm...) and the specific ID of the course or activity.
If only “Course” is selected, the system will show the results of all the activities included in this course in a grouped way.
We recommend that our clients review the results reports by selecting specific activities to access all the functionalities of our system.
Menu and features
When you enter the specific activity or course, a header with a summary of the monitoring results will be loaded. In this summary, you will find:
By default, the results report will first show those with incidents and/or pending validation.
 | In addition, by clicking on the download information button, you will be able to download the general tracking summary in CSV. |
Mass validation CM | You can apply bulk validation to monitored activities with SMOWL CM. |
 | The monitoring results can be configured to customize the report in the filter management section. |
 | To view the results panel in full screen, by clicking the button will open it in a new maximized tab. |
Results table
In the results window, you will find a summary of the monitoring results. Depending on the product, there will be different monitoring tools. These tools are:
Frontal camera: Images taken during the activity through the user's webcam. We check if it is the correct user, if there are elements not allowed, etc. In this article you will find more information. | |
Computer monitoring: Evidence provided by SMOWL CM on computer navigation, open applications, commands... Etc. In this article you will find more information. | |
Browser blocking: Evidence provided by SMOWL LOCK about the behavior of users in their browser. Evidence of automatic locking by the extension, alerts displayed to users, etc. In this article you will find more information. | |
External camera: Images taken during the activity through the user's phone or tablet. In this article you will find more information. | |
Audio capture: Evidence provided when the users' microphone detects noise above our threshold and captures the audio for teacher review. In this article you will find more information. |
In the following section, you will find the details of the different types of results provided by SMOWL.
In this results table, you will find a summary of the tracking status of each user within a specific activity.
Full name | Registration status and username |
User ID | Unique user identification number within the SMOWL platform |
Date and time (time zone) | Date and time of initial data capture |
Review priority | Priority level: High, Medium, or Low |
Incident summary  | Type and number of incidents per monitoring tool |
Comments | You can add or view comments to the monitoring results. |
Review status | It allows a graphical visualization of whether or not there are any issues. |
⏳ | Those monitoring tools that are pending validation are shown in gray. |
❗ | The number of incidents detected in one or more monitoring tools will be shown in red. If the computer monitoring tool has not been launched, it will be indicated with ⚠️. |
You can use the "Search" box to locate a specific user, keeping in mind the filters that are active and which are applied to the desired search.
Results overview
When you open a user's results, you'll find two sections. On the left, you'll see how the events are presented on the timeline. By clicking on an event on the right, depending on the event type, you can view more related details.
You can browse and select different types of events to review user monitoring.
This list includes three types of events:
Informational Events | These do not include graphic evidence and indicate generally technical behavior (e.g., "Computer monitoring started"). |
Evidences | Includes graphic evidence in the report and indicates behavior that is not considered an infraction. |
Incidents | Any evidence or informational event that is considered an infraction during the activity. |