Starting the session allows applicants to sign in and begin their exams. Do this on exam day once your VEs are ready.
Prerequisites
- A scheduled session in Pending status for today
- VEs added to the session in advance
- Co-Owner session permissions (required to start the session)
Steps
Sign in to exam.tools and click Session List in the left navigation.
Find today’s session and click it to open the session view.
Click Start Session in the top-right area of the session header.
A confirmation dialog appears:
“Are you sure you want to start the session? Once started you can’t return to pending status and applicants will be able to sign in until you close the test session. Please also review the session documents using the button above and ensure that everything is correct.”
Review the session documents if you haven’t already, then confirm to proceed.
“You are not part of this session” alert
If you are a Co-Owner who is not currently in the session’s VE list, a yellow warning appears in the applicants tab:
“You are not part of this session.”
This happens when a team member with Co-Owner permissions opens the session but was not added to the session’s VE roster. Click the Join button in the alert to add yourself to the session. The Join button only appears if you have a callsign set on your ExamTools account.
What VEs see before the session starts
VEs who are in the session’s VE list but do not have Co-Owner permissions see this message in the applicants tab until the session is started:
“The session has not yet been started. Applicants will be able to sign in after the team lead has started the exam.”
Verify
After starting:
- The session status changes to In progress in your session list.
- The Start Session button is replaced by Finalize Session.
- Applicants can now sign in using their session PIN.