Digiexam

What it is

Digiexam is secure online exam software for schools and universities. Its exam platform page says it helps schools run the whole examination process and "prevent cheating using AI, browsers, and other external tools." The reader it serves is a school or a university assessment team that needs exams to run under controlled conditions, whether students sit them in a classroom or remotely.

The home page now presents "Two products, two ways to work". The Exam Platform covers the whole exam process: "Create, deliver, and grade secure assessments." Digiexam Lockdown is a newer product that adds a secure layer around a school's existing learning management system; the menu marks it "Soon" and the home page invites schools to "Get early access" with guided onboarding from the Digiexam team. Proctoring is listed as a third product.

The exam app and lockdown mode

The Exam Platform is built as a dedicated application. The exam platform page says the system "rests on its own proprietary, closed-source foundation" and runs "as a dedicated app on Windows, macOS, iPad, and managed Chromebooks, giving students full offline access, automatic backups every ten seconds, and maintenance-free updates."

In lockdown mode the app "turns the device into a sealed exam desk." Students cannot open browsers, apps, AI tools or anything else that could give them an edge, and screenshots, external devices and common workarounds are blocked. The FAQ names ChatGPT and Copilot among the external AI tools the lockdown is meant to keep out.

Because exams run in the dedicated app, the page says schools "aren't tied to a single room, building, or device", and students can take exams on site or in a controlled remote environment. The same setup handles in-room tests: teachers launch and oversee the exam from their own devices while students complete and submit everything digitally, which removes printed papers and keeps all submissions in one place.

Building exams

Teachers can build new exams or reuse earlier ones from an archive. The workflow on the exam platform page runs in three stages. Before the exam, the exam creator chooses the settings and format, then starts or schedules the exam using an Exam ID or by selecting a group. During the exam, administrators and teachers follow progress, including each student's status and submission details. After the exam, teachers grade and release results.

The FAQ says Digiexam supports "a range of assessment formats, from multiple-choice and essay-type questions to true/false queries", and that different question types can be combined in one exam. It also mentions randomized questions. The feature list adds QTI import, so question material in that format can be brought in, and "External tools" under ease of use. Teachers can draw on digital class materials, reuse past questions and push updates across several exams, which the page presents as a way to keep what is taught and what is tested aligned. Every exam follows the same structure, with "Digital templates, fixed layouts, and uniform instructions."

Accessibility for students

Exams can be adjusted for individual students. The page names text-to-speech, translations and extended-time settings, and the FAQ adds spell check. "Modern accessibility tools" also appears on the feature list. The site presents these as the way the platform gives everyone equal opportunity to take the exam.

Proctoring and monitoring

Alongside the lockdown, Digiexam offers online proctoring. The FAQ describes "webcam and screen monitoring with both in-person and automated proctoring using pattern recognition to detect academic dishonesty and/or cheating." During a live exam, teachers get a real-time view of who has started, who has submitted and who has not shown up, which the page says makes it easier to step in when someone needs help. Departments get a high-level view of scheduled exams, ongoing sessions, grading progress and result releases, and the page says clear audit trails support school policies.

Grading and results

Teachers can grade per question or per student. The page lists automatic grading for objective questions, AI-assisted feedback, grading together with other teachers and anonymous grading, and results can be published instantly or on a schedule. According to the exam platform page, automatic marking "handles most of the grading".

Digiexam Lockdown in the LMS

The Lockdown product takes a different route: instead of moving exams into Digiexam, it secures them inside the school's LMS. The home page describes it in three steps. Admins define what students can reach during assignments, quizzes and exams, "from websites and apps to specific resources." Teachers create and configure exams directly in the LMS, choosing which resources are allowed. Students log in through Digiexam Lockdown to enter the LMS and take the exam with only teacher-approved resources available. The home page sums it up as "We wrap your LMS in our secure layer."

Integrations, security and reliability

The exam platform page says Digiexam connects to an existing LMS "through the LTI standard", naming Canvas, Blackboard and Moodle, and can also run standalone. It lists single sign-on with SAML/SSO, automatic grade sync back to the LMS, and Google and Microsoft authentication.

On security, the feature list names closed-source code, third-party security audits and penetration tests, online proctoring, EU and US servers, and GDPR compliance. On reliability it lists cloud hosting with "99,9% uptime", offline exam compatibility, autosave every 10 seconds, automatic updates and zero maintenance. These are the company's own statements.

Customers, support and pricing

The exam platform page quotes three customers. Maggie Gibson of Birmingham City University says: "As the University continues to pursue a remote assessment strategy for all courses, confidence in the systems we use to support exam integrity is vital." Dr. Martin Franzen of Aalen University says Digiexam "receives a lot of attention in the south of Germany since a lot of people share the belief that it will be the only product that will meet the regulatory and data privacy requirements for future online testing." Eric Oest of Toronto Prep School says the school is "in some ways in debt to Digiexam because we've saved some of our teachers many, many hours." The site also links a customer story on Birmingham City University taking exams remotely.

Support comes through a knowledge center and a dedicated support team, and the site offers a free whitepaper on AI and academic integrity in exams. The exam platform page and the home page print no prices; both lead schools to a demo or an intro call with the team, and sales inquiries go to sales@digiexam.com.

Who it suits

Digiexam suits schools and universities that want exams locked down on student devices, including mixed fleets of Windows, Mac, iPad and managed Chromebooks, and that run both classroom and remote exams. The offline mode and 10-second autosave matter where connections drop. Schools already on Canvas, Blackboard or Moodle can link it through LTI with grade sync, or look at the Lockdown product to keep exams in the LMS they already use. Institutions with data-protection rules to meet can weigh the EU and US servers and the GDPR statement the company makes. It is built for formal school assessment rather than for a course creator selling quizzes or for corporate training.