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Most of the worry comes from not knowing what happens. This section is the plain description nobody gives you.

1. What Proctoring Actually Is
2. What Gets Recorded, in Plain Terms
3. Who Sees It and for How Long
4. What a Flag Means and What It Does Not
5. Questions Worth Asking Your Institution

Most of what goes wrong on the day was fixable a week earlier. An hour of preparation prevents nearly all of it.

1. The Practice Run, and Why It Matters Most
2. Checking Your Equipment Properly
3. Your Internet Connection
4. Finding a Space, and What to Do If You Cannot
5. What to Have on the Desk
6. The Week Before: a Checklist
7. The Night Before and the Morning

You have to disclose less than you think, and institutions grant more than students expect. The commonest reason an arrangement is not made is that nobody asked.

1. Asking for an Adjustment
2. Disability and Neurodivergence
3. Caring Responsibilities
4. Religious Dress and Practice
5. Shared and Unstable Housing
6. When You Cannot Be Monitored at Home

What to do in the moment, in order. Note the time, follow the procedure, and carry on.

1. Check-In, Step by Step
2. If Identity Verification Fails
3. Looking Away Is Normal
4. If Somebody Comes Into the Room
5. If Your Connection Drops
6. If the Software Crashes
7. Asking for Help Mid-Exam

Most students never hear anything. If you do, nothing is decided yet and you have a position.

1. What Happens to the Recording
2. If You Are Contacted About Your Session
3. Responding to an Allegation
4. Asking to See the Evidence
5. The Appeal, and How to Use It
6. If the Outcome Is Wrong

What you can ask for, and where to take it when asking does not work.

1. What You Are Entitled to Know
2. Your Data and What You Can Request
3. Consent, and What It Means Here
4. When Something Is Asked of You That Should Not Be
5. Complaints, and Where They Go
6. Getting Help and Representation

Being monitored adds something to ordinary exam nerves. What helps, and when the answer is to tell somebody rather than to prepare harder.

1. Exam Anxiety and Being Watched
2. What the Watching Does to Performance
3. Preparing Mentally, Not Just Technically
4. After a Bad Experience
5. When the Stress Is Too Much
6. Talking to Somebody About It

Some students are accused over things they did not realise were a problem. This section is mostly for them.

1. What Counts as Cheating, Clearly
2. The Grey Areas, Named
3. Why This Collection Will Not Help You Cheat
4. Working With Others, and Where the Line Is

The checklist, the page to print before the exam, and the words you will meet in letters.

1. A Checklist for the Whole Process
2. What to Do If It Goes Wrong: One Page
3. Glossary and Where to Start