Secure exam app with Accessibility control and anti-cheating features
SCOLA SAFE EXAM: locked-down online exam app for schools
By Mei-Lin Chua
Contributing editor, apps and storefronts
- Front camera monitoring during exams
- Blocks switching to other apps mid-test
- Detects internet drops and suspicious activity
- Photo check of student identity before a test starts
- Connects to the SCOLA backend for scheduling and results
Running online exams for schools and training centers
SCOLA SAFE EXAM is an exam app for online and digital learning, aimed at schools, universities and training centers. It keeps a test in a restricted state and adds monitoring on top, so the person running the exam can check who is sitting it and whether the candidate stays on the test.
The features below all serve that single purpose. Some restrict what the candidate can do on the device, some watch the candidate, and some handle the link to the SCOLA backend that schedules exams and holds results.
Camera monitoring during a test
The app uses the front camera while an exam is running. According to the listing, this confirms that the candidate is present at the screen throughout the test.
The camera is the main monitoring tool the description names. It works alongside the restrictions on app switching rather than replacing them.
Keeping students inside the exam window
Once a test is underway, the app stops the candidate from leaving it. Moving to another app or minimizing the window is blocked, so the exam stays on screen until it ends.
Restrictions like this are what the app is built around, and they apply for the whole session rather than at the start only.
Dropped connections and flagged events
The app detects internet interruptions and suspicious activity on its own. The listing says it responds to both automatically, which means the candidate does not have to trigger anything.
Identity checks and the SCOLA admin backend
Before a test begins, the app can take a photo of the student to verify identity. The listing presents this as a step that happens at the start of each exam.
The app connects to the SCOLA backend, which handles exam scheduling, results and exam control. Anyone running exams for a school or training center works through that backend, and the app is the candidate's side of it.
About this APK
The build we hold is SCOLA SAFE EXAM - SECURE Exam 1.2.7 (APKS split bundle) for Android 10 and up.
- Version
- 1.2.7
- 109
- Requires Android
- 10+
- Target Android
- 16
- Package ID
- scolaexambrowser.scola.id
- Format
- APKS split bundle
- Malware scan
- Clean on 66 engines
- Permissions
- 16 declared · 5 sensitive
- Camera
- Draw over other apps
- Microphone
- Modify files on your device
- Read files on your device
- Signed by
- CN=Android, O=Google Inc.
- Certificate SHA-256
- 588dd183fde1b2d7e85ad86bac00df0b128eec6aa4446b1a08eeb99a3703e787