Create New User Account

For users to access the Navigator applications, a user account must be created.

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Only User Management Client administrators, VUE Administrators, and VUE Super Users can create new user accounts.

If a client user will be assigned the proctor role in addition to other roles within Navigator, you may both create the proctor account within Proctor Management first and then go into User Management to assign the other permissions, or you may create the user in User Management and then go into Proctor Management and make the user a proctor. Assigning the proctor role must be done in Proctor Management.

If you need to create an Organizations user account, you must create that user account within Organizations User Management. See Organizations Help and view the Add Users topic.

Enter new user Personal account information

  1. Click the Create user button in the upper right-hand corner of the Search users page.

The Create a new user screen opens. Create a new userCreate a new user

Create a new user page.

  1. Enter the First name, and Last name for the new user account.

Middle name is optional.

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The First and Last name fields must be a minimum of 1 character and a max of 64 characters.

  1. Enter an Email for the new user account.

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The Email address must adhere to the following characteristics:

  1. Maximum of 255 characters
  2. Cannot contain spaces
  3. They are case sensitive
  4. Only the following special characters are allowed in email addresses (@, _, -, +)
  1. Re-enter the email address for the new user.

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You cannot copy and paste into the re-enter email address field.

If your email addresses do not match, a message states they do not match. This message appears after you navigate away from the re-enter email field. Email addresses do not match.Email addresses do not match.

Email addresses do not match.

If you change the Email field, the Re-enter email field is cleared out and you must re-enter the email address.

  1. Enter a Username and click Check.

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The Username must adhere to the following characteristics:

  1. Must be unique within all the Pearson VUE Navigator users
  2. Minimum of 1 character
  3. Maximum of 50 characters
  4. Cannot contain spaces
  5. They are not case sensitive
  6. Only the following special characters are allowed in usernames (@, _, -, +)

If the Username is available, a message states the username is available. Username is available.Username is available.

Username is available.

If the Username is already taken within the list of all Navigator users, a message states the user name is already in use. Please select a different username. Username already exists.Username already exists.

Username already exists.

As a best practice, you should come up with a naming practice that will ensure your usernames will not be a naming structure other clients may use. For instance, you could use email address as the Username since everyone will have a unique email address. Another possibility is first 4 letters of the user's last name + first 2 letters of the user's first name + company name (e.g., Dan Johnson at My Company would be johndamyco).

  1. Enter a Phone number for the new user.

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The Phone number can be a max of 20 characters. You may enter the phone number using dashes, periods or spaces. The Phone number is an optional field.

Enter user address

Address fields are optional for user accounts; but if you choose to add any address fields to the user account, you must add all the required address fields.

  1. Click Add address.

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When you create a new user, you are not required to provide the address information. If you choose to provide an address for the user, you must supply all the mandatory address fields before saving the new user.

  1. Enter the following required address fields: Address 1, Country, City, State, and Postcode. Enter new user address.Enter new user address.

    Enter new user address.

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The mandatory fields will change depending upon the Country selected when entering address information to a user account.

If you do not know all of required address fields when you first create the user, you will be unable to save the new user account to the system. You can click Remove address and add the address information later. When you select Remove address, all the address fields are cleared and you are returned to the basic Create new user page.

Assign roles to the user account

At least one role must be assigned to a user account.

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  1. If you will be assigning the proctor role to a user account in addition to other roles, you MUST create the user account in the Proctor Management application first or you must create a proctor in Proctor Management and enter the existing user name to assign the proctor role. Assigning the proctor role must be done from within Proctor Management. You may open the user account within Navigator User Management to assign more roles to the user account.
  2. If you need to create an Organizations user account, you MUST create the user account within Organizations User Management.

Select Application

  1. Click the Select application drop-down arrow and select the desired application in the list. Select application menu.Select application menu.

    Select application menu.

The list of available applications to choose from will vary depending upon which applications a client has chosen to use. You may only assign new users to the application roles your client profile has elected to use.

Application

Role Description

All Navigator Applications

We recommend you not use this option when assigning roles to users. You should individually assign a user each role they need to complete their job responsibilities. In this way, you control which applications each user has access to in the Navigator portal. Otherwise when a new application is added to the Navigator portal for your client profile, any users set to All Navigator Application role are automatically assigned permission to use the new application. For security reasons, this could be dangerous because you may not want all users to access all the applications. For instance, you probably do not want to give all users the ability to create and modify user profiles within the User Management application.

Client Proctored Documentation-ITS

Users that must access the ITS secure browser Client proctored support documents must be assigned the Client Proctored Documentation ITS role.

Client Proctored Documentation-ITS application is used to find documents that support the ITS Client proctored delivery model. Users, such as proctors and proctor administrators, require access to these documents to support their testing program.

Client Proctored Documentation-PVBL

Users that must access the Pearson VUE Browser Lock (PVBL) secure browser Client proctored support documents must be assigned the Client Proctored Documentation PVBL role.

Client Proctored Documentation-PVBL application is used to find documents that support the PVBL Client proctored delivery model. Users, such as proctors and proctor administrators, require access to these documents to support their testing program.

Connection Check

Users that must verify they can connect to the Internet and successfully deliver exams using the Athena - Browser Edition test driver during Anywhere Proctored exam delivery must be assigned the Connection Check role.

Connection Check performs two tasks. A speed test determines the upload and download speeds of your current internet connection. The connection test verifies connectivity to the servers that are used to deliver an exam.

Exam Preview

Users that must have the ability to test the functionality and scoring of Athena - Browser Edition exams must be assigned the Exam Preview role.

Exam Preview is a comprehensive, all-in-one application that allows exam quality assurance and verification tasks to be performed in one place. Specifically, Preview allows users to view the exam in a web browser, Inspect contains the exam repository inspection details, and Simulate allows users to run scoring simulations.

ExamDeveloper

ExamDeveloper™, Pearson VUE’s industry-leading test development technology, is a suite of test-development tools built on principles of psychometric integrity and best practices.

Users that want to develop exam items using the latest version of item writer, may be assigned the Client Access to ExamDeveloper role.

IntelliVUE

Users that must have the ability to view IntelliVUE reports must be assigned the IntelliVUE role.

IntelliVUE allows users to report on their testing program, including candidate and result data. It provides reports where users can specify filtering criteria to return a data set that meets their needs.

Location Codes

Users that must create and maintain Location Codes for the client must be assigned the Location Codes role.

Location Codes are used to define a physical location for an Anywhere Proctored Exam.

Media Content Deployer

Users that must have the ability to deploy media such as audio or video must have the Media Content Deployer role.

Uploaded media can then be used in Exam Preview or in various test delivery modes.

Organizations

Users that must create and maintain accounts for third-party entities that will perform transactions in the Pearson VUE systems on behalf of the client must be assigned the Organizations role.

Organizations application consists of two main components: Organization Management and User Management.

Prerequisites

Users who manage exam prerequisites must be assigned the Prerequisite role.

Private Access Codes

Users that must create and maintain Private Access Codes for the client must be assigned the Private Access Codes role.

Private Access Codes are used to make an exam private. Candidates must enter the private access code to register for an exam. They are most commonly used for Anywhere Proctored exams.

Proctor Management

Users that will maintain proctor accounts for a client must be assigned the Proctor Management role.

If a user will proctor Anywhere Proctored exams, you must create the proctor within the Proctor Management application. You may make an existing user a proctor.

Proctoring

Proctor users that must unlock Anywhere Proctored candidate exams are automatically assigned the Proctoring user role.

Client administrator users that wish to view proctoring events that were created by their own proctors must be assigned the Proctoring client access role.

The Proctoring application allows proctors to create proctoring events that are used to unlock Anywhere Proctored candidate exams from a single, centralized location, rather than moving from workstation to workstation. Client administrators may view proctoring events their own proctors have created.

Scheduler

Users that must manage candidates, and schedule, reschedule, cancel candidate registrations, and apply candidate payments for exams must be assigned the Scheduler role. Candidates are known at the time of the booking.

Scoring Check

Users that must validate that a SIF (Scoring Information File) is constructed correctly must be assigned the Role for using Scoring Check application.

User Management

Users that create and maintain other users must be assigned the User Management role.

Web Monitoring

Users that require access to intelligence that assists in making decisions about potential intellectual property infringement and other illicit testing activities must be assigned the Web Monitoring role.

Select Permission

  1. Click the Select permission drop-down arrow and select the desired permission for the application role.

The permissions available to you will be based on your permissions within Navigator. VUE administrators will have the access to more permissions than an individual client administrator.

Application

Role Permission

All Navigator Applications

If you are a client User Manager Admin, you may give a new user client level access to all the applicable client applications. If you are a VUE Admin, you may give a new user either client level access to all the applicable applications, or you may give a new user VUE Admin access to all Navigator applications for one client, or many clients.

We recommend you not use these permissions for most users. You should individually assign a user each role and permission they need to complete their job responsibilities. This gives you control over the specific activities each user may perform within the assigned application.

Client Proctored Documentation-ITS

There is only one Client Proctored Documentation-ITS permission, User Access. Users that must access the ITS Client proctored support documents must be assigned the Access to Client Proctored Documentation permission.

Client Proctored Documentation-PVBL

There is only one Client Proctored Documentation-PVBL permission, User Access. Users that must access the must access the Pearson VUE Browser Lock (PVBL) test driver Client proctored exam delivery mode support documents must be assigned the Access to Client Proctored Documentation permission.

Connection Check

There is only one Connection Check permission, Connection Check User. Proctors that must run a connection check test for Anywhere Proctored exam delivery using the Athena - Browser Edition test driver must be assigned the Connection Check User permission.

Exam Preview

There is only one Exam Preview permission, User for Exam Preview. Users that will perform Inspect, Preview and Simulate activities for exams must be assigned the User for Exam Preview permission.

ExamDeveloper

There is only one ExamDeveloper permission, Client Access to ExamDeveloper. Additional roles and permissions can be set in legacy ExamDeveloper.

IntelliVUE

Select from the following IntelliVUE permissions:

Run ILD Reports - Users that will generate response level item data should be assigned the Run ILD Reports permission. Data includes candidate responses and exit survey information.

Run ILD Statics Reports - Users that will generate statistical data based upon candidate responses should be assigned the Run ILD Statistics Reports permission. Data includes test, item and item option statistics, and candidate comments.

Run Intellivue Reports - Users that will generate data for standard reports should be assigned the Run IntelliVUE Reports permission. Data includes accommodations, authorizations, test centers, candidate search, discounts, exam activity and performance, and volume by testing center. (This is the default permissions for most users.)

Run Intellivue Wizards - Users that will generate data in an ad hoc manner should be assigned the Run IntelliVUE Wizards permission. Users will be allowed to choose all data elements included in the final data set.

Run Quick Look Reports - Users that need to report on data in near real-time must be assigned the Run Quick Look Reports permission.

Location Codes

There is only one Location Code permission, User Access. Users that must create and maintain Location Codes for the client must be assigned the User Access permission.

Media Content Deployer

There are two roles that may be assigned for Media Content Deployer.

Admin user for content deployer – Users who require full control of the media content, including the ability to delete content should be assigned the Admin user for content deployer role.

Manager user for content deployer – Users who need to use the Media Content Deployer, but are not allowed to delete content should be assigned the Manager user for content deployer.

Organizations

There are two Organizations permissions:

Enables a client user to manage organizations (create, edit, deactivate) and organization users (create, edit, disable, reset) for their organizations

Enables an organization user to manage users (create, edit, disable, reset) within only their organization

Prerequisites

There are two permissions available for Prerequisites:

Create and manage Prerequisites - Allows the user to add, update, and delete prerequisite rules.

View only access to Prerequisites - Allows the user to view prerequisite rules. Users assigned this permission are not able to add, edit, or delete prerequisite rules.

Private Access Codes

There is only one Private Access Code (PAC) permission, User Access. Users that must create and maintain Private Access Codes for the client must be assigned the User Access permission.

Proctor Management

There is only one Proctor Management permission that may be assigned from within User Management, Client access to proctor management application. Users that will maintain proctor accounts for a client must be assigned the Client access permission.

Users with the Client access to proctor management application permission are not able to proctor exams and will not be listed as a proctor within Proctor Management unless the user was assigned the Proctor access to account and proctor profile within proctor management permission. To make an existing user a proctor, you must create a proctor within the Proctor Management application and enter the exiting User Name. This make the user a proctor.

Proctoring

When you create a Proctor or assign an existing user as a proctor within Proctor Management, the Proctor access to account and proctor profile within proctoring application permission is automatically assigned to the Proctor user. This permission allows proctors to create proctoring events that are used to unlock Anywhere Proctored candidate exams from a single, centralized location, rather than moving from workstation to workstation.

There is only one Proctoring permission that may be assigned from within Navigator User Management, Client access to application. Users that want to view proctoring events that were created by their own proctors must be assigned the Client access permission.

Scheduler

Only the Base-level Scheduler application user permission should be assigned to Scheduler users. Users that must create rosters, search for candidates, create candidates, and schedule or cancel exams on behalf of candidates must be assigned the Base-level Scheduler application user permission.

The Admin-level Scheduler application user permission was created for future use. Do not use this permission.

Scoring Check

There is only one Scoring Check permission that may be assigned to a Scoring Check role, Role for using Scoring Check application. Users that must validate that a SIF (Scoring Information File) is constructed correctly must be assigned this role.

User Management

There is only one User Management permission that may be assigned to a User Management role, Client access to the user management application. Users that will maintain user accounts must be assigned the Client access permission.

Web Monitoring

There is only one Web Monitoring permission, Web Monitoring User. Users that require access to the Web Monitoring application must be assigned the Web Monitoring User permission.

Select testing program(s)

  1. Click the Select testing program drop-down arrow and select the desired client testing program you wish to apply against the role. Select testing program menu.Select testing program menu.

    Select testing program menu.

If you only have permission to add roles for an individual testing program, only that client name will appear in the testing program list.

  1. If you have permission to assign roles to multiple testing programs, click in the white space below the client you just added. The testing program list opens. Select the desired client from the list. Select multiple testing programs.Select multiple testing programs.

    Select multiple testing programs.

Add more application roles

  1. Click Add another role button.
  2. Repeat the steps selecting the Application, Permission, and Testing Program.

Save the new user account

Once you have added the personal account information, address, and assigned at least one role to the user, you may save the new user account.

  1. Click the Create button in the lower right-hand corner of the Create a new user page.

A message is displayed stating the new user account was successfully created. The system automatically generates an email to the new user with a link to set up their password and security questions.

 

 

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