After a student has completed an exam, an offline answer file can be saved to a USB-drive from the Digiexam client if there is no internet connection or the device has other technical issues. Later, the offline answer file can be uploaded onto the exam in the exam so that the answers that were handed in offline are added to the exam's grading view.

When an exam is handed in without internet connection, the Digiexam client will ask for a USB-drive. When a USB-drive is inserted into the computer an offline answer file that contains the student's answers will automatically be downloaded to the USB-drive. 

The offline answer file will be named with the Exam ID and student code with a hyphen between them and with the file extension .dxr (for example, 123456789-test.dxr).

Uploading an Offline Answer File 

The offline answer file should not be opened with a program. Instead, immediately upload the offline answer file in the Digiexam portal to the exam it belongs to. 

To upload the offline answer file, go to the exam in the portal and and choose Upload offline answer file.

Drag and drop the offline answer file in the crosshatched area, or click inside the crosshatched area to search for the offline answer file on your computer's file system. It's possible to batch import answer files.

The status of the added offline answer files is shown under the heading Status. When all offline answer files have been added, click the Upload button to start the upload. 

The status of the offline answer files will change to Handed in when the upload is done. Click on the Done to get back to live view. If something goes wrong with the upload you will receive an error message under the status heading. At the bottom of this article there is a list of all status error messages and how to solve them.