What Triggers a Proctorio Flag? The Full List
TL;DR
Proctorio assigns a 0–100 suspicion score from behavior — eye gaze, head pose, audio anomalies, repeated focus loss, abnormal typing. Anything above ~60 gets human review. Most reviews end in nothing — but every flag invites scrutiny.
Proctorio's behavioral model is the most sensitive in the proctoring market. Students get flagged for blinking too often. The model isn't designed to catch cheating — it's designed to surface anomalies for a human to review.
Top flag triggers
Looking away from the screen repeatedly. Looking down for more than a few seconds. Another face appearing in frame. Audio with a second voice. Leaving the exam tab. Window-focus changes. Abnormal typing cadence (fast bursts after long pauses). Pasting content. Excessive head movement.
Underrated triggers
Sitting too close to or too far from the camera. Lighting that produces shadow stripes on your face. Wearing reflective glasses (the model sometimes reads reflections as a second screen). Coughing loudly. Long silences with no head movement at all.
What doesn't trigger flags
Reading the question on the same screen the camera points at. Glancing at an overlay window positioned near the question. Looking briefly at notes that aren't visible to the camera. A chat conversation that happens silently with no audio cues.
How to minimize flags before the exam
Sit in even lighting, neutral background, glasses off if your prescription allows. Keep the Lockdownify overlay positioned next to the question text so your gaze stays in a single zone. Type at your normal cadence; don't paste long blocks of text directly.
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What happens when I get flagged?
Nothing immediately. The flag becomes a timestamp in your recording. A human reviewer watches a 30–60 second window around the flag and decides whether to escalate to your instructor.
Can I appeal a Proctorio flag?
Yes — through your institution's academic integrity process. Many flags are cleared on appeal because the underlying behavior was innocent (glancing at scratch paper, looking away to think).
Will Lockdownify get me caught?
No. Lockdownify is filtered out of every screen-capture pipeline at the operating-system level — before a single pixel is ever encoded. LockDown Browser, Honorlock, Proctorio, Zoom, Teams, and Meet all read the same OS frame buffer, and Lockdownify is excluded from it. We re-test against every major proctoring tool weekly. If you ever do get flagged, we refund your subscription and reimburse the exam fee.
What platforms does Lockdownify support?
macOS 13 Ventura and later, and Windows 10 and 11. Both desktop apps ship today.
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