Introduction
assessmentQ 2026.03 brings a powerful new security feature for exam delivery (IP address restrictions), continued expansion of the support for math items, improved CheatGuard monitoring capabilities, and greater flexibility in how assignment parts are presented to participants.
The release also includes a broad set of usability improvements across the backoffice and the player.
🔥Must see
The most important updates in this release — changes that impact how you work with assessmentQ.
IP address restrictions
IP address restrictions provide a flexible security mechanism for your assessmentQ environment, ensuring that your assessments are accessible only from approved networks. This feature is primarily used for onsite exams, where access must be restricted to specific approved locations or networks.
Participants who try to connect from a location that is not approved will see a (customisable) message.
👀Need to know
Smaller improvements and tweaks that make every day work smoother.
CheatGuard updates
We are proud to introduce an additional CheatGuard event. A dedicated warning is now logged whenever participants insert externally copied content into their exam, thus providing greater visibility into potentially suspicious behavior.
Furthermore, the internet connection of a participant is now displayed in a more comprehensive way. The latest internet connection is also shown directly on the session detail page, allowing supervisors to easily see it without having to open the session history details.
Part label and numbering customization
Starting from assessmentQ 2026.03, a new option has been introduced in the assignment template that allows you to customize how parts are labelled in the player.
For example:
Additionally, you can choose to activate or deactivate the automatic part numbering.
Expansion of math editor in Math item with CAS
The math editor now supports the input of degrees (°), minutes (′), and seconds (″) in Math items with CAS.
Authoring improvements for math items
Several improvements expand the math authoring experience:
Toggle between math items
As an author, you can now switch a Math entry with CAS item to a standard Math entry item.
Math editor template column
The math editor template associated with an item is now available in the column selectors of the items overview in the item bank and in the items tab of an assignment.
Bulk update math editor template
As an author, you can now update the math editor template for multiple items at once using the bulk selector.
Usability improvements
Based on user feedback received via our assesmentQ Ideas portal, we have introduced a range of smaller improvements both in the player and the backoffice.
Undo and redo buttons in Open questions
Participants can now use undo/redo buttons (or Ctrl+Z + Cmd+Z) in the open question text editor to safely revert or reapply changes.
Assignments
Live assignments now have a direct link to the assignment report and item analysis from the assignments overview (via the action menu).
The ID and description of archived assignments are available in the column selector.
The assignment status is available as a column in the column selectors of assignment reports, user reports, and item analysis.
Schedules
The schedule history now includes events for when assignments, users, and groups are added to or removed from a live schedule.
For LTI schedules, the option Send the results back immediately to the LMS is now enabled by default, reducing the number of clicks schedulers need to take.
Advanced reports
Total score (both absolute and as a percentage) is now available in the column selector.
Review tasks
The name of a review task can now always be changed, even after the task has been published.
User management
Participants and administrators can view or hide the password they are entering on the forgot password and choose password screens.
API expansions
The following expansions have been added to the assessmentQ API:
Retrieve the approved status of an item
The IsApproved property of an item is now returned for the following endpoints:/v2/items
/v2/items/{id}
/v2/sessions/{id}/items
/v2/metadata/{id}/items
/v2/publications/{id}/items
Manage assignment tags
POST /v2/publications/{id}/tags
DELETE v2/publications/{id}/tags/{tagId}
Retrieve the time limit of assignment parts and/or the assignment
GET /v2/publications/{id}
GET /v2/publications/{id}/parts/{partId}
Download Talview recordings linked to a session
GET /v2/sessions/{id}/proctorrecordings
Retrieve the last activity timestamp of a session
GET /v2/sessions
GET /v2/sessions/{id}
GET /v2/sessions/{id}/report
GET /v2/users/{id}/reports
GET /v2/groups/{id}/reports
GET /v2/publications/{id}/reports
Manage IP address restrictions
GET /v2/iprestrictions/rules
POST /v2/iprestrictions/rules
GET /v2/iprestrictions/rules/{id}
PATCH /v2/iprestrictions/rules/{id}
DELETE /v2/iprestrictions/rules/{id}
GET /v2/iprestrictions/logs
More information:
A detailed overview of the available API calls can be retrieved from the online API documentation that you can find by browsing to your API Endpoint URL.
See also the API documentation in the online assessmentQ Knowledge Base.