Running a learning program means constant hands-on maintenance. Building exams and assignments from scratch every time. Hesitating to touch a live exam once learners have started, worried you'll break something. Manually reconciling who showed up to a webinar before you can issue credit.
This quarter's release is about cutting that time and risk out of everyday admin work. Set up faster. Make changes with confidence.
That means smarter exam management, ready-to-use assignment templates, live exam updates that protect completed learner results, and stronger Zoom integrations for faster setup.
Here are the highlights.
SMARTER EXAM MANAGEMENT
More control for admins. More flexibility for learners.
When a credential, license, or certification is on the line, there's no room for exam prep that's generic or one-size-fits-all. This quarter, we’re shipping new features that make managing exams and also taking them more flexible.
Control When Exam Results are Released
Admins and instructors can now withhold results after exam completion, and release them individually on a desired date.
Take Exam Sections Individually
Learners can take, pause, resume, and review exam sections independently, with no need to finish the full-length test in one sitting, and sections can be tackled in any order. Instructors can also assign specific sections to individual learners and track section-level performance.
Email results to external stakeholders
Send exam result reports straight to a designated recipient, like a parent/guardian, manager, or HR designee. Keep stakeholders informed easily.
Together, these improvements enable you to:
- Release results on your program's schedule, not the moment a learner finishes
- Let learners practice weaker areas or focus on one section instead of the full test
- Save time communicating results to external stakeholders
Use Cases This Impacts: Ideal for high-stakes Exam Prep programs that need tighter control over when results are seen, and any program looking to give learners a more flexible way to prep.
LIVE EXAM UPDATES
Edit with confidence. Never lose a result.
Launching in October 2026.
Content changes happen every day, and you shouldn't have to worry about how they'll affect scores already on the books. Now, admins can update live exams and questions without affecting completed learner results. A completed exam is now stamped and set regardless of content updates.
Live Exam Updates allows you to:
- Fix or improve exam content the moment you spot an issue, without touching a single completed result
- Trust that every finished attempt stays locked in its own permanent score report, no matter how the exam evolves afterward
Use Cases This Impacts: Essential for any program that regularly reviews and improves content and exam questions.
ASSIGNMENT TEMPLATES
Build once. Reuse every cohort.
Assignments are the foundation of a well-paced program, but rebuilding the same assignment schedule for every new cohort is tiresome.
Create assignments faster with ready-to-use templates organized by exam section, learning modality, or timeframe. Instructors can use a template as-is, customize it, or build assignments from scratch before assigning them to learners.
Assignment Templates allow you to:
- Set a template up once and hand it off, so admins build the structure and instructors just plug in and go
- Get a new cohort up and running in minutes instead of rebuilding an assignment from scratch each time
Use Cases This Impacts: Ideal for instructors that need to assign, manage, and release course content on a specific schedule or to a specific set of learners
ZOOM INTEGRATION UPDATES (In-course events)
Attendance tracking that runs itself.
Connect Zoom with BenchPrep to automatically track live event attendance, issue recognitions, and unlock course content based on participation. Configure attendance criteria, monitor learner activity, and manage exceptions directly on the platform.
Our improvements to Zoom Integration bring:
- Attendance data pulled straight from Zoom, so recognitions and course content unlock automatically based on who actually showed up
- A safety net for mismatched records: if a learner's Zoom email doesn't match their BenchPrep account, reconciliation is just a few clicks away, so no attendance record slips through
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Whether you're running exam prep, continuing education, or certification programs, this quarter's release is about giving your admin team room to move faster and with less risk.
Smarter exam controls that put you in charge of the timeline. Assignments you build once and reuse. Content updates that never put a learner's results at risk. And a Zoom connection that tracks attendance for you.
Beyond these highlights, we’ve also rolled out additional improvements and completed feature requests based on your feedback. You can explore the full list in our release notes. Subscribe to stay up to date on the latest BenchPrep innovations, product enhancements, and best practices.
Interested in bringing these new capabilities to your program? Connect with us to learn more and get started today.
