For NSW HSC teachers

The real HSC exam format,
for every subject.

OnlineExams runs the actual complexity of the online HSC: elective and variant questions for English Extension, extended scientific-investigation responses for Science Extension, and a live SQL sandbox, Python editor and database tools for Software Engineering and Enterprise Computing. Students get the exam they'll actually sit, not a simplified stand-in.

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software_engineering · Q14 · student response
-- Return each customer and their total order value
SELECT c.name, SUM(o.total) AS total
FROM customers c, orders o
WHERE o.customer_id = c.id
GROUP BY c.name
ORDER BY total DESC;
✓ Submitted, a real query, run against a real database
outcome SE-12-06
Live for Software Engineering · Enterprise Computing · Science Extension · English Extension I & II

Second to none where it counts

Cheaper where it should be. Better where it matters.

Plenty of tools deliver an exam in a browser. Two things set OnlineExams apart, and both are things a Head of Department feels on day one.

Better

Handles the exam formats other platforms simplify away

A student's actual SQL query, Python code or database-schema answer runs for real, mapped to the NSW outcome it assesses, not a multiple-choice stand-in.

  • Live SQL sandbox, Python editor, drag-drop schemas and diagrams
  • Elective and variant question support for English Extension
  • RAP-style item analysis, facility and discrimination, per exam
Cheaper

Teachers free forever.

A school licence that flexes to your size, not a per-seat scramble. Talk to us about pricing for your school.

  • Every teacher account is free, always
  • Pricing shaped around your school, not a rigid per-student toll
  • Invoiced simply, the way school budgets actually work

How schools use it

One platform, the whole way to the HSC

Start low-stakes in the junior years, so the online format is second nature long before it counts.

Stage 6

Sit the online HSC

Practise and sit in the real online format, including the new English Extension 1 & 2, in the environment students face on the day.

exam-grade delivery
Years 9–10

Prepare in English & TAS

Run the Stage 5 subjects that feed Stage 6 in the same environment, so the format is familiar and exam nerves are lower before they matter.

format familiarity
Years 7–10

Everyday online homework

Low-stakes practice and homework across your written and technical subjects, auto-marked, so students get feedback and you get your evenings back.

formative & practice

Why teachers stay

Built by HSC teachers who know where the time goes

And, just as importantly, where it shouldn't. Four things we got right that matter on exam day.

01

Real technical answers, not just ticks

The SQL sandbox, Python editor and diagram tools run the student's actual work, laid out against the syllabus outcome for fast, consistent marking.

02

RAP-style analysis, automatically

Facility and discrimination for every item, by focus area, the moment marking closes. The analysis you'd otherwise export to a spreadsheet, already done.

03

Answers survive a dropped connection

Responses keep saving and recover automatically if the wifi cuts out mid-exam. The one thing students and teachers actually worry about, handled.

04

Australian data, by default

All student data is stored in Australia and handled under the Australian Privacy Principles, including APP 11. The answer your IT director needs.

Supported courses

Two kinds of subject, one platform

The technical courses that need a real code or SQL answer. And every written, spoken and aural subject, run on standard question types with audio. Adding a subject is content, not a rebuild.

Software Engineering

live SQL sandbox & code

Enterprise Computing

live database & technical items

Science Extension

extended investigation responses

English Extensions I & II

elective & variant questions

Biology · Philosophy · Humanities

written & extended response

Languages & Music

listening, aural & spoken response

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Ready to roll this out school-wide, with your whole cohort sitting exams on OnlineExams? Tell us who you are and what you teach, and we'll be in touch to help get your school set up.

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