TCExam Hosting
TCExam is an actively developed open-source computer-based assessment system for authoring, scheduling, delivering, scoring, and reporting quizzes, tests, and exams. It supports multiple question types, randomized tests, rich content, multilingual interfaces, accessibility, data exchange, reports, and browser-based administration.
TCExam suits schools, universities, training providers, employers, and certification programs that need a self-hosted assessment platform. Administrators should plan candidate access, question-bank security, scheduling, scoring, result visibility, proctoring procedures, privacy, concurrency, and recovery before conducting important examinations.

TCExam Overview and Features
Who TCExam Is For
TCExam suits schools, universities, training providers, employers, and certification programs that need a self-hosted assessment platform. Administrators should plan candidate access, question-bank security, scheduling, scoring, result visibility, proctoring procedures, privacy, concurrency, and recovery before conducting important examinations.
TCExam is distributed under the GNU Affero General Public License version 3 or later. The project also offers an alternative commercial license. Review the applicable license before modifying, hosting, or distributing the software, and separately check rights for examination content, media, fonts, authentication services, and integrations.
Maintenance and Compatibility Notice
TCExam is actively maintained. Version 17 is a major modernization release with PHP dependencies managed through Composer and PHP 8.2 or newer. Follow the official installation and upgrade guides for the exact selected release, and test question banks, scoring, translations, reports, authentication, and customizations before production changes.
Assessment authoring
Create question banks, multiple question types, rich content, answers, and scoring rules.
Test scheduling
Control availability, duration, attempts, groups, and delivery settings.
Randomized tests
Generate different tests from configured question pools and ordering rules.
Automated scoring and reports
Calculate eligible results and produce supported reports and exports.
Multilingual access
Use the Unicode-based interface and maintained translations for diverse candidates.
Import and export
Exchange supported question and result data using documented formats.
Choose a TCExam Hosting Plan
Compare expected users or candidates, concurrent activity, student records, question banks, reports, database growth, email, scheduled tasks, and backup retention. Choose enough capacity for normal peaks and leave room for imports, updates, and verified restores.
Pro Personal
For portfolios & blogsRenews at $7.99/mo
- 25 GB SSD Storage
- Free Domain Names
- Unmetered Bandwidth
- Secure Payment Options
- SiteJet AI Website Builder
- 360 Website Monitoring
- 45 Day Guarantee
- Encrypted Offsite Backups
- Malware Scan - Included
- WordPress - Included
- cPanel Softaculous - Included
- SSL Certificates - Included
- 5 Email Accounts
- 5 Parked Domains
- 5 Sub Domains
- 1 Website
Pro Business
Growing teams & shopsRenews at $10.99/mo
- 50 GB SSD Storage
- Free Domain Names
- Unmetered Bandwidth
- Secure Payment Options
- SiteJet AI Website Builder
- 360 Website Monitoring
- 45 Day Guarantee
- Encrypted Offsite Backups
- Malware Scan - Included
- WordPress - Included
- cPanel Softaculous - Included
- SSL Certificates - Included
- 25 Email Accounts
- 25 Parked Domains
- 25 Sub Domains
- 5 Websites
Pro Ultimate
For Unlimited ScaleRenews at $15.99/mo
- Unlimited SSD Storage
- Free Domain Names
- Unmetered Bandwidth
- Secure Payment Options
- SiteJet AI Website Builder
- 360 Website Monitoring
- 45 Day Guarantee
- Encrypted Offsite Backups
- Malware Scan - Included
- WordPress - Included
- cPanel Softaculous - Included
- SSL Certificates - Included
- Unlimited Email Accounts
- Unlimited Parked Domains
- Unlimited Sub Domains
- Unlimited Websites
Ways to Use TCExam
Academic examinations
Deliver scheduled course tests, practice assessments, and formal exams.
Professional certification
Manage controlled question banks, candidates, sessions, scoring, and reports.
Employee assessment
Measure training completion, compliance knowledge, and role-specific learning.
Remote or lab testing
Provide browser-based exams under the organization’s identity and supervision procedures.
Installing TCExam
RSH Web Services offers TCExam installation through Softaculous in cPanel. Use the installer first to create the application files and any required database or administrator account. For manual installation, obtain the trusted current package, follow its official instructions, protect configuration and storage paths, and apply only documented permissions. RSH Web Services can help with installation.
Hosting Requirements
Current TCExam documentation describes a PHP 8.2-or-newer server application with Composer-managed dependencies and support for MySQL or MariaDB, PostgreSQL, or Oracle. A compatible web server and database are required. Confirm the selected release’s PHP extensions, permissions, configuration, mail, scheduled work, and optional tools before installation.
Setup Checklist
Configure administrator credentials, staff and learner roles, academic or assessment settings, upload limits, mail, scheduled tasks, and backups. Test student-information, exam, scoring, reporting, and portal workflows with non-administrator accounts before production use.
Migrating or Upgrading TCExam
Begin with cPanel backups of the application, configuration, database when used, and all managed files. For a Softaculous-managed installation, use only the backup, clone, restore, or upgrade controls displayed for TCExam before manual steps. Follow the documented version path and test users, roles, records or question banks, reports, integrations, and scheduled tasks on a private copy. Softaculous upgrades TCExam only; it does not convert another SIS or assessment platform into TCExam.
TCExam Security
Restrict access to trusted users, use unique credentials, apply least-privilege application and filesystem roles, protect student and assessment records, and secure configuration and uploaded-content paths. Review logs, remove unused accounts, and install supported security updates after testing. Hosting protections add useful layers but cannot repair unsupported application code or prevent damage by an overprivileged account.
Backups and Recovery
Back up the application, configuration, database when used, user accounts, roles, student records or question banks, grades or results, uploaded files, reports, and configuration needed for recovery. Keep multiple dated restore points and at least one copy outside the hosting account. Restore a private copy periodically and confirm that users, roles, records or assessments, grades or results, files, reports, and scheduled tasks work together.
All TCExam Plans Include
DDoS Security Monitoring
A Distributed Denial of Service attack disrupts the operations of a website, server, or network by flooding it with unwanted Internet traffic.
WordPress Easy Install
With cPanel users can install configure, secure, update, and manage WordPress through the WP Toolkit interface.
Secure Email
Access your email program or the online Webmail interface using Secure SSL certification (HTTPS) protocol.
cPanel
With over 80 features to manage all aspects of your hosting account, website, email and domains.
Softaculous App Installer
A time and hassle-saving, automatic script installer with over 380+ scripts, and 1115 PHP classes classes like WordPress
Website Transfers
Free cPanel or WordPress website transfers with no down time, other types of migrations also available.
Spam Assassin
A program used to detect unsolicited, unwanted and virus-infected emails and stop or reject the spam messages.
FTP Access
FTP is a program that allows you to transfer files from your computer to your website.
Site Backups
Backups can be configure with the Backup Wizard in cPanel or right within WordPress.
Free SSL Certificates
Provide secure, encrypted communications between a website and an Internet, RSH Web provides free SSL certs.
TCExam Resources
Existing software and hosting resources: Softaculous, Firewall, Security and DDoS, (cPanel), cPanel Demo here.
Related Hosting Apps, Programs, and Scripts for all Hosting Accounts
Frequently Asked Questions
How should roles be configured in TCExam?
Start with the fewest privileges each person needs. Separate platform administrators, course managers, instructors, reviewers, and learners, then test every role with a non-administrator account. Document who can create courses, enroll users, view grades, export reports, manage files, or change integrations. Review access regularly and remove accounts promptly when responsibilities end.
How should a first TCExam course be prepared?
Build a small pilot course before importing an entire catalog. Add clear objectives, a short content sequence, one assessment, learner instructions, and completion criteria. Enroll test users with different roles and verify navigation, mobile access, email, grading, reports, and accessibility. Use pilot feedback to standardize course templates and publishing checks for future instructors.
Can TCExam manage learner enrollment?
TCExam provides enrollment and user-management functions appropriate to its own release, but the available automation and integrations vary. Decide whether enrollment will be handled by administrators, instructors, self-registration, imports, or an external identity or student system. Test duplicate accounts, dropped learners, group membership, notifications, and privacy controls before loading production user data.
What should be tested in TCExam assessments?
Test question display, scoring, attempt limits, timing, feedback, grade calculations, completion rules, and report exports with representative learner accounts. Confirm how interrupted attempts and browser refreshes behave. If questions or results are imported, compare totals and sample records. Keep an independent copy of important question banks and document how corrections affect completed attempts.
How should student data in TCExam be protected?
Collect only information needed for the learning program, limit access by role, use secure administrator accounts, and define retention and deletion procedures. Review exports, logs, messaging, uploaded work, grades, and integrations because each can contain personal information. Apply the privacy, consent, education-record, and breach-notification rules that govern the organization and its learners.
What should I test before updating TCExam?
Create matched backups and reproduce the site in a private staging location. Follow the official path for the exact source and target versions. Test authentication, enrollments, courses, files, assessments, grades, reports, certificates, email, scheduled tasks, themes, plugins, and integrations. Confirm a rollback procedure before applying the update to the production learning site.
Does TCExam replace an independent backup system?
No. An LMS stores connected application files, configuration, database records, uploaded learning materials, assignments, and activity data. Damage to one component can make the others incomplete. Maintain dated backups outside the live account, preserve a consistent recovery point, and periodically restore a private copy to confirm that courses, users, enrollments, grades, and files remain usable.
How do I migrate TCExam to another server?
Inventory the application version, files, database, writable data directories, scheduled tasks, mail settings, domains, certificates, and integrations. Move all connected components from the same recovery point, then update only documented paths and credentials. Test the copy privately and compare users, courses, enrollments, grades, files, and reports before changing DNS or allowing production activity.
How can TCExam be recovered after a failed change?
Stop new activity and preserve the current files, database, logs, and configuration. Restore a matched backup set to a private location, then test logins, roles, courses, enrollments, assessments, grade records, uploads, reports, email, and scheduled tasks. Avoid combining files and databases from different dates. Record the failure cause before attempting the change again.
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