A viva is an oral assessment. Rather than writing an essay under timed conditions, you explain your understanding out loud. Integrevise lets your university run vivas online, so you can complete one from your laptop or phone at the time your lecturer has scheduled.
This article covers what to expect from the format, the role of AI in the conversation, and how to find your scheduled vivas.
How the format works
You sign in, open a viva from your dashboard, and have a short, structured conversation. The questions are generated by Integrevise from your assignment brief and module context. You answer each question out loud, and the conversation is recorded for your lecturer to review afterwards.
The session has no essay to write, nothing to upload, and no multiple choice. It is a conversation about ideas you have already engaged with.
Where AI fits in, and where it does not
The questions during your viva are asked by Integrevise, drawn from your brief. Follow up questions adapt to your answers. Your lecturer reviews the recording and the report afterwards, and decides the result.
A few things follow from this:
- The AI conducts the interview. It does not assign your grade. That decision sits with your lecturer.
- You are assessed on the substance of your reasoning, not on how confidently or fluently you speak.
- Your audio and screen activity are recorded. Your camera feed is not.
- Once a result has been released, you can see a summary of how the session went on the viva's results page.
Finding your viva
Your scheduled vivas are listed under Modules in the sidebar. Open the module you are looking for, then open the viva itself.
The viva page shows the title, the due date, your remaining attempts, and the brief on the right. When you are ready, select Start Viva and follow the setup screen into the session.
What to read next
Before your first viva, the Preparing for Your Viva and During Your Viva articles cover the setup checks and what happens in the session. Both are short.
If you run into something the platform guide does not answer, the Help & Support page in your sidebar has a list of FAQs and a contact form.