General Technical Requirements
Find out what you need to run your Cambridge Insight assessment
All Cambridge Insight assessments are digital and need a reliable internet connection to access online. You can check below which browsers and devices will give you the best assessment experience. We advise carrying out a test run of your assessment on your devices in school to check that your set-up works before you assess your learners. Please contact us if you want to run a test on Cambridge Primary Insight.
We have thoroughly tested our assessments and reports on a range of devices and browsers. Our findings are categorised as:
- Recommended - the best experience of the assessment, reports and administration
- Supported - the reports and administration work as expected, but the visual and audio quality of the assessment may be affected
- Not supported - reports and administration should work, but the assessment should not be attempted on the browser/device as results may be inaccurate or lost
To make sure that the assessment results and data pass securely from your school to Cambridge, you will also need to whitelist our web addresses. This is to allow data transfer through any network firewalls you have in place.
Before you start
We always recommend using or updating to the latest version of the operating system on your device. However, we know this is not always possible (particularly on older Apple devices), in which case, we advise installing the latest version of the Chrome browser.
Do you know your bandwidth? As you may be running several assessments simultaneously, it’s important to know what level of traffic your network can handle. Because internet speed is measured in bits per second, we have included an indication of the size for each assessment application. This will give you a good understanding of how much internet traffic your network needs to handle when multiple students take the assessment at the same time. You can find more detailed information about the bandwidth considerations of each assessment below.
What you need to run Early Years Insight assessments
Our Early Years assessments are ASPECTS, Early Years Check Together (only available for Cambridge Schools) and BASE. You will need a sound-enabled computer.
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Operating system |
Recommended |
Supported |
Not supported |
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Windows |
Chrome, |
Firefox, |
Any other browser |
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MacOS |
Safari, |
Firefox, |
Any other browser |
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Linux |
Chrome, |
Firefox |
Any other browser |
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Devices |
Recommended |
Supported |
Not supported |
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Desktop PC, Laptop PC, Apple Computer |
Chromebook, Linux PC, iPad, Android tablet* *web-only versions |
Any other device |
Bandwidth considerations: The ASPECTS assessment is available as a web-only application of ~400 Megabits and a non-web application of ~528 Megabits. The BASE assessment is available as a web-only application of ~440 Megabits and a non-web application of ~560 Megabits. Early Years Check Together is available as a web-only application of ~190 Megabits.
Web addresses to whitelist:
- http://assessment.cem.org
- https://assessments.cem.org
- https://d3m7mkbasu2sda.cloudfront.net
- https://plus.cem.org
- Early Years Check Together only: https://ceyct.e-psychometrics.com/
What you need to run Cambridge Primary and Attitudes Insight
You will need a sound-enabled computer, and we recommend a pair of headphones for each learner.
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Operating system |
Recommended |
Supported |
Not supported |
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Windows |
Chrome, |
Firefox, |
Any other browser |
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MacOS |
Safari, |
Firefox, |
Any other browser |
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Linux |
Chrome, |
Firefox |
Any other browser |
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Devices |
Recommended |
Supported |
Not supported |
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Desktop PC, |
Chromebook |
Any other device |
Bandwidth considerations: The Cambridge Primary Insight assessment is available as a web-only application of ~1.3 Gigabits and the Attitudes assessment is available as a web-only application of ~320 Megabits.
Web addresses to whitelist
What you need to run Cambridge Secondary Insight
Our Secondary assessments are MidYIS, Yellis, Alis and IBE Insight.
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Operating system |
Recommended |
Supported |
Not supported |
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Windows |
Chrome, |
Firefox, |
Any other browser |
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MacOS |
Safari, |
Firefox, |
Any other browser |
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Linux |
Chrome, |
Firefox |
Any other browser |
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Devices |
Recommended |
Supported |
Not supported |
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Desktop PC, |
Chromebook* *web-only version |
iPad, |
Bandwidth considerations: The Cambridge Secondary Insight assessments are available as a web-only application of ~376 Megabits and a non-web application of ~480 Megabits.
Web addresses to whitelist
What you need to run our other assessments
This applies to the Cambridge Wellbeing Check and Cambridge Select Insight
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Operating system |
Recommended |
Supported |
Not supported |
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Windows |
Chrome, |
Firefox, |
Any other browser |
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MacOS |
Safari, |
Firefox, |
Any other browser |
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Linux |
Chrome, |
Firefox |
Any other browser |
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Devices for Cambridge Select Insight |
Recommended |
Supported |
Not supported |
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Desktop PC, |
Chromebook, Linux PC* *web-only versions |
iPad, |
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Devices for Cambridge Wellbeing Check |
Recommended |
Supported |
Not supported |
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Desktop PC, |
Chromebook, Linux PC, iPad, |
Any other device |
Bandwidth considerations: The Cambridge Wellbeing Check is available as a web-only application of ~8 Megabits.
Cambridge Select Insight is available as non-web applications of ~560 Megabits. Due to the specific nature of Cambridge Select Insight, it is not recommended for use over WiFi.
Web addresses to whitelist
- http://assessment.cem.org
- https://wellbeing.cambridge.org/
- http://assessment.cem.org
- https://assessments.cem.org
- https://d3m7mkbasu2sda.cloudfront.net
- https://plus.cem.org
Last few notes
Where we have recommended the use of tablets, we suggest a minimum screen size of 10 inches and completing the assessment on landscape mode.
From June 2025, due to security upgrades, our non-web applications will no longer function on older operating systems that are no longer supported by the manufacturer, such as Windows 7 or Big Sur (Mac OS 11).
Web-only application: A fully browser-based application. The assessment runs entirely from the internet so we recommend for schools that have a high-speed internet service and internal network.
Non-web application: A downloadable application that runs within a browser but is hosted on a school's network. This is recommended for schools with no or low-speed external internet connection.
If you have any further questions about technical requirements, please contact insight@cambridge.org.