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Technical devices have been part of interpreters’ work since at least the beginning of conference interpreting. With the digital revolution, information technology became a natural part of any interpreter’s work. As teachers’ of interpreting we have been used to teaching interpreting with the help of technical devices, for instance with a console for simultaneous interpreting. We have also learnt to use and teach the use of digital glossaries, internet searches, repositories and so forth (Ehrlich & Napier 2015). Remote interpreting, although tested as early as the 1920s (Seeber and Fox 2022), has mainly remained a practice within public service interpreting, often via telephone. As a conclusion remote interpreting has not been part of the interpreting training curriculum to any larger extent. Before the pandemic, different types of digital solutions were already making their way into interpreting teaching. Teachers made use of different types of speech repositories, different types of document sharing platforms, as well as different types of educational platforms. Interpreting students were already comfortable using both technical and digital solution for preparation and support in their studies. In some cases, there were also flipped classrooms methods, i.e. where lectures, quizzes or reading guides were shared online prior to classroom time in order to focus classroom time on exercise. Yet, despite perhaps a few exceptions (such as the masters in conference interpreting at Glendon1)) the actual teaching of the interpreting skills did not happen online or through digital medium. With the pandemic hitting the northern hemisphere with only 3-6 months before final exams, interpreting programs had to find solutions to both teach online and hold exams online. My talk will focus both on teaching challenges when teaching online, and challenges with finding suitable platforms, bandwidth, and not the least providing legal and fair examinations online. Ehrlich, Suzanne & Napier, Jemina (2015). Interpreter Education in the Digital Age: Innovation, Access, and Change. Washington: Gallaudet University Press.