2024-2025 Student Exam and Grading Guide

EXAMINATION INFORMATION

a. If no exam ID has been assigned, the application will prevent you from starting your exam. Contact the Office of Academic Services if this is the case. 4. In Step 1, review any specific exam instructions. Be sure the course and profile details are correct. 5. In Step 2, download any exam materials that may have been uploaded for the exam. 6. In Step 3, upload any submissions you have for the exam. Be sure to omit your name in the document. Any files submitted for the exam will automatically be renamed to include your exam ID for the exam. a. If you need to delete a document you already uploaded, click the X next to the document and accept the confirmation prompt if prompted. 7. In Step 4, click the Finalize button once you are complete with your exam. 8. You will be redirected to the exam listing after Finalizing. The link next to the course will read ‘Review’ a. Note that once Finalized, your exam and submissions are locked and you will not be able to edit.

Take-home examinations and papers are subject to the conditions imposed by the faculty member. Late submissions may incur a penalty, at the faculty member’s discretion.

Extension Requests for Papers, Projects and Take-Home Exams

Students are expected to plan for the due dates of papers, projects and take-home exams. If a student experiences an unforeseeable, extraordinary personal matter or emergency situation which presents an unavoidable conflict with the deadline for a paper, project or take-home exam, the student should contact the Dean of Student Affairs Office for assistance (unless the student is sure that the professor is accepting the paper, project or take-home exam non-anonymously , in which case the student should contact the professor for assistance). Examples of an unforeseeable, extraordinary personal or emergency situation include an issue relating to the health of the student, or close family member, or death of a family member. Documentation is required.

In-Person Examinations

At the start of the exam, you will be handed a printed exam which you are free to mark up and use for making notes. All responses must be entered into your personal laptop using Examplify. All materials will be collected at the end of the exam. Your professor will only grade what you have entered in to Examplify.

What to Bring to Exams

• Student ID (driver's license with photo is acceptable) • Laptop - Students must provide their own Examplify compatible laptop. • Power cord • Fully charged laptop battery • Beverage in a covered container • Pens and pencils • Books and materials for open book examinations or limited book examinations. o In a closed book examination , the examinee cannot bring any materials into the examination area. o In an open book examination , the examinee may bring printed materials without limitations into the examination area. * o In a limited open book examination , the examinee may bring only the specified, printed materials authorized by the faculty member into the examination area. All materials brought into the examination will, in fairness to all, be subject to inspection, and students who are deemed to have violated the terms of the limited open book allowance will have the material in question taken away and will not be able to refer to it during the examination. *

All other items should be stored in your locker until after the examination. Any materials found anywhere outside of the examination room will be removed.

*E-books and other electronic materials are not permitted in open book or limited open book exams.

What NOT to Bring

The items listed below should not be brought into the examination room and should be stored in your locker.

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