Student Exam & Grading Guide 2018-2019

EXAMINATION INFORMATION

Character Count

There will be examinations for which the faculty member will impose restrictions on the number of writing books a student may use to respond to examination questions. Listed below is a conversion chart with typed character count equivalences.

Exam Booklet – Standard Blue Book

27

lines per page

32

pages per book

16

pages per book – every other side

ExamSoft Conversion

97

characters per blue book line

1358

characters per page – every other line

2619

characters per page – every line

2716

characters – 2 pages every other line

5238

characters – 2 pages every line

5432

characters – 4 pages every other line

10,476 characters – 4 pages every line

21,728 characters – 16 pages every other line 41,904 characters – 16 pages every line

43,456 characters – 32 pages every other line 83,808 characters – 32 pages every line

Typed examination responses should all be answered in question one. This will enable a student to track the character count for the exam.

ExamSoft

ExamSoft is special software that allows students to type examinations on personal laptops in a secure and encrypted word processing environment. It prevents the use of other computer programs installed on a student’s laptop; students are unable to access the Internet, computerized notes, documents, outlines or other materials during the exam. If students are permitted to bring notes in to the examination they must print the notes in advance. Any attempt to access other computer files or programs during the examination will be logged and reported to the Assistant Dean for Academic Services. A laptop power cord is required for ExamSoft. Because of the processes occurring while using ExamSoft, laptop batteries will not provide sufficient power. Students who do not have a power cord will not be able to use ExamSoft and will need to handwrite the exam.

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