Student Exam and Grading Guide 2023 2024

EXAMINATION INFORMATION

If you are unable to resolve the issue with Examsoft, please contact Dean Cove at lcove@suffolk.edu

Mistake or something ambiguous in an exam question

If the exam is an essay format, please make note of the issue in your exam answer and do your best to respond to the question. If the issue is in a multiple choice exam, please contact Dean Cove at lcove@suffolk.edu immediately after the exam concludes. In either case, do not stop taking your exam and do not communicate with anyone about the issue until after the exam is complete.

Privacy or Security Issues Associated with Remote Proctoring

The remote proctoring services collect information about you only to the extent necessary to confirm your identity and proctor your exam remotely. Your personal information is as secure and private as equivalent information that you already share with Suffolk (e.g., your photo, a faculty member’s video and audio recordings of your classes). Any images or webcam footage captured while you are taking your examinations will be similarly kept in strict compliance with federal law (e.g., FERPA) and all applicable data privacy laws. Examsoft also complies with all applicable privacy laws, including FERPA, and is subject to the investigatory and enforcement powers of the FTC. A full descrip tion of Examsoft’s data privacy policies is available here.

Take-Home Exams, Papers & Projects

Faculty members choosing to test students via take-home examinations, papers, and projects will provide written instructions. Take-home examinations are generally required to be completed within 24 hours to 48 hours. However, the duration of each take-home exam is determined by the faculty member. The time begins as soon as the exam is picked up. The time will be recorded at pick-up and at submission. The Office of Academic Services disseminates and collects take-home exams, papers and projects that require anonymity and exam numbers . Students must submit their anonymous take-home exams, papers or projects to the Office of Academic Services and not “The University Registrar’s Office”. Final papers that are not anonymous and will be submitted with a student’s name are submitted to that faculty member’s assistant. All electronically submitted take-home examinations should be sent directly to TakeHomeExams@suffolk.edu.

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

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