October 29, 2009 • 5:54 pm
Fall 2009
FINAL BLIND GRADING ID NUMBERS AND EXAM DEFERRAL REQUESTS
BLIND GRADING ID NUMBERS:
All students have been assigned new Blind Grading ID numbers for Fall 2009. Please note that this number is to be used for Fall 2009 final exams ONLY (Not To Be Used For Mid-Terms). You cannot access your Blind Grading ID number without your assigned Network ID and Password. If you have questions about your Network ID and Password, please call the Help Desk at 410-837-6262.
Students who were issued “0″ as a Blind Grading ID number, please see Cheryl Cudzilo in LC 103.
You may retrieve your Blind Grading ID number via the Student Portal:
1. Go to http://myub.ubalt.edu
2. Click on “Get Blind Grading ID” on the lower left side of the page, under “Links for Law Students”
Please do not mistake the term 1094 as your blind grading ID number. This number has not been assigned. All blind grading ID numbers have one to four digits.
EXAM DEFERRAL REQUESTS:
Please review the deferral procedures at http://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=280.
Exam Deferral Requests will be accepted from October 30, 2009 through November 13, 2009. Late deferral requests will not be accepted. Deferral Request Forms are available on the Law School website at http://law.ubalt.edu/template.cfm?page=490 (under Fall 2009), and in the Dean’s Suite (LC 103). The Dean’s Suite is open the following days and times:
Monday – Thursday 8:30am – 7:00pm
Friday 8:30am – 4:30pm
Please read all instructions. NO REQUEST WILL BE GRANTED WITHOUT A BLIND GRADING ID NUMBER AND EMAIL ADDRESS ON THE REQUEST FORM. Deferral forms may be turned in to the Dean’s Suite (LC 103) or emailed to exams@ubalt.edu.
NOTE: You will be notified via email the status of your deferral request.
Best wishes,
Office of Academic Affairs
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Extegrity Exam4 User Support
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Mac version update posted – ACTION REQUIRED
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An important update to Exam4 for Mac OS X (10.4 Tiger and 10.5 Leopard) is available for immediate download from www.exam4.com
This update improves memory usage and is REQUIRED.
To download and install, go to www.exam4.com and follow the same procedure as you recently used to install Exam4. Delete previous copies of Exam4 and make sure you use the new version for exams.
You can easily see whether the new version has installed correctly by noting the ‘Release’ number and by observing the color of the name of your school that appear on the first screen when you launch Exam4. On old versions the Release number is in the range 8.3.1 to 8.3.9 and the color of the name is BLUE; in the new version the Release number is 8.4.3 and the color of the name is ORANGE.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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Extegrity Exam4 User Support
usersupport@extegrity.com
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Filed under: Library, exams
April 29, 2008 • 11:42 pm
Due to the increase in problems with wireless submissions we are requesting that all students who are taking their exams on laptops please write the file name and file size that is created after Electronic Submission is confirmed, on the covers of the exam blue books. This will ensure to the student and the exam proctor’s that the exams were properly stored on our server and that the student will not have to return to campus and resubmit their exam. As always please make sure you have an active internet connection before starting the exam. You can do those by going to any websites and making sure you can open links from them. Below you will find the final confirmation screen that lists the filename and file size.
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With exam time rapidly approaching, I thought I’d take a little space to talk about the exam software. My suggestion is to make sure that you have downloaded the most recent version from the exam4.com site. The version you used for midterms, or for last semester won’t work. I would also recommend playing with the software and submitting a practice exam, just to make sure things are set up correctly before you take the exam for real. There have been some problems with mac users who have updated to Leopard. OTS suggests doing a new install from the disks rather than doing an update.
The YouTube video we made last year on how to use the software is still valid. You can find it on the library’s MySpace page or directly from YouTube.
We also have a powerpoint presentation on the same topic, as well as an FAQ.
What we wrote last semester about the exam software still holds true.
If you have any questions, feel free to contact me (Harvey Morrell – hmorrell@ubalt.edu) or Sean Farmer (sfarmer@ubalt.edu).
Filed under: Law School, Technology, exams
December 3, 2007 • 6:25 pm
EXAM SOFTWARE FAQ
Where to get the exam software: www.exam4.com
Common Problems:
- Sometimes the student’s laptop can’t pass the security check and/or the exam can’t be submitted successfully even though they’ve re-logged on to the network. Solution: Make sure that all their anti-virus software (Norton, McAfee) is disabled. McAffe is a little tricky and has its own section (at the end)
What to do if the laptop crashes in the middle of an exam and the student wants to continue typing
1. Open the software.
2. When it asks whether to start a new exam or select previous exam, click on start new exam. We’ll come back to the first part at the end, when you’re not worried about the time.
3. Where it asks for your exam ID number, type in your blind grading exam number, followed by the letterA
For example, your exam number is 1485, you should type in 1485A
4 . Follow the rest of the steps as though you were starting a new exam and finish typing your exam. You may want to type PART TWO at the beginning, just to let your professor know that there is another part of your exam.
5. At the end of the exam, click on End Exam on the menu at the top and then submit your exam electronically.
6. Exit out of the exam software.
7. Re-open the exam software, and when you come to the screen where it asks if you want to start a new exam or select a previous exam, click on select previous exam. Highlight the exam that you haven’t submitted – the one without the “A” at the end of your exam number – and submit it electronically.
8. Exit the exam software.
9. Relax. Or start studying for your next exam.
Error 317 or Error 6 Messages:
Advisory - When starting an exam, a small number of students may receive a Security Check violation of “firewall error 317″. They should be directed to re-download Exam4. Confirm the operating system is Windows XP and that on reinstallation they are now running Exam4 release 7.5a (indicated on top left of startup screens).
The McAfee Security Problem (which keeps them from submitting an exam successfully)
Go to the start menu, control panel.
Once in the control panel select administrative tools. Then select services. Maximize the screen size and scroll down the list of services until you see McAfee Firewall Security service on the left side of the list. You will see its status should be listed by default as started. You will now right click on this item and select stop service. Once it is stopped you should now be able to run the exam software properly. Please remember that when you reboot the computer this service will start again. So you will have to do this for each exam if you have restarted the computer in between exams. If you wanted to disable this service during the entire exam period you can go to the same line and right click on the Firewall service and select properties. In the general field you will see startup type. To disable the firewall permanently select disable. You can come back any time to this service and change it back to automatic after exams.
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November 28, 2007 • 9:18 pm
Exam & Winter Break Hours:
Exam Period:
Sunday, December 2: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Monday, December 3 – Saturday, December 8: 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Sunday, December 9: 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Monday, December 10 – Thursday, December 13: 7:30 a.m. – 2:00 a.m.
Friday, December 14 (last day of exams): 7:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
Winter Break:
Saturday, December 15 – Sunday, January 13: 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
EXCEPTION:
Saturday – Tuesday, December 22 – 25 – CLOSED
Saturday – Tuesday, December 29 – January 1 – CLOSED
Filed under: Library, exams
November 20, 2007 • 11:43 pm
Go to the start menu, control panel.
Once in the control panel select administrative tools. Then select services. Maximize the screen size and scroll down the list of services until you see McAfee Firewall Security service on the left side of the list. You will see its status should be listed by default as started. You will now right click on this item and select stop service. Once it is stopped you should now be able to run the exam software properly. Please remember that when you reboot the computer this service will start again. So you will have to do this for each exam if you have restarted the computer in between exams. If you wanted to disable this service during the entire exam period you can go to the same line and right click on the Firewall service and select properties. In the general field you will see startup type. To disable the firewall permanently select disable. You can come back any time to this service and change it back to automatic after exams. Please test this out ahead of time to make sure it works for your version of Windows and McAfee. Let me know via email or phone if you have any questions or would like to meet with me to go over these steps.
Thanks,
Sean Farmer
sfarmer@ubalt.edu
410-837-4598
Filed under: exam software, exams
November 16, 2007 • 8:42 pm
At the session today, a student asked what they should do when something happened (laptop or software crash) and you want to get back to your exam to finish it.
1. Open the software.
2. When it asks whether to start a new exam or select previous exam, click on start new exam. We’ll come back to the first part at the end, when you’re not worried about the time.
3. Where it asks for your exam ID number, type in your blind grading exam number, followed by the letterA
For example, your exam number is 1485, you should type in 1485A
4 . Follow the rest of the steps as though you were starting a new exam and finish typing your exam. You may want to type PART TWO at the beginning, just to let your professor know that there is another part of your exam.
5. At the end of the exam, click on End Exam on the menu at the top and then submit your exam electronically.
6. Exit out of the exam software.
7. Re-open the exam software, and when you come to the screen where it asks if you want to start a new exam or select a previous exam, click on select previous exam. Highlight the exam that you haven’t submitted – the one without the “A” at the end of your exam number – and submit it electronically.
8. Exit the exam software.
9. Relax. Or start studying for your next exam.
Filed under: exam software, exams
November 13, 2007 • 9:54 pm
I have created a step-by-step presentation (caution, powerpoint) for how to download the software and get started on your exams. I was unable to put up slides for how to save and submit an exam, but that will be covered in the information sessions listed in the preceding post.
Important points to remember:
1. Log in to the wireless network before you start your exam
2. Save the exam before you submit it.
3. One of the most common glitches (in Vista especially) occurs because Norton Anti-virus/internet protection is running. To turn this off the student needs to right click on the Norton icon in the bottom right corner next to the time, usually it is a yellow and black circle, and select disable Norton internet security/antivirus.
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