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Content: All the course material up to and including week 4 is examinable.
Start time:
Directions:
It also provides
some alternative options where your own equipment or space arrangements are not suitable, and
advice to follow when exam issues occur. You must read this in advance of the exam. Please do not
post questions to the convenor that are answered here.
The exam paper will be distributed to you as a Wattle quiz on the Wattle course site, to be taken
online using your own desktop or laptop computer and internet connection at the advised time. You
will need to run one (1) instance of Web browser software to take the exam.
The exam will be invigilated over Zoom by ANU staff. You will need to run one (1) instance of Zoom
software to take the exam.
The password to commence the Wattle quiz will be given to you by your exam invigilator at
commencement, both posted on the Zoom chat and by spoken announcement.
The exam is closed-book, except that online viewing of the course materials on the Wattle course
site (and only that) is freely permitted. If you use course material that is linked to the course but
hosted on a remote site, take great care to avoid following links or connections to further material
from those sites. Similarly, if you download to view materials provided on the course site, take
great care to use any such materials only in the form provided. For example, if you download a
course “.csv” file you may open it to view (in the browser preview unless that is impossible) but you
must not use other functions of your viewing software (e.g. Excel formulae or calculations).
You may use a calculator. This may be a locally-installed (not networked) software calculator of your
choice, or it may be desk calculator, programmable or otherwise. A scientific calculator layout is
recommended.
You may use a clock or other timer, either a device specifically for that purpose or locally-installed
(not networked) software. I highly recommend your native system clock. You may use 3 entirely
blank A4 pages of scratch paper for making your own notes and “working out” during the exam. You
must provide the paper yourself, as well as at most 2 pens or pencils to use on the paper. You must
permanently discard any paper you have used immediately after the exam. In case of doubt, entirely
blank means there are no pre-printed or handwritten markings of any kind.
You may have no other software running on your computing device, other than unavoidable o/s
software and utilities. You must have no browser tabs or windows open on any Web sites other
than the ANU Wattle course site for the course instance for which you are taking the exam.
Wattle
Your exam will be a Wattle quiz in the format to which you are accustomed from Weekly quizzes.
Some questions will be manually marked and others auto-marked. Your exam will be submitted
automatically at the earliest of (a) the advertised exam end time plus a 5-minute grace period, and
(b) when the exam duration has been reached since you individually commenced. You are advised
to ensure you have only one window or tab open on the quiz near the end to ensure that your
intended version of any open page is submitted.
Zoom
You must participate in the exam by Zoom for the entire duration using a camera and microphone.
The Zoom will be available for your entry 10 minutes prior to exam commencement.
You will need to have the digital streaming camera showing your face at all times to the Zoom
meeting. A view from the side is acceptable. Normally, it is expected that you would be using a
camera built in to the desktop or laptop computer with which you take your exam. If you are
unable to use your laptop/desktop on which you are taking the exam for the Zoom function because
it does not have a camera, then (a) you must advise [email protected] of this fact at least 24
hours prior to the exam and (b) log into Zoom twice for the exam: use aa phone camera or other
device with a camera mounted on a stand for one zoom call and separately use your laptop or
desktop for another zoom call without a camera, but using microphone, text chat and screen share
when requested. Any such camera device may be used only for the purpose of Zoom interaction as
required here: no other use of the device is permitted. You may not touch any such device during
the exam unless expressly required for zoom interaction, and you should ensure it is connected to a
wired power source. If your zoom connection fails during the exam you should reconnect and
contact your invigilator. The invigilator may request you to turn off your camera or to take other
action.
You must, at all times respond to invigilator requests made to you over Zoom. Ensure you are in a
position to see (on the chat) and to hear such requests.
Digital backgrounds are not permitted: You must allow the camera to view your surroundings.
Your microphone must be available to Zoom and operational and unmuted for the duration of the
exam. Headphones are not permitted. Exam invigilators will be supervising your exam over the
Zoom meeting and may record the Zoom meeting for the sole purpose of ensuring academic
integrity. You will be in a small shared zoom meeting with a group of other students and a dedicated
invigilator. Your personal zoom link will be made available to you on Wattle, adjacent to the Exam
quiz, prior to the exam.
Your invigilator might, from time to time, ask you to visit a zoom breakout room for a private
conversation. Exam invigilators will ask you, at multiple times during the exam, to show your
identity card to the camera. You must have your ANU ID card handy for that purpose, although
other ANU acceptable identity verification can be used if necessary. It is your responsibility to
provide such ID with a recent, recognisable, face and head photograph and your name in English.
You may also be requested to show any food or drink to the camera, to explain and/or show your
calculator and clock, to show both sides of your scratch notepaper, and to use the camera to show
the room space around you. If the camera is difficult to move, then that will need to be discussed
with the invigilator at the time and an alternative action may be requested. There is time allowed for
this in the exam. You will also be asked to share your screen over zoom.
If you require assistance for academic or operational difficulties during the exam you are asked to
post to the Zoom chat. Please use the chat to post privately to your invigilator and not to the whole
class. Your invigilator may invite you to a breakout room to discuss if a private chat is not suitable.
During the exam, your invigilator may need to broadcast specific messages to the group as a whole
and will use voice and/or the chat to get your attention if necessary.
You must not, other than as explicitly mentioned above:
• Make any copy or transcription of any of the exam questions or answers either by digital or
traditional means (apart from what you need to write on your scratch notepaper which you
must destroy immediately after the exam).
• Use any Web or Internet resources, locally-installed software, or physical materials.
• Use any digital device including a phone, tablet or additional computer.
• Use headphones.
• Use any physical books or notes, whether prepared by yourself or others.
• Communicate with any person by any method, digital or traditional, other than your
invigilator.
• Use copy/paste functions on your computer except to copy or paste from your own exam
paper (question or your answer) to your own exam paper. No copying from the Wattle
course site or its external linked resources is permitted, nor from or to any other digital
resource.
• Use a zoom virtual background screen or any other method to block the camera view of your
exam surroundings.
• Use more than one physical computer screen for all your work for the duration of the exam.
A second device is permitted only for camera and zoom interaction if necessary, but a
second screen on your exam-taking device is not permitted under any circumstances.
• Make or share any recording of your exam.
Advice and resources to assist you:
• There will be an index to PDF forms of each e-book available on the course site. You are
permitted to retrieve those (in digital form) from the site during (but not prior t) the exam
for convenient reference.
• IT Help is available during the exam through ANU as follows: Technical Examination Help: If
you are having issues with Wattle or your device, a dedicated IT Service Desk hotline will be
available during examination periods reflected on the University Calendar: +61 2 6125 2222.
It may not be available after hours: please refer to ANU-wide documentation. But only use
this when you cannot reach the exam or your invigilator (as phones are not permitted
otherwise).
• This document will be available to you on the Wattle course site for reference during the
exam.
• Your invigilator can help with questions about the any ambiguity or misunderstanding of the
paper. Contact your invigilator privately in the Zoom chat.
• Subsequent to the exam, if exam conditions create problems that cannot be adequately
solved, you should collect evidence including screen-copies and apply for special
consideration through the process given in the ANU exam conditions link at the top of this
document.
• No reading time will be given during the exam. However, an exam cover-sheet including the
number of questions and their marks value will be provided to you in the days before the
exam for preparation, and will also be presented to you as the first page within the Wattle
exam itself.
FAQ
Q: Where do I find the exam?
The exam will be a Wattle quiz available on the Wattle course site. Using a browser, navigate to the
last topic section on the course website headed “Exam”. You will see the usual Wattle Quiz icon
there. Reload if you cannot see the topic heading or the quiz icon (it may not be visible before the
exam commences).
Q: How do I find the Wattle quiz password?
The password to commence the Wattle quiz will be given to you by your exam invigilator at
commencement, both posted on the Zoom chat and by spoken announcement. If you arrive late to
the exam you might need to request it by Zoom from your invigilator.
Q: How long will the exam take?
See the top of this document for start and end times. You may submit early if you wish: see “What
happens if I want to leave the exam early?”
Q: What identity documents do I need?
Primarily your ANU student card but other formal photo-id documents such as drivers licence and
passport in English are permitted. See “Commencement”. It is important that your photo looks like
you and you may be asked to find something else during the exam if it does not. Do whatever you
can to help you invigilator verify your authenticity, or else post-exam measures such an oral exam
may be necessary.
Q: Why do I need a room scan?
The purpose of the room scan is for you to prove that your exam conditions demonstrate academic
integrity. Scratch paper is permitted: we do expect to see the permitted number of entirely blank
sheets of paper and a writing instrument for your use during the exam. Please show both sides of
every sheet of the paper to the camera during the scan. Please show your room, most especially
your desktop surface and including any clock or calculator. We want to see that you do not have a
phone, other camera, communication device, other person, or hand-written or printed notes. Be
reasonable, I do not expect you to remove a bookshelf of books out of the room. Nor to remove
large computers or extra screens from your desk that you will not use; just power them down. But
we do expect that bookshelf to be out of reach while you sit the exam. If even this is too hard to
achieve, then be very sure to show it really well to the room scan.
Q: Why do I need to share my screen on request by Zoom?
To ensure that you are complying with exam instructions as written in this document.
Q: How can I use only one monitor if I need to use my small laptop screen for the camera, but I
need a large external screen to see the paper?
That is fine. Keep your laptop open so the camera can be used, and use a single external monitor so
you can see, but use your laptop configuration setup to ensure that only one screen is active. (This is
"display properties" on Windows). If you are accustomed to multiple screens on a laptop then you
would be accustomed to configuring and re-configuring them.
Q: What software am I permitted to run on my computer during the exam?
Only one Web browser, Zoom, a calculator, a clock or other countdown timer, ANU’s Global Protect,
and anything that is necessary for viewing Wattle course materials. Reboot your computer prior to
the exam. Close all applications (E.g. Skype, Word, Teams, Open Office, Acrobat, Excel, email client,
Hangouts, other Web browsers, Minecraft, Fortnite, Tetris, Instagram, Twitter, RStudio, Jupyter ,
Discord, Slack, Hangouts, … etc). It is understood that you may fail to close some applications of
which you may be unaware. Do the best you can, and never actually use anything you left running
during the exam. As an example, you are assumed to be aware of every item of software on the
above list. If there are doubts about academic misconduct then you may be invited to a follow up
with a further exam.