User:DukeEgr93/Remote Tests

This page has instructions for receiving, taking, and submitting tests in remote learning classes. Here's the executive summary of the process, followed by much clearer instructions below:

• You will access the test by going to a Sakai "Test & Quizzes" entry; clicking into the entry will start a time that will end when you upload your finished document to Sakai.
• You will have 75 minutes to take the test (more if you have approval from SDAO for additional time) as well as 30 minutes for getting, printing (if you want), scanning, and uploading the test.
• You will upload a single PDF to Sakai to stop the timer.
• You will upload a single PDF to Gradescope so we can grade the test -- this PDF must have the exact same work as the one uploaded to Sakai, but if it turns out the first scans aren't as clear as you would like, you can re-scan pages.

Receiving

• The test will be attached as a PDF to an assessment in the "Tests & Quizzes" section of the Sakai page. When you go to the assessment page, you will have the option to open the question including the test. Once you click the Honor Pledge statement and then click Begin Assessment, your timer will start. Be sure that you are ready to start the test when you get to that point!

Taking

Timing

You will get 75 minutes to take the test as well as 30 minutes to handle logistics for the test. If you have a letter from the SDAO giving you more time on tests, the extra time will be included based on the 75 minutes of the test.

• Note: for the practice test, I will not be adjusting times for people who get extra time; for the real test, I will.

Resources

• You are allowed to use your textbook(s), notes, prior work (homework, labs), anything on the Sakai or Classes site for this class (including posted solutions), and anything on Pundit.
• You are not allowed to consult webpages other than https://pundit.pratt.duke.edu or the https://sakai.duke.edu and https://classses.pratt.duke.edu/EGR103F20 pages for this course.
• You are not allowed to consult any other person other than the instructor of this course in any form (text, phone, email, message board, etc)
• For programming problems, note that while you may have access to Python, you will not have enough time on the test to learn new things while taking the test.

Documenting Work

There are several options for taking the test:

• Print it out and work on the test document itself, using extra blank pages as needed
• Type / draw your answers into a document
• Write out answers on previously blank paper (i.e. not printing out or writing on the test at all)
• Use a tablet to electronically write on the test or on previously blank pages (save early, often, and to different file names!)

Submitting

Tests will be submitted to Sakai first and then to Gradescope. You will be submitting to Sakai in order to stop the test taking timer and then you will submit to Gradescope because that is where the test is actually graded. The work submitted to each must be the same, but if you discover your scans of the work are not clear in uploading to Sakai you can take better pictures of the same work before submitting to Gradescope.

Creating the Document

• If you take the test electronically you just need to save the file as a PDF.
• If you take it on paper, you will need to get high quality images of your work saved to a PDF.
  • The easiest way to do this is if you have a scanner -- most scanners will allow for scan-to-PDF or scan-to-image that can then be turned into a PDF.
  • In the absence of a scanner, you can take high-quality pictures with your phone and use an app to create a PDF. See Scanning#Mobile_Devices as well as Gradescope's Student Workflow Page on Scanning Work on a Mobile Device

Uploading the Document

• Once your PDF is made, go back to Sakai and upload the document there to stop your timer. If there are slight imperfections in the scans (contrast / brightness issues, etc) do not worry about that for the Sakai document. The work needs to be visible but if it is a little hard to read you can correct that later. A complete document must be submitted to Sakai before your timer expires.
  • If you do not submit on time, you will need to send me an email with your PDF as soon as possible with an explanation for why you were unable to get your document submitted on time.
  • Failure to submit on time may result in a penalty of up to 100%.
• If the quality of your scan has issues, fix these before uploading to Gradescope but do not make any changes to your work.
  • Submitting different work to Sakai and Gradescope will result in action with the Undergraduate Conduct Board and possible failure of the course.
• When you submit the PDF to Gradescope, you will be required to locate your answers for each problem. Note that the cover page does not go with any of the problems but rather is its own page. Be sure to include all the pages that have any work for a particular problem.