Examinations
Screen Description
The Examinations screen provides a list of midterm or final examinations either for a given subject area or for all subject areas at once.
Details
The top section of the screen contains the options to select
Type
Type of the examination (Final or Midterm)
Midterm type is only available if there are some Midterm examination periods defined for the academic session.
Subject
Subject area for which the examinations should be displayed
Select "All" to see examinations for all subject areas
Course Number
Course number of a course for which the examinations should be displayed
Wild card can be used (such as "1*" for all course numbers starting with one)
Click Search to apply changes in the Type, Subject or Course Number.
The table of midterm/final examinations contains the following information
Classes/Courses
Instructional offering components (classes, instructional offering configurations, course offerings, and instructional offerings) whose students need to take the given examination
Length
Length of the examination in minutes
Seating Type
Exam or Normal seating type
An examination needs to be assigned to one or more rooms of enough capacity. Based on this seating type, either room capacity (seating type Normal) or room examination capacity (seating type Exam) must be met. These capacities are displayed for each room on the Rooms page.
Size
Expected number of students to take the examination
Max Rooms
The maximum number of rooms into which an examination can be split (for example, an examination for a class of 400 students can be split into two or three rooms if they need to use Exam seating type and do not have a room with exam seating capacity of 400 seats)
An exam is not assigned to a room when the maximum number of rooms is set to zero (it is assigned to a period that best meets the student needs and period preferences).
Instructor
Instructors associated with the examination
Period Preferences
Preferences for time periods (color-coded in a time grid for final examinations or in text for midterm examinations)
Room Preferences
Color-coded room preferences
Distribution Preferences
Examination distribution preferences for a given examination (see possible types in the Examination Distribution Preferences screen)
Assigned Period
Time period assigned to the examination, color-coded based on the preference level of the assigned time period
Assigned Room
Room(s) assigned to the examination, color-coded based on the preference level of the assigned room(s)
Click on any examination to get to its Examination Detail screen.
Operations
Export PDF
Export the list of midterm/final examinations into a PDF file
Add Examination
Add a new examination in the Add Examination screen