Use the maturity test exam type when you create a maturity test as an electronic exam. Some of the basic information for the exam are added automatically: language evaluators, grading scale and the university's writing instructions for the student. The same maturity test can be targeted at one or more students. You can add new participants to the maturity test also after publishing the exam. NB! Participants cannot be deleted after publishing the exam.
Creating a maturity test
Open either Firefox or Chrome and log in to EXAM
- If the system requests you to select a user role, select Examiner. If the Examiner user role option is not displayed or you are not signed in as an Examiner by default please contact to the exam support service.
1.Create a new maturity test by going to the top of the page and selecting “Create new exam” > Maturity test:
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2. Attach the maturity test to a course
Enter the course code (a) and write the name of the exam (b).
a) enter the maturity test’s code and select the course that is displayed
b) Give a name to your maturity test. Follow your own university's procedures for naming. Press Save.
3. Add the following from the "Basic information" tab.
- Examiner: Inspects the contents of the maturity test. If you created the maturity test yourself, your name will already be in the field. If the maturity test was created by the Student Affairs Office, the name of the person who will inspect the contents of the maturity test will be added here.
- Requires language evaluation: Choose whether or not to have a language check. NB! The choice cannot be changed once the maturity test has been published!
4. Add question(s)
Go to the “Questions” tab:
- Section name: e.g. “Title of the maturity test” or “Questions for the maturity test” (this field is visible for the student in the exam)
- Section description: if the student is allowed to select the title of their maturity test from a list, you can include your instructions in the section description, e.g.: “Select one of the titles and write about it”. If the maturity test has only one title, the description can be left blank.
Please note! General instructions for writing a maturity test are included in the maturity test automatically, so you do not need to add them here.
Adding a question to a maturity test:
- Select + Add new question
- Select “Essay question” as the question type
- Write the titles of the maturity test in the text editor field. Remember to differentiate any possible alternative titles with a)… b)… c)
- Recommended answer length: you can give the recommended length here but it is also specified in the general writing instructions
- The grading scale for maturity test questions is Pass / Fail.
- SAVE the question
The fields in the additional information section do not need to be filled in in a maturity test.
5. "Assesment settings" tab
- Grading scale: Maturity tests are always “Pass / Fail”
6. Publishing a maturity test
When you publish a maturity test, students can register for the exam and reserve a time during the exam period that you have specified. The student/students who have been marked as participants will receive an email informing them that they can reserve a time for the exam on their dashboard.
Go to the “Publish” tab:
- Set the timetable of the exam: Exam period starts: the first day that the exam is available. Ends: the final day that the exam is available. Exam duration: select the duration of the exam (for most universities the duration is 3-4 hours).
- Add participants: EXAM users Search for the student by name. Check the student's student number so you can be sure you are choosing the right student. Press Add.
New users (if you can't find the student in EXAM users-list). Write down the student's e-mail address. Press Add. The student will be emailed a link that they can use to reserve a time for their exam. You can also ask the student to log in once in EXAM and after that you can add them as participant with the name.
- You can add new participants to your maturity test even after the maturity test has been published but you cannot remove any participants after the exam has been published.
- Preview your maturity test before publishing. The preview can be found under the "Questions" tab. The view looks mostly the same as it does for students when they take the exam. Use the preview function to make sure that the exam and your instructions are displayed in the way you intended.
- Save and publish: The student/students who have been marked as participants will receive an email informing them that they can reserve a time for the exam.
- Supervisors can see their exams in the “Exams open for registration to students” list, where you will find a list of registrations and submissions. The EXAM system will message the supervisor and the creator of the maturity test when the student has submitted their maturity exam.
If necessary, you can extend the exam period of a maturity test in the Publish tab.
- If the student does not complete their maturity test during the time that they have reserved, you will be sent an email informing you that the student has not used the time that they have reserved. This unreserved time will be displayed in the section titled “Did not arrive at exam (1)” in the Study attainments tab. To allow the student to reserve a new time, you must reopen the registration process to the student by clicking the link in the Did not arrive page.
- If the student does not reserve a time at all, the student will be able to reserve a new time after you have extend the exam period.
- Remember to save the changes you made to the exam period at the end of the Publish page.
Assessing the contents of a maturity test
A maturity test that has been completed as an electronic exam is also assessed in the system.
Sign in to the electronic exam system with your university account.
The supervisor will receive an email from the EXAM system after the student has completed their maturity test. The link in the message will allow you to assess the maturity test. NOTE! The supervisor assesses the maturity test in the EXAM system before it is submitted for language evaluation. After the contents have been assessed, the supervisor submits the maturity test for language evaluation in the EXAM system by approving the contents of the maturity test (see detailed instructions below).
Assessing the answer
The student's answer to the maturity test can be found in the “Unassessed exams” tab on the dashboard. The unassessed column displays the number of unassessed exams (1) and allows you to access the maturity test through this link.
The student’s answer can be found either under the question in the browser window or as an attachment. The beginning of the answer contains basic information on the exam, e.g. the exam period, duration and other possible answers made by the student to the exam in question. You can save or print the answer that the student has written. If necessary, you can email the student by clicking on the email link.
- the grade of a maturity test is either pass or fail.
- write your feedback in the “Give feedback to the student” window. Mandatory field.
- If language evaluation is NOT needed Select “Lock the assessment”. If the assessment is not ready and you want to come back later select “Save”.
- If language evaluation IS required, give the feedback and choose approved from the evaluation drop-down and select "Send to language evaluation".
Language evaluation of the maturity test
As a language evaluator you see all maturity tests waiting for evaluation on your dashboard when you log in to EXAM. You can arrange the maturity tests according to course code, language, exam name, examiner, when received to language evaluation, student, when completed or language evaluator.
Choose a maturity test by selecting "Start evaluation".
- Write your feedback in the field "Give feedback to the student” (this a mandatory field), e.g. "Language approved" and Save. You can add feedback also as an attachment.
- Choose "Approve maturity test" or "Reject maturity test".
- When the language evaluation is done and the maturity test is approved or rejected the examiner receives an email the the language evaluation is done.
- Also the student will be emailed after the assessment is ready. The student will be able to see your assessment and feedback in EXAM in the assessment view.
Transferring results to the register: check the process in your university: are the results transferred in to the register automatically or do you need to do it yourself.
If the maturity test is rejected, a new maturity test has to be created for the student in the manner agreed by the supervisor and student.