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Administrator Actions

  1. Administrator Actions In the university's EXAM installation, BYOD is enabled with the activation setting.
  2. No additional settings are required for the BYOD.

Instructions for the Administrator 

A new feature has been introduced in version 6.3.0 of EXAM, allowing separate permissions to be granted to examiners for adding machine-based exams. The administrator must grant the examiner permission to create machine-based exams in the 'User/User Management' functions of EXAM, so that the examiner can create/add machine-based exams.

In the attached image, adding an exam when the examiner (or administrator) does NOT have the permission to add machine-based exams, the options 'Machine-Restricted (beta)' and 'Machine-Open (beta)' appear grayed out and cannot be selected.

Adding the permission to create machine-based exams is done from the User Management view by first locating the respective examiner and then using the '+' icon in the User Rights column to add the 'Can create machine-based exams' permission.

Teacher's Actions

Creating a Machine-Based Exam

In an open machine-based exam, students have access to all resources on their computers, including the internet. Therefore, it's considered an 'open book' exam; keep this in mind when crafting questions.

  1. Log in as an examiner to EXAM.
  2. On the examiner's dashboard, click on 'New exam' and select the exam type from the dropdown menu.
    1. Once you have chosen the exam type, you will see the exam mode selection: Choose 'Machine-Open Exam' and click on 'Create new.'
    2. You can also create a personal exam or a proficiency test. The only additional step in the instructions is to add the student as a participant if necessary, which is done in the publishing settings in the same way as for an exam conducted in the exam room.



  3. Retrieve the course details normally, give the exam a name, and save it.
  4. On the 'Basic Information' tab, add any other necessary information about the exam and save it.
  5. Add questions to the exam. In an open machine-based exam, students have access to all resources on their computers (including the internet), so consider this when creating questions.
  6. On the 'Publishing Settings' tab, create the exam sessions for the machine-based exam:
    1. In the 'Publishing Settings' tab, enter the start and end dates of the exam period and add the exam session (or multiple sessions): provide the date, start time, instructions, and the maximum number of participants for the exam session. Click the 'Accept' button.



    2. It's advisable to mark the exam period as the dates during which the exam sessions will occur. - Provide the duration of the exam and the number of attempts allowed before assessment.
    3. Save and publish the exam. Now, the student can register for the exam session.

Registration and Assessment

  • Registrations for the omakonetentti exam session are visible to the tentaattor on the Reservations page.
  • Assessment of performances does not differ from the assessment of exams conducted in the exam room.

Removing an Exam Session

  • Go to the Publishing Settings tab of the exam.
  • If the checkbox next to the exam session date is red, there are no registrations for the session yet, and you can delete the session by clicking on the checkbox. EXAM will ask 'Are you sure?' Confirm the deletion by clicking 'Yes.'
  • If there are already registrations for the session, the checkbox will be grayed out, and the session cannot be deleted anymore.

Editing an Exam Session

  • Go to the Publishing Settings tab of the exam.
  • Click on the date of the exam session. If there are no registrations for the session yet, you can modify all the session details.
  • If there are already registrations for the session, you can only edit the instructions for the exam session.
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