On another topic...oh wait...it's still exams

Submitted by Cyndi Johnson on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 12:01pm.

So,
this is our first year using Exam4. I’m pleased to report that we’ve
had almost no problems with it thus far (but of course, exams just started this
week and while we had 1L practice exams, we had just a couple midterms). The
biggest problem we’ve had is really not an Exam4 issue; we use a secure
wireless connection to upload and have the students connect and authenticate
prior to the exam but half the time, the authentication (not the connection)
isn’t restored for electronic submittal. Easy fix…they exit Exam4,
re-authenticate, then get back into the s’ware and submit the exam. It’s
far more problematic on Macs; most of the time they have to turn off their Airport,
get on the open wireless, then reconnect on the secure wireless. I’m
hoping to figure out how to use the open wireless for next semester.

We
also had several students who did not download the new version after midterms
and were dismayed to find out the day of the exam that the software had
expired. Our previous software was good for the entire academic year, and even
though I sent no less than 4 emails stating that they must reinstall, some of
them just don’t pay attention. In that case, we made them write that exam
in blue books and told them to download the current version for next time.

Other
than that, we’ve been problem free…knock on wood…

Cyndi

 

Cyndi Dean Johnson

Assistant Dean for
Information Technology

UNM School of Law

(505) 277-0695

 

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RE: On another topic...oh wait...it's still exams
Submitted by Jewell, Michael on Fri, 12/12/2008 - 2:56pm.

Check with your wireless support
to see if they can add your exam4 server as a walled garden (allow un auth
access to exam4 server)

 

-Mike

 

Michael Jewell, CCNA, CFS

Information Systems Support Engineer

 

Information Technology Department

University of Maryland School of Law

410-706-5771

 

 

 

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So, this is our first year using Exam4. I’m pleased to
report that we’ve had almost no problems with it thus far (but of course, exams
just started this week and while we had 1L practice exams, we had just a couple
midterms). The biggest problem we’ve had is really not an Exam4 issue; we use a
secure wireless connection to upload and have the students connect and
authenticate prior to the exam but half the time, the authentication (not the
connection) isn’t restored for electronic submittal. Easy fix…they exit Exam4,
re-authenticate, then get back into the s’ware and submit the exam. It’s far
more problematic on Macs; most of the time they have to turn off their Airport,
get on the open wireless, then reconnect on the secure wireless. I’m hoping to
figure out how to use the open wireless for next semester.

We also had several students who did not download the new
version after midterms and were dismayed to find out the day of the exam that
the software had expired. Our previous software was good for the entire
academic year, and even though I sent no less than 4 emails stating that they
must reinstall, some of them just don’t pay attention. In that case, we made
them write that exam in blue books and told them to download the current
version for next time.

Other than that, we’ve been problem free…knock on wood…

Cyndi

 

Cyndi Dean Johnson

Assistant Dean for Information Technology

UNM School of Law

(505) 277-0695

 

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