1.0 Introduction
During this pandemic time, in order
to support the quality aspects of teaching and learning, online open
book examinations for mid-exam and final exam will be conducted
by the department instead of traditional proctored exam. You
will use Internet connection to log into the DIU Blended
Learning Center (DIU BLC) on your respective course on the day
of the examination as per the exam routine of the department.
The examination will be configured to support the examination schedule
and you will be allowed soon it opens the exam. You need to
download (1) ExamPaper.pdf and (2) AnswerScriptTemplate.doc from
the Mid-exam or final exam section of the week in DIUBLC
class. You will type your answers in the answer script doc
file and save as pdf with your ID e.g. ETE457-171-19-2345-mid.pdf (Course Code-Section-Student ID) or
ETE457-171-19-2345-final.pdf and upload in the BLC within the given
time frame.
2.0 Exam Condition
During this open
book exam, you need to ensure the following items and code of
conducts:(1) Books, online repository and other relevant materials (2) Your
other supporting materials like clock, pen, pencil, eraser, calculator
etc (3) Drink water and have snacks (4) No discussion in group or with your
classmates as it will be reflected in your answers (5) No sharing of
codes, write-ups or ideas as this will be automatically detected by DIU
BLC and will lead to negative marking proposed by the system (6) No copy
text or code or any from Internet as this will be detected by DIU BLC
system plagiarism checker and this will lead to negative marking by the
system.
3.0 Exam Time Table
The examination
committee of the ETE department will send the examination routine in the
email and as per the examination routine the exam will be conducted
using DIU BLC.
4.0 Allocated Exam Time
Based on the
condition of Internet, connectivity and all other aspects of the
situation, the following allocation of time will be provided to ensure
healthy exam situation for the students:
Time Component
|
Hours/Minutes for Component |
Download of Paper |
1hr (due to connectivity issues) |
Working on the Paper |
2hrs (considering the accessibility and openness of the exam) |
Upload the response in the form of pdf at DIU BLC |
1hr |
Total time for exam |
4hrs(Four Hours) |
Exam duration based on the above table: 4hrs(regular 1hr30minsor 2hrs), 1hour 30mins(for 1 credit course)
N.B. If the student fails to upload the paper, can send in email or whatsapp in private within the exam duration5.0 During the Exam in DIUBLC
As
per the examination routine of the department, the mid-exam or
final-exam section will be activated on your DIU BLC classroom and the
following activity will have to performed by you considering the exam
condition described in section 2.0: (1)Download the paper (pdf) and
answer script template (doc) from DIU BLC (2)Write responses in the
answer script template either type or hand written (3) Save the answer
script template as pdf e.g. ETE457-171-19-1234-mid.pdf for ETE457-171-15-1234-final.pdf (Course Code-Section-Student
ID) (4) Upload the pdf in DIU BLC and if failed, then send in email or whatsapp in private within the given time.