Written online exams can take place either in the regular course environment or in an online exam environment on MyLEARN. The exam environment is easy to find on the respective semester’s “My courses” page:

An examination can be made up of a variety of different types of questions and assignments: Single choice questions, multiple choice questions, fill-in-the-blank sentences, essay questions, or open assignments like essays, files, or exercise sheets to upload. Exams may also include multimedia elements.

Exams can also be made up of a combination of different problems, questions, and learning activities. In this case, your instructor/examiner may create a folder for the exam with all the materials you will need for the test. During the duration of the exam, you will see an overview of everything you need to complete, and check marks or a progress bar will help you keep track of your progress as you complete the individual components of the exam:

Once you have finished all the components in the exam folder (indicated by the gray check marks and the progress bar), your work will be saved automatically; it is not possible to submit the folder itself.

You can only start work on an exam at the specified starting time (starting date and time).

If you don’t have time to take the exam during the specified time slot (this applies to synchronously scheduled exams like those held during examination week), you will have to wait until the next scheduled examination date to take that exam.

If you start the exam late, for whatever reason, you will have that much less time to complete the exam. The ending time and submission deadline remain the same for all students, regardless of when they begin taking the exam. It is up to you to make sure you have the information you need and log in on time.

The ending time of an exam can either be an indicated date and/or time or through expiration of a timer. Timers can also be set for individual components of an exam, and these timers may not stop running if you switch to a different component or start working on a different question.

Test runs

To get the most out of a test run, be sure to read up on the technical requirements (checklist) and about how online exams with automated online supervision are conducted (video tutorial) before starting.
If you experience technical problems in the test runs for which there is still no solution in the error sources listed, please report them via MS Teams (in the channel with the corresponding date). We cannot offer live support, but are continuously integrating all improvements into the pre-check.

Registration for each test run starts on the same day, 30 minutes before the test run itself. You will find the link to the registration directly here at each event.

The maximum number of participants per time slot is 500. If the time slot is already filled to capacity or if you are attempting to sign up outside the specified registration period, you will receive an error message.

• 2–3 days before the exam, as an assignment directly in MyLEARN

• Needs to be re-uploaded and sent before each individual exam, if required

• The picture needs to be recognizable, and your name and student ID number need to be legible on your student ID card

• You can use the same picture for each exam

Upload identity verification to MyLEARN, if provided.

• In the online exam environment you will find the task "Identity verification" in the left side menu.
  Upload only 1 photo that displays the following:
  your student identity card or an official valid photo identification (passport, Austrian driver's license, identity card) AND your face

• Please check the quality of the image before uploading the photo. The example photo below shows it. Your ID card must be clearly legible!
  IMPORTANT: The delivery should be in JPG or PNG format. Images in HEIC format must be converted to JPG or PNG.
  Please make sure to click on "send" after selecting the file! If you have used an insufficient or accidentally wrong photo, please contact the responsible examiner.

For each written online exam, the examination statement opens automatically in the entire window at the beginning of the preparation time or at the preset time when you click on any button. If the exam is held with online supervision, your confirmation will be obtained at the end of the new online supervision pre-check.
Only if you accept the examination statement, you can start the exam.

Confirming the examination statement is the equivalent of accepting the exam papers in a classroom setting. Once you have done so, the examination attempt will be counted and graded.

The examination statement includes reiterations of important information and instructions, such as:

• General and technical requirements for taking the written online examination

• Starting the exam (examination attempt) and terminating/interrupting the exam (in the event of technical problems)

• What do do in case of technical problems and the resulting consequences

• Consequences of cheating

• Confirmation of identity and automated online exam supervision

During the preparation time (30 minutes before the exam starts) the new online supervision pre-check (Video-Tutorial) starts.

The pre-check is a setup wizard that directly guides you in the exam environment through all necessary setup steps for online exam supervision and at the same time checks the functionality of your equipment:

• Info on the online supervision

• Allow access to your microphone and checks its functionality

• Allow access to your camera and checks its functionality

• Allow to share the entire screen

• Accept the examination statement

In case of errors, possible sources are automatically listed for you to check. You can correct errors directly, e.g. by switching on the camera and then clicking on "Check again". If everything fits now, you can click on "Next" in the pre-check.

This means that you can only participate in the exam if you have passed the pre-check completely. So be online in time at the beginning of the preparation time to avoid loosing any exam time!

Course instructors/examiners will be able to see the results of the online supervision during and after the exam, and will decide on any measures that may need to be taken.

Online supervision will not be deactivated until the browser window with the exam environment is closed entirely.

For each individual exam, your course instructors | examiners will notify you of the specific procedures for dealing with any technical problems that may occur during the exam.

However, if you experience technical difficulties that make it impossible for you to continue your work on the exam, or if there are problems with the online supervision (e.g. picture/sound/screen is not recorded properly), you need to report this to your course instructors | the persons responsible for the exam immediately and provide convincing proof (e.g. screenshot). If you’re able to solve your technical problems quickly, you also need to report that you are continuing with the exam.

Do not expect answers or solutions after reporting technical problems, reports are intended only to document the issue with regard to further consequences:

• Credible report of technical problems: Exam will not be graded or counted as an examination attempt

• Technical difficulties not reported or report not credible: Exam will be graded and attempt counted (= termination of exam)

To avoid or handle technical problems:

Further Tips

Key Questions for individuel technical problems

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