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The University will be running a mixture of online and in-person centrally timetabled examinations. For further information on specific arrangements for your exams, please contact your home department in the first instance.

Once the exam timetable is published, you will receive an email informing you that the timetable is ready to view. Personalised timetables will be available shortly after publication of the exam timetable. You can access downloadable timetables for relevant exam periods via the Examination Dates Timetables webpage.

Your timetable will state which system your online exam is taking place in e.g. WAS.

Online exams will normally be one of the following types of assessment:

• Online open book assessment
• Online multiple choice questionnaire

Departments and module leaders will provide specific information for each exam. You can access this when you view your exam.

Take care to read the instructions carefully before you begin for each of the exams you take.

Assignment instructions will be specific to the exam set. You are likely to receive guidance on what is expected in revision classes in advance of the exam period or receive advice from your department in another way.

The University will be running a mixture of online and in-person centrally-timetabled exams. Those exams that are online for the main sit will remain online for the deferred/reassessment sit. For further information on specific arrangements for your exams, please contact your home department in the first instance.

For students taking scheduled exams, trial or mock assessments will be set up by your department to give you the experience of engaging with WAS. In most cases, these are normally available to access at least two weeks before each exam period starts, but your department will provide further details confirming this. Once the assessment is ready, you will receive an email from the system and / or your department. Trial assessments are not compulsory, nor are they marked, rather they give you a practice run of engaging with the system ahead of your exams to help familiarise yourself with the system. We strongly encourage you to take a trial assessment for this reason. It also helps to reduce exam anxiety as you will be more familiar with the platform.

If your department is running a mock assessment (discipline-related, marked and / or running at a specific date and time), they will inform you of this and when it will appear in WAS to take. This will be related to your discipline specifically and may be compulsory. Either way, we strongly encourage you to take the mock assessment for the same reasons as taking a trial assessment.

At the specified date and time of your exam log into the 91福利 Assessment System and go to the module you are sitting. You can then start your exam. Read Student Guidance for WAS here.

Please note that your department may or may not want you to use an answer booklet. If they provide one, it will be available as an appendix to the main exam.

All exams in WAS that are FLOWassign exams will require a PDF file type to be uploaded and may also limit the number of files you are permitted to upload.

Yes. We have created WAS student guidance pages and videos, including information about timings, taking your assessment, reasonable adjustments and more. We strongly advise that you read through these pages carefully.

Fixed time exams start at the advertised time, you must make sure you are ready to start the exam on time. You can read about how to access a live exam in the Student Guidance. For timeboxed or 24-hour duration exams, please see "How long will I have to complete my online exam?" below.

All online centrally timetabled exams start in the 91福利 Assessment System (WAS). In some cases, departments will then use WAS as a portal to link out to alternative platforms (for example, Moodle or QMP) for you to actually take your exam. If you started in WAS, we strongly recommend that you keep the WAS tab open at all times so that you can contact invigilators if necessary, and also take note of any announcements made. You will not be able to contact invigilators in any other way.

For centrally timetabled exams that take place via alternative platforms, departments have been advised to ensure durations are the same, the upload window that covers technical issues (30 minutes) is incorporated, and any extra time you're entitled to is included. Please speak to your department if you have any questions about this.

There is separate student guidance for using WAS as a portalLink opens in a new window.

The department responsible for the examination will make one of the following choices with regards to the timing:

Timed examination starting at a set time

This is a timed examination that takes place at the start time listed in the published exam timetable. You must start your examination at the time stated. If you start after this time, you will be deemed to have started late and will not receive the full duration for your examination. In WAS, you will have 30 minutes from the end time of the exam (including if you have extra time for any reasonable adjustments) - you must start uploading your paper as soon as this 30 minute window starts. The 30 minutes is there purely if you experience technical difficulties.

Timed examination that takes place over 24 hours

In a limited number of cases, there may be examinations that can be completed over a 24-hour duration with no time constraints. In these instances, the timer will start running from the point at which you access the examination and you will be permitted to exit and re-enter WAS to complete the assessment by the submission deadline. You will have no additional time to upload your answers.

Timed exam to be started within a 21-hour window (Timeboxed exam)

This is a timed exam that you can start at any time within the 21-hour window. You then have the length of the timebox to complete the exam. In WAS, the timer will start from the point at which you access the exam - you cannot restart the timer. If you are redirected to an alternative platform (i.e., Moodle, Questionmark Perception, MyWBS, Tabula etc.), then the timer will restart there. In WAS, you will have 30 minutes from the end time of the exam (including if you have extra time for any reasonable adjustments) - you must start uploading your paper as soon as this 30 minute window starts. The 30 minutes is there purely if you experience technical difficulties.

If you attempt to upload after the end of the 30 minute submission window, you will not be able to submit. You should immediately send your file by email to the department that delivers the module. Anything submitted by email after the submission window will automatically be classified as a late submission and awarded a mark of zero. You will need to submit a claim through the if you believe you had good reasons for not completing your assessment on time. If you wish to submit a mitigating circumstances case, you must notify your department within 24 hours of the exam ending. If you do submit a case, you will need to explain:

• what happened during the 30 minute submission window which meant that you could not submit your work on time.
• how you used the 30 minutes
• how and when the problem was resolved

Please include evidence of technical difficulties, such as time-stamped photographs or screen shots of notifications of loss of internet connection. You are also able to request an information log of activity on the page within WAS where you take your assessment. This is available from 1 hour after the end of the examination. The only available mitigation for technical issues in online examinations is reassessment.

Within WAS, for FLOWassign (PDF upload) exams, you will have 30 minutes on top of the length of a fixed time or timeboxed exam (and extra time for any reasonable adjustments, if applicable) to upload your answers. This time must not be used for additional working time.

24-hour duration open book exams do not have a 30-minute upload window (or extra time for reasonable adjustments) - you must upload and submit during the 24-hour period.

WAS will close for submissions after the 30-minute upload period. If you have not submitted by this time, you should immediately send your file by email to the department that delivers the module. After the 30-minute period, you will be unable to submit and your assessment will automatically be classified as a late submission and awarded a mark of zero. The only exception to this is where you can make an acceptable case through the , if you can evidence that you had good reasons for not completing and submitting your examination on time. The only available mitigation for technical issues in online examinations is reassessment.

WAS FLOWmulti (multiple question type) exams do not have the upload window - your paper is submitted automatically by the system at the end time displayed.

Alternative Exam Arrangements can take many forms, from sitting exams in a quiet room alone, to being allowed to bring helpful resources with you, using assistive technologies, taking breaks, use of a scribe, or extended time to complete your assessment. If you believe you would benefit from these arrangements, please visit the Wellbeing and Student Support pages.

If you have received approval, within agreed deadlines, from Wellbeing Support Services to be granted extra time or rest breaks, these are automatically added to the whole duration that you see in WAS. Any reading time will also be incorporated into this duration as well.

If you have rest breaks, you can choose to use these flexibly at whichever points during the exam suits you best. You may see these described as 'stop the clock' breaks - this is just a description and does not mean that you actually stop / start a clock. The timer for the exam runs for the duration and you just have breaks from your computer within this window of time. From whatever end time is showing on your exam, the 30 minute upload window begins from that point - for more information, please see the tab above called 'What is the WAS upload window'.

Exam invigilation looks a little different in online exams. Your module convenor (or nominee) is asked to log in to the online exam at the start of the assessment. For a two-hour exam, they will be available for the first two hours. For a three-hour exam they will be available for the first three hours. When they sign out, they will leave any messages in the online platform that you need to be aware of if you start the exam later (in the case of an assessment running in a 24 hour window). Please see the online guidanceLink opens in a new window for further information.

You can log any issues with the exam paper, but there is no individual two-way communication possible within WAS. Where invigilators find there is an issue that affects all students taking the exam, they will make an announcement to resolve the matter. This message will remain available for as long as the exam is open.

If you are taking your exam in WAS, you can contact the invigilator. There is a guide here to show you how to do this.

We support you to succeed with a number of options based on your personal circumstances. See more information

You are encouraged to contact your Personal Tutor or the relevant departmental contact, if you have specific questions not already covered in the guidance provided here or by your department.

Please contact your home department as soon as possible and submit a request via the . We strongly recommend that you read the Mitigating Circumstances policy before taking any action.

If you require urgent first aid, please call 999 for an ambulance. For non-urgent advice during working hours (09:00 to 17:00 GMT/BST), students should request support via the . Please also see this page for a list of useful emergency contacts.

If you require urgent first aid please contact the Community Safety team via +44 (0)24 7652 2222 who will respond to you as soon as possible. If you are in some degree of distress or require non-emergency support, please contact Community Safety via +44 (0)24 7652 2083 who will respond to you and pass any relevant incidents on to Wellbeing and Student Support. Please also see this page for a list of useful emergency contacts.

For non-urgent advice during working hours (09:00 to 17:00 GMT/BST), please request support via the . For general advice required outside of working hours, students should contact Community Safety on +44 (0)24 7652 2083.

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