To receive your Anonymous ID for Summer 2008, open
https://apps.ku.edu/~kulaw/student/.
Use your KU Online ID and Password to login.
Your Name and Student ID along with Anonymous ID will be shown. You will use this anonymous ID in all final exams this semester.
If you do not wish to take a final on your laptop, you may log out once you have your Anonymous ID. You will need to completely exit your browser to complete the process.
The test schedules are available at http://www.law.ku.edu/academics/springexams.shtml
You can take your final exam on your laptop if your instructor allows you to do so. Please bring bluebooks even if you plan on taking the test on a laptop. If your laptop fails in the middle of the exam and the problem cannot be rectified quickly, you will be expected to continue the rest of the exam on a bluebook. Please read through the steps carefully if you plan on taking a final on your laptop. Missing any of the steps can cost you valuable time during exam or delay your grade.
To take a final on your laptop follow the following steps:
1) Register to take exams on your laptop:
Navigate to https://apps.ku.edu/~kulaw/student/
Select a course from the drop down menu. If the instructor has not approved the use of laptop in a course, that course will not be on the list.
You must register for each exam in which you wish to use laptop. Courses that you have registered are shown on the bottom of the page.
Once you have finished registering, exit your browser to complete the process.
You can always come back to this Web site to register for another class, to cancel registration of a class if you change your mind, or to retrieve your Anonymous ID.
2) Install the Exam4 Software on your laptop:
You will need the current version of Exam4. It is available for download here. You could download it from Exam 4 website too.
You will need to provide your name and email address and select the version of Exam4 that is compatible with your laptop. Exam4 works on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Apple OS X 10.4, and Apple OS X 10.5.
Download the installation file on your computer and double click on it to install. Once you have downloaded and installed the software, it will remind you to submit a practice test.
3) Take a practice test on your laptop:
This screen will pop up until you submit a practice test.
Select "Prepare to start new exam". You may see copies of exams from previous semesters listed.
Please use your Anonymous ID in the Exam ID field so it is possible to determine who submitted an exam.
You may choose to have the software countdown your remaining time or alert you when you have a specified amount of time remaining. All choices on this page are entirely optional, and as it states, the software will not shut down when the timer runs out.
If your computer fails the security check, it will inform you of a violation number to enter on this screen. You should leave it blank by default.
You should submit a practice exam in "CLOSED" mode to ensure your computer passes the security check. You should assume you will take your exam in CLOSED mode unless your instructor tells you otherwise.
In the actual exam, your instructor will tell you when to begin. You should wait at this screen for their instructions.
The security check can take up to several minutes. You can use this time to look over your exam.
Please take a few minutes to become familiar with the software during your practice exam. Exam4 does include a spell checker as well as some basic word processing functions.Note the meter on top right hand side. Exam4 saves automatically every 10 seconds, and makes an additional seperate backup every five minutes. The gray bar increments indicate incremental saves and the green bar indicates time until a backup copy is made. You can also make an extra backup copy at any time using the "Save" menu.
Choose "End Exam" when you are finished. You will be prompted to confirm. Choose "Submit Electronically". If your progress bar hangs at 99%, you probably are not authorized on KU's wireless system. You will need to log in. You can do this while exam 4 is still open if you have a Windows machine by pressing the Windows key (or CTRL + ESC simultaneously), opening a browser, logging into the wireless network and resubmitting.
Once your practice exam has been successfully submitted, you should see this screen. You do not need to do anything else, your exam has been stored on the server and you should be ready to use the software on final exams.
However, if your computer configuration changes, for example you switch laptops, or you are borrowing a friend's laptop, or you install a new program, you should submit another practice exam.
4) Sign in before the exam:
A sign in sheet with your name would be in the room where you will take tests on your laptop. It is impertive that you sign by your name if you are taking the test on your laptop. If you change your mind and want to take it on a bluebook write "using bluebook" by your name. If you do not sign in, we will not expect to recieve a final from you. And if your final is not submitted correctly you will find out only after you have recieved your final grade.
Yes. You need to download and install the newest version every semester.
Yes. You should submit another practice exam to make sure the computer you will be using passes the security check.
Exam4 saves a local copy every 10 seconds. Unless your hard drive has completely failed, it is possible to retrieve that backup. We recommend that you bring bluebooks as well so if your machine does fail, you will not loose time.
Option1: You can start writing the rest of the answers on a bluebook. After the exam alert Jesse Kaufman about the problem.
Option 2: Someone will be in room 306B to assist you during exam. Come and have someone take a look at that problem.Your instructor decides whether you get extra time for computer problem. If the problem cannot be resolved in a few minutes we suggest you start writing the rest on a bluebook.
For more information, contact:
Jesse Kaufman
(785) 864-9254
Room 306B
jkaufman@ku.edu
or
Altaf Uddin
(785) 864-9267
Room 306B
altaf@ku.edu
