Exams and assessments

Good luck!

Examination at campus

It is important that you prepare thoroughly for the exam, both academically and practically. Here you will find information about the practical aspects you need to remember

• Please control the following in due time of your exam

  • the time and venue for your exam, see Studentweb and below Where and when should you arrive?
  • information from course responsible in the course room in Canvas
  • for digital exam at campus please make sure that you:
    - install the last version of the program that locks your computer (the LockDown-browser), see information under the section about WISEflow
    • - take a demo in WISEflow to ensure that your computer is ready for exam, see information under the section about WISEflow
      - make sure that you have access to the wireless network Eduroam
      - e-mail from WISEflow sent to your @nmbu-address
      - contact the IT dep. if you need technical help with your user account, PC, network etc.: it@nmbu.no/ph. 67 23 05 55
• Where and when should you arrive?

  You will find the exam time both in the time schedule and in Studentweb. You will find your exam location on the Studentweb around 1-2 weeks prior to your exam. 

  You must be present in the examinatio venue 30 minutes prior to the start time for your exam. This applies both to digital exams and exams on paper. When the doors open, find an empty seat, place the permitted items on your desk, and put the rest of your belongings in the designated area. Follow the instructions of the exam invigilators.

  • Use the map service Mazemap if your need help finding the buildings and rooms.
• What you must bring for your exam

  All examinations:

  • Physical valid photo ID (student card / Passport / driver's license) with signature
  • Stationary (scrap paper is available in the exam venue)
  • Food and drinks
  • Permitted aids - see the course description online and in Canvas

  Digital examination:

  • Portable PC/Mac with power supply.
    NB: Please label your charger with your name to increase the chances of getting it back if you forget it in the exam venue.
  • Remember your FEIDE username and login
  • You may bring:
    - external keyboard / mouse - must be wired (not wireless)
    • - noise-cancelling earplugs without sound or internet access
  • You can not bring:
    • - wireless external keyboard / mouse
    • - extra screen,
    • - extra PC, Pad, Kindle or similar
    • - digital notes / digital curriculum / e-books

  Permitted aids for examination

  Permitted aids for exam and bilingual dictionary

  It is important that you as a student know what the permitted aids for your exam / test are and only use these. The course responsible must via Canvas explain the permitted aids for the exam in question. The aids must also be stated in the web based course description. Read more about permitted aids via the link in the green box above. There you will also find information about the use of AI (artificial intelligence).
  
  You can always to bring a bilingual dictionary between your first language and the exam language. The dictionary may not contain any personal notes.

  Portable computer - PC/MAC

  As a student at NMBU, you are required to have access to your own laptop for use both for teaching and assessment.

  If you have a PC/MAC that is not working, please contact the Data Service (IT) that can assist you. IT is located at the Servicedesk in the Veterinærbygningen lobby https://link.mazemap.com/7pfsp9nqnq or you can contact them via it@nmbu.no / Ph: 67 23 05 55

  We have some exam computers (PC) available on-site during on-campus exams, during the central exam period (see academic calendar), for emergency loans. Unfortunately, these computers cannot be used for home exams or other assessments.

• In the examination venue

  Digital examination:

  • make sure log in to WISEflow and start the exam, to see that the lock-down browser works.
  • aids that are not permitted including bags/back pack, mobile phone, watches and outerwear must be placed in the designated area
  • technical support will be present for any technical inquiries. The password to access the examination will be written on the board
  • scrap paper will be avilable if needed
  • no one can end the exam or submit a blank answer before 30 minutes have passed after the exam in question has started

  Examination on paper:

  • you will be provided with the examination papers and cover sheet to be used. Only paper provided by the examination guard(s) can be used during the exam. You will be assigned an examinee number (also available at Studentweb)
  • use a ball point pen and make sure your handwriting is legible
  • aids that are not permitted including bags/back pack, mobile phone, watches and outerwear must be placed in the designated area
  • you cannot submit your exam answer or submit a blank answer before 30 minutes after the exam has started
  • an examination guard must always control your submission before you can leave
  • rough notes cannot normally be handed in as part of an answer paper
  • when the examination is over you can use up to 15 minutes to ready the papers for submission i.e. number the pages, write examinee number, place the sheets in the correct cover
  • if you continue to write on the answer after the examination time is out, this will be regarded as an attempt at cheating
  • where possible, you can keep the exam paper and the pink copy of your answer, all other paper, used or unused must be handed to the guards
• Illness and valid absence

  Please read more about illness or valid absence from exam
• Withdraw during the exam/submit a blank examination

  If you show up for a written exam, but during the exam wish to withdraw/submit a blank answer, the following applies:

  Withdraw/submit blank - exam on paper

  • You must deliver a completed white and yellow cover sheet. Remember to check that you write the correct candidate number.
  • You can hand in the cover sheet and leave the exam hall 30 minutes after the exam has started at the earliest.
  • You will be registered as "met" for the relevant exam with a result of F or Not passed. If the conditions are met, you can register for a new exam (account) in the subject.

  Withdraw/submit blank - digital exam in the WISEflow exam system

  • For the WISEflow exam, you must bring your own PC, also if you plan to submit a "blank"/withdraw from the exam during the exam.
  • If you want to submit a "blank answer"/withdraw from the exam you must contact one of the technical guards who will help you.
  • The earliest you can withdraw/submit a blank answer and leave the exam venue is 30 minutes after the exam has started.
  • You will be registered as "met" for the relevant exam with a result of F or Not passed. If the conditions are met, you can register for a new exam (account) in the course.
• Oral examination

  Information about time and place etc. for your oral exam is given by the faculty.

After exam

You will receive an e-mail when your grade is published in Studentweb.

Assessment for your course should will be available within 15 working days after the exam or 15 working days after the last day of teaching for assessments held during the teaching period. For degree theses, it is 6 weeks after the student's submission deadline. If the examination deadline that appears in Studentweb is more than 15 working days, this means that a postponed examination deadline has been approved.

• Explanation and appeals about a given grade or a formal error

  You may request an explanation for a grade given, you may also appeal a given grade or appeal about a formal error. Please note that a grades may be changed in the appellant's favor and disfavor, it may also stay the same.

  Read more about Explanation and Appeals
• Re-examination (konte)

  Does your course have a single assessment, combined assessment or portfolio assessment? Here we try to explain the differences and what it means for your possibility of a re-examination (konte).

  Courses where a re-examination (konte) is offered 

  A course with a single assessment, i.e. only has a final written and oral exam during the exam period which counts for 100% of the grade in the course, offers a re-examination (konte).

  Courses where no re-examination (konte) is offered

  A course with two or more independently weighted assessments has a combined assessment. It could be, for example, a written exam, assignment(s) and portfolio assessment(s), etc. Each independently weighted assessment must be assessed separately and given an independent grade. Each part must count with a specific weight, e.g. 40% and 60%. 

  There are no re-examination for courses with a combined assessment. Nor is a re-examination (konte) offered in courses that consist of a portfolio assessment or a home exam during the teaching period. If you have valid absence or fail such an exam the next possible chance to sit for an exam is the next time the course is scheduled.

  When will a re-examination (konte) be offered?

  Re-examination for courses are arranged in the following autumn/spring parallel. This means that exams that were normally offered in the Spring parallel, June block and August block are arranged in December/January, while courses with ordinary exams in the January block and the Autumn parallel are arranged in May. This means that it is 4-8 months between the ordinary exam and the re-exam (konte), depending on the period in which the ordinary exam was arranged.

  Valid absence or fail

  If you have failed or have valid absence for an exam and a re-sit exam is offered you may register for the re-examination yourself via Studentweb, if such an exam is offered for the course.
  
  Documented illness or other special personal circumstances can qualify for valid absence. The documentation/doctor certificate must be submitted to NMBU no later than five (5) working days after the exam in question.

  Read more about valid absence from exam

  No show for exam

  If you do not show/turn up for your exam you cannot register for re-examination, but must register for the ordinary scheduled examination in the course.

  Registration and withdrawal deadlines

  Registration for re-examination autumn semester

  • 1 October - for courses with ordinary exams in the Spring parallel, June block and August block. Re-sit examination will be held either a few days before Christmas or prior to the semester start in January.
  • 1 November - withdrawal deadline

  Registration for re-examination spring semester

  • 1 March - for courses with ordinary exams in the Autumn parallel and January block. Re-examination will be held in the end of May/beginning of June.
  • 1 April - withdrawal deadline

  How to register for re-examination

  • Log in to Studentweb
  • Click "Results"
  • Scroll to the course you want re-sit for and choose "Take the course again (or something similar)"
  • Register for exam and choose the correct time (there should be no possibility to register for teaching in the course).
• Number of examination attempts in the same course

  At NMBU a student may normally have three attempts to be assessed in the same course.

  Three attempts

  You have a right to be assessed in the same course up to three times provided that the course in question still exists, certain exceptions exists.

  What counts:

  • You have registered for an exam, but don't show for the exam, it will count as one of your three attempts to be assessed in the course.
  • You do not show for an exam, but have valid absence (submitted and approved application), it will not count as one of your three attempts to be assessed in the course.
    

  Read more about valid absence from exam

  Retaking a passed exam

  If the course and/or examination has been passed, you have an opportunity to be assessed in the same course again. Exceptions:

  • students are not permitted to resubmit a degree thesis that has been awarded a pass grade.
  • students taking the veterinary medicine and veterinary nursing programmes do not have a right to resit an examination they have passed.

  Please note that you can only register for the ordinary exam in the course not re-examination (konte), and that students who are permitted to take an assessment in a course they have previously passed do not have the right to follow teaching in courses with limited teaching capacity.

  Best grade counts

  If a student has been assessed in a course more than once, the best grade achieved shall count, and only this grade shall appear on the transcript of grades and the diploma. 

  Application for a fourth attempt

  If you have not passed a course after three attempts you may, by submitting an application stating the grounds to the Department of Academic Affairs, be granted dispensation to attempt an assessment in the course for a fourth time.

  Application for a fourth attempt
• The right to be assessed in a courses that are discontinued

  If the course changes significantly with regard to scope, syllabus or similar or the course is discontinued, the opportunity is given to be assessed according to the previous arrangement once. However, the student is not entitled to tuition under the previous arrangement.

  In courses with portfolio assessment, the work in the portfolio will normally be an integral part of the teaching in the course, so that it will not be possible to be assessed according to the previous arrangement.

  If the course is discontinued or changed significantly the faculty will usually contact the students who was registered in the course the last time the course was offered.

• How was your exam?

  How was your exam? Whether it is praise or criticism please let us know and send an e-mail to the Examination office.