Each day there are 2250 (i.e. 150 computers * 15 time slots) seats available. Seats are allocated to courses evenly across the day(s). That is, if you have 30 students in your class, there will be 2 slots each hour (2 students * 15 slots). If you offer an exam on multiple days, the time slots will be evenly distributed across all days.
In order to provide flexibility for all instructors, large courses need to offer exams over multiple days.
Canvas Quiz Features:
At the discretion of the instructor, students may bring and use certain items for their exam:
Scratch Paper for calculation- or note-intensive exams:
Exam requests are accepted beginning one month prior to the beginning of classes each semester and are processed on a first-come, first-served basis. Our testing schedule fills quickly, especially for “popular” testing times. Please submit your request form beginning at 9:00 a.m. on the following dates:
Semester |
First Day of Classes |
Opening Day |
---|---|---|
Spring 2024 |
January 8 |
December 8 |
Summer 2024 |
May 13 |
April 12 |
Fall 2024 |
August 26 |
July 26 |
Instructions for preparing your Canvas Exam for the Pollock Testing Center are available in this Canvas Knowledgebase article. If you do not follow these instructions, your exam will not function properly on the day(s) of your exam. Problems with exams may result in cancellation of the exam for all students.
The Testing Center staff cannot make changes to your Canvas exams. Canvas Support staff may be able to intervene for some technical issues, but they cannot change content.
Exams should be named in the following format:
Exam_#_CourseNumber_Semester
Examples:
Exam_1_SOC101_SP23
Exam_4_MATH41_FA23
To ensure we do not link an old or similarly named exam, please re-name those by adding “Instructor-Only” to the beginning of the filename.
Five (5) business days before your exam start date, Testing Center staff will manually link your exam to our testing systems. After this date, no changes can be made in the exam name or settings or the correct exam will not be available to your students. You are welcome to upload an early version of your exam and continue to make content changes in that exam until one day before your exam.
During the 5-day window, if you find yourself in s rare emergency situation that requires you to upload an entirely new exam with the same name, please immediately notify the Testing Center staff of the change. Failure to notify the Testing Center staff will cause your students to receive the wrong exam.
Please set the final exam start time to 7:30 a.m. on the day of your exam to allow students time to check-in for the 8:00 a.m. exam. Exams cannot be changed on the day of the exam; any changes cause data corruption and loss of student answers.
By default, your students will receive an email from us one week prior to the start of your exam. This email contains a link to the scheduling webpage where students select their testing time slot. We will send automated reminder messages to students who do not register for your exam. Instructors may change the date the email is sent.
Students requiring accommodations should first contact the Student Disability Resources (SDR) office because the Testing Center has limited capacity to accommodate students with disabilities:
We have 5 seats for mobility impaired students in the main room.
We have 5 normal seats and one seat for mobility impaired in a quiet-room.
We can accommodate a limited number of students needing extra time. See this Canvas article about how to schedule exams for students who need extra time.
During the semester, instructors is the Testing Center may request makeup exams for individual students. Please visit the Faculty Makeup Exam page. Makeup exams are not available during finals week.
Courses that use the Testing Center during the semester are eligible to request “etest” finals through the standard final exam request process. Your exam will either be scheduled in the Testing Center or an STEC computer lab that has been equipped with the same software used in the Testing Center.
Please read the University’s Final Exam Policy for more information, including the timeline for requesting final exams.
Final exams in the eTesting lab are scheduled to occur over the course of the entire day, 8:00 am - 11:00 pm, Monday to Thursday, and 8:00 am to Noon on Friday. If your exam is scheduled in the Testing Center, you will receive a confirmation email with instructions. Notifications are also sent to the students to let them know to register for a time slot. Students are responsible for selecting time slots in the Testing Center that do not conflict with their other final exams.
Final exams are requested through the normal procedure with the Registrar and must be completed within the window allowed by the Registrar. The Registrar has many finals to schedule and cannot delay the scheduling process.
Final exams are scheduled in the Testing Center and STEC labs are according to the following:
Stay up-to-date on Canvas's current status at http://status.instructure.com/
8:00A - 11:00P, Monday through Friday
eTesting is closed for summer 2024
Scanning Operations will be open:
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
and 6/24, 8/9 and 8/12 for Finals
Closed on University holidays
Closed during UP campus closures
104 Pollock Building
Phone: (814) 865-9784
Email: eTest@psu.edu
105 Pollock Building
Phone: (814) 863-2802
Email: scan@psu.edu