2013-2014 Student Handbook

Rule 6-2: Anonymity of Examinations, Papers, Projects, or Other Written Work Product A. Examinations. All graded examinations (either for letter grade or pass/fail credit) will be submitted using examination numbers, not student names. The Registrar’s office will assign examination numbers to students.

Instructors will not have access to the student name assigned to any final examination number until the instructor has completed grading all final examinations for that semester. If the course grade is based on factors in addition to the grade on the final examination, the grades for all final examinations for that semester must be provided to the Registrar’s office before release of the student names to the instructor in any course taught by that instructor.

The Registrar’s office must retain the final examination grades in the applicable records for that course even after final course grades are submitted. If a student’s final grade for the course is substantially different from the final examination grade for that student, an instructor may be required to explain the discrepancy.

B. Papers, projects, or other written work product. Any instructor who requires submission of papers, projects, or other written work product in a non-anonymous fashion must disclose that in the syllabus for the course.

Rule 6-3: Using Computers for Examinations Other Than Take Home Examinations A. Generally. A student may take an examination during its scheduled time or on an accommodated examination (Rule 6-4) by using the computer software approved by the law school for use during examinations. Software approved for examination use must prevent access during the examination time to (i) data drives (hard drives, flash drives, disk drives, etc.) associated with the student’s computer and (ii) the internet.

A student may not otherwise use a computer to take an examination. In order to be allowed to use the approved computer software to take an examination, the student must have a computer that meets the minimum requirements for use of the software and must maintain the computer virus-free and in good working order. The student must arrive in the scheduled examination room with the computer at least fifteen (15) minutes prior to the time for the scheduled examination.

B. Certification to use a computer to take examination. To use the student’s computer and the approved software to take an examination, the student must follow the Registrar’s posted policy regarding using a computer for examinations.

C. Computer failure. A student assumes all risks of using a computer to take an examination, including but not limited to incompatibility of the approved software with the student’s computer, computer crashing or other computer failure or malfunction during the examination time, and the inability to retrieve the examination answer the student has written using the computer and the approved software. If the computer fails during the examination, the student will have to finish the examination using traditional means during the time allotted for the examination.

D. Printing examination answers. The student must follow the Registrar’s instructions for transmitting the electronic file for printing. If there is difficulty in printing the electronic file, the student will be contacted by the Registrar’s office to retrieve the backup file from the student’s 33