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Exams and Exam Passes 

If you are enrolled in the Fall semester of 2005 or later, you will be required to take three ONLINE proctored exams at any NVCC Testing Center. Take a photo ID and the Exam Pass to a Testing Center.

 

If you were enrolled in Summer 05 or the privous semesters, you will be required to take three PRINT proctored exams at any NVCC Testing Center.  Take Photo ID and Exam Pass to a Testing Lab.

 

Do not take Exam 1 until you have received feedback on Essay 1. E-mail your instructor to inform her that you have taken an exam. Your instructor will grade your exam, and you will check your grade by clicking on the Student Tools button at Blackboard (the site where you accessed the exam). You will also receive feedback from the instructor through e-mail.  You may use the course textbook, notes, and a dictionary for the exams.Your instructor will grade your exam, and you will check your grade by clicking on the Student Tools button at Blackboard (the site where you accessed the exam). 

The procedures for ELI examinations are listed under ELI Policies and Procedures . The following is a summary:

  • Prepare for exam 
  • Call testing lab for its hours 
  • Take Photo ID and Exam Pass to Testing Lab 
  • Take Exam (You may use course textbook, notes, and a dictionary in the testing center.)
  • All notes should be turned in and attached to the exam.
If you are outside metropolitan Washington, incarcerated or handicapped, see the information on Examination Proctors and the Proctor Request form .

Please do not let the exams stop you from completing the course. If you have great difficulty getting to a testing lab or are very concerned about taking exams, please call your instructor instead of giving up!

Exam 1 (Week 8) will test your understanding of the literature read during the first quarter of the semester.

Exam 2 (Week 12) will test your understanding of literature read during the second quarter of the semester.

Final Exam(Week 16) will test your understanding of literature read during the entire semester.

Exam 1 and Exam 2 are worth 100 points each and Final Exam is worth 150 points. All exams will require you to answer two essay questions using the same skills that you used to write your essays.