Friday, September 4, 2009

About midterm exams

You can take your midterm exams from any computer on the internet: home, on campus, anywhere there is an internet service. Heck, we even had someone a few summers ago taking exams from the Philippine Islands! SWEEET

The main requirement: You must have a rock solid internet connection and a totally reliable computer. You do not want the connection to flake out in the middle of a midterm -- because there is nothing I can do to help. If your computer flakes out and loses your test, it cannot be recovered, and your grade on that exam goes down the wazoo.

To head off troubles like that, I usually set up a special version of the chapter 3 mini-quiz that works like a midterm, so that you can try it out under "battlefield conditions." That will be next week with the learning module for chapter 3. You'll be able to torture any computer you like with the battlefield version of the chapter 3 mini-quiz, to make doubly sure that your computer is swift and sure on its feet. Then you can be confident of your computer.