Online Examinations

• The examinations are designed in such a way that auxiliaries are generally permitted (Open Book).
• Thus consist of open questions in which, for example, the focus is on argumentation and answers cannot simply be looked up online or in auxillaries.
  Tasks may be randomised with exchangeable questions if they are comparable in terms of difficulty and weighting in the examination. For example, values can be varied in calculations, multiple-choice options can be exchanged or comparable tasks within a topic can be exchanged.
• This form of examination is regarded as a substitute for the presence examination (i.e. a simultaneous presence examination on site at the university does not have to be offered to the students as an additional option).
• Examinees are required to submit a declaration of authenticity. Submitted work can be checked by plagiarism checkers.

All regulations concerning Open Book examinations can be found at Department II

• The use of the Exam Moodle is recommended for this kind of exams.

Main responsibility: Department II

• If you have procedural or legal questions, please contact the Department II (hochschulrecht-studium@tu-…) or your student service.
• To obtain a template course in the Exam Moodle, submit a request to the e-examination team of the e-learning group.
• For questions about using Moodle, contact the Moodle team: moodle@tu-…

The e-examination team of the e-learning group maintains detailed documentation on how examination processes can be adapted for online examinations, what technologies are available and under which settings those should be used.

This documentation is only in German language available. If you need english speaking counselling please contact the e-examination team: e-pruefungen@tu-…

• This form of examination is currently only available as part of a pilot project at the TU Darmstadt. These are covered by the regulations of the Hessian “Verordnung zur Durchführung elektronischer Fernprüfungen” (in German).
  • To participate in the pilot, a preliminary talk with the e-examination team is necessary. Make a request for this.
  • Preparations for the exam must be started as early as possible.
    The workload is distributed differently from paper and pen exams.
    Examinees must be given time to make an based decision for or against an online examination.
  • Students must also be offered a simultaneous presence examination on site at the university (freedom of choice).
  • Examinees must have the opportunity to pre-test the examination with proctoring in order to be able to decide whether they can and want to take part in this form of examination or whether they choose the on-site examination instead. In order to be able to make this decision, individual candidates may also need to borrow or purchase hardware.
  • The examination guidelines must be formulated by the examination administration.
• The Exam Moodle, which is available as a separate system for online examinations, must be used to conduct the examination.
• Various methods and systems (also combined) can be used for proctoring:
  • Proctorio ~ proctoring with automated execution
  • Zoom ~ live supervision instead of Proctorio
  • Safe Exam Browser as a supplement to Proctorio or Zoom to put the computer into a kiosk mode

Main responsibility: E-examination team of the E-Learning group.

• In the context of the pilot implementation of this online form of examination, the support team for e-examinations will assist you:
  Services for Zoom exams
  Services for Proctorio exams
• For questions regarding examination law: Department II (hochschulrecht-studium@tu-…)
• for specific application-related questions in Moodle, you can also contact Moodle Support:
  moodle@tu-…

The e-examination team of the e-learning group maintains detailed (german) documentation on how examination processes can be adapted for online examinations, what technologies are available and under what settings they should be used.

It serves as a knowledge base for the support team and, if necessary, for examination administrators to familiarise themselves with the details – be it legal foundations and processes that need to be defined and technical implementations.