You will want to become familiar with the nomenclature used at Texas Law to describe evaluation methods. This will reduce the chance that students will be confused about how you intend to evaluate them.
The evaluation methods you select are displayed in the course schedule. Select all evaluation methods that apply, as students will use this information when selecting their classes. You should not deviate from your announced method of evaluation. More detailed information about how students will be evaluated should be provided in your syllabus. All exams should be graded anonymously.
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- In-room, proctored exam, administered on a day and time assigned by the Student Affairs Office (SAO)
- Exam may be up to 4 hours in length
- Students will use Exam4 software to type and submit their answers, or SAO-provided white books if they choose to hand-write their answers
- Internet access and access to materials on students’ computers can be restricted
- A student’s work is automatically saved in Exam4 as they type
- Bubble sheets provided by the SAO can be used for multiple choice responses (up to 100 questions with 10 options for answer choices per question)
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- Graded exam administered during the term
- Can be administered during class time or at a time scheduled by the SAO that does not conflict with student schedules
- Can be administered either by the professor’s faculty coordinator or by the SAO
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- Substantial and original scholarly paper addressing one or more law-related issues
- Papers should not be due during the final exam period
- Not graded anonymously
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- Anything that is not an in-person formal exam or term paper (e.g. class participation, weekly quizzes, drafting exercises, pleadings, motions, homework assignments, class presentations, projects, etc.)
- Floating and Take-home exams are strongly discouraged. Please be prepared to provide rationale should you want an exam of this type.
- Projects and assignments should not be due during the final exam period
- Not graded anonymously
Contact registration@law.utexas.edu if you have any questions.