Testing Center faculty information

Students have FULL responsibility for communicating test appointment information to their instructor. Students are informed that before they schedule an appointment with the testing center it is their responsibility to communicate with their instructor and to request that their test be provided to the testing center. The testing center also requires students to forward to their instructor the email confirmation they receive of their testing center appointment. Furthermore, students are informed: “If you do not receive an email confirmation of your appointment, please contact the testing center right away, as it is possible your attempt to schedule an appointment was not successful.” 

BEFORE YOU (an instructor) PROVIDE A TEST AND A TEST PROCTOR FORM, it is your responsibility to review all the information on this page, so your use of the testing center will go well. If you would like to request an exception to any of the following guidelines, please communicate with the testing center. Also, in any situation where accommodations designated by Student Life Disability Services stipulate a practice contrary to the guidelines below, the accommodations will supersede the guidelines. Otherwise, any practice contrary to these guidelines must be considered an exception to the rule and must be agreed upon by the testing center staff and the instructor in advance of the student beginning the test.

How and when to provide a test and a test proctor form

Instructors must deliver a test and a test proctor form for each student for each test (in person or via the portal — see more details below) to the testing center no later than 8:15 a.m. on the business date prior to the test date. If the Testing Center does not receive the test by this deadline, we may not be able to proctor the test at the scheduled time. Typically (other than holidays, etc.), the schedule will be:

• Test scheduled for Monday must be delivered by preceding Friday at 8:15 a.m.
• Test scheduled for Tuesday must be delivered by preceding Monday at 8:15 a.m.
• Test scheduled for Wednesday must be delivered by preceding Tuesday at 8:15 a.m.
• Test scheduled for Thursday must be delivered by preceding Wednesday at 8:15 a.m.
• Test scheduled for Friday must be delivered by preceding Thursday at 8:15 a.m.

The following requirements will help us to ensure test security: 

1. Each test must have the name of the test on the first page of the exam.
2. Each test must have each page numbered.

***All testing is done individually — no full classes are proctored.*** 

You have two options for submission of a test proctoring form and test:

1. You may submit the form online (with the test) by completing the form at this link: Online Test Proctoring Request Form
2. You may submit a hard copy of the form (with the test) in person at the testing center in Warner Center 206. Copies of the form are available at the center or you may download the form at this link: PDF Test Proctoring Request Form

Testing Details

If a student desires a due date extension, the student must submit their request to their instructor. If the instructor grants permission for an extension, they must communicate details in writing via email to the testing center at nwk-testingcenter@osu.edu.

A specific amount of time for the test must be identified by the instructor. It is not permissible for instructors to submit statements such as “student has as much time as they need” or “student has as much time as you see fit.”

Guidelines for use of open textbook include: 

1. If a hard copy of a textbook is to be accessed, a student must show the textbook to the testing center staff before they begin the test.
2. If a textbook is to be accessed online, a student must access the textbook on a testing center computer.
3. In such cases, students will need to schedule their test as a computer test and we may use a lockdown browser to ensure test security.

Guidelines for use of open notes include: 

1. If notes are to be accessed as printed or handwritten, maximum permitted will be one page double-sided (standard letter size). The student must submit these notes with their completed exam, which will be retained by the testing center. If a student desires to retain a copy of their notes, they must make their own copy before coming to the testing center.
2. If notes are to be accessed online, a student must access notes on a testing center computer. No other electronic device is permitted in the testing area. In such cases, students will need to schedule their test as a computer test and we may use a lockdown browser to ensure test security.
3. If notes are to be accessed electronically in a program which the testing center does not have (i.e. Notability), these notes will need to be downloaded and printed prior to the testing appointment and must follow the same guidelines as other printed notes: maximum permitted will be one page double-sided (standard letter size).

HonorLock is the only lockdown browser we use. Respondus and other lockdown browsers do not perform consistently with the computers in the testing center.

Included among the software not installed on testing center computers: AutoCAD; Respondus and other lockdown browsers, which do not perform consistently with the computers in the testing center; camera/webcam.

Retesting should be completed outside of the testing center. If a student desires to complete a retest for a test which already has been completed at least one time, the student should make arrangements with the instructor to take the retest outside of the testing center.

Only final exams for students with testing accommodations identified through Student Life-Disability Services may be scheduled in the testing center during the days final exams are administered in classrooms.