At written examination (skoleeksamen) the routine is to quality check the questions/question sets twice and the examination once.
The author delivers the questions/question sets to the executive officer, who will run a quality check and then produce the examination. The Exam office check the examination and language before the examination is published.
In 2020/21 the routine will be the same when examination without supervision/take home exam substitute an examination that originally was a written examination.
For exams that originally are take home exams, we recommend that the Departments run quality check both on the questions/question set and the examination.
The Faculty can be at assistance on the quality checks on request. In need for assistance on the quality check the departments must contact digital-eksamen@hf.uio.
For both kinds of examinations we strongly recommend using templates when setting up the examination.
From the “Regulations for Teaching, curriculum and assessment on subjects”:
“A two- to six-hour home examination in Inspera. If all aids are permitted, this kind of examination may be preferable to a written examination (skoleeksamen). In order to limit the possibility of the candidate collaborating with others, the most suitable type of examination will be written work such as an essay. The question(s) should be designed to minimize the chances of plagiarism and help from others; they may for example be based on a topical theme in a video or audio case. If it is desirable to give several short questions, such as multiple choice, the number of questions should fill the time available to make it difficult for the candidate to collaborate with others. In addition, the questions can be created in sections, with random pull of questions from each section or presentation of the questions in random order.”
Audio playback
It is possible to conduct a dictation or test oral comprehention where the audio files are uploaded to the question set “essay”. Inspera supports playback of .mp3 audio files. This is the only audio format that can be played in Inspera. It is technical possible to upload other audio formats by changing the files’ name. However, this will result in serious errors during the examination. To read a guide to examine the format, please click here (page in Norwegian). We strongly recommend that dictations with a limited number of times it can be played, have a test file before the dictation to check if the sound is working on the computer.
Video playback
It is possible to conduct a dictation or test oral comprehention where the video file is uploaded to Inspera, or where it is linked to the video in the question set. Both options are available in the question option “essay” in Inspera. Inspera supports the video format .mp4. This is not for larger video files. For large video files, we recommend you upload the video to a separate internet page, without linking to it on the index-page. If you would like further guidance regarding this, please contact the exam office. We stro