About examination period 1, autumn 2022
Information from GVS Education Office (EDO) and the Education Portfolio (UP)
EXAMINATION
Here is a summary of information with reminders and tips on skills development and online resources for the first exam period of the academic year 2022–2023.
New information since the last summary about the spring semester's examination period 4:
- Link to the Studentweb's examination pages for students.
- If you have a digital examination in a computer room, an examination account is no longer needed (but you still need to contact the local exam administration well in advance to order the lockdown with Safe Exam Browser).
- Skills development tips to learn how to introduce goal-related grading criteria in examinations.
Remember
Inform students in Canvas
The examiner is responsible for informing the students in Canvas in good time before the examination about the form and conduct of the examination.
Information to communicate to students
Please feel free to refer students to information about examinations on the Student website .
Funka Support
Prior to the examination date, the examination administration on each campus is the entry point for handling students with compensatory support. See contact details for each campus in the grey info box heading "Exam Administration for Funka Support".
Funka's recommendations regarding support during examination
Checklists to help you through the process
Examiners (and/or those to whom the examiner has delegated tasks) can be supported by a checklist of what to think about before, during and after the examination.
Checklist for conducting examinations
There is also a specific checklist for how you work in Canvas – everything from creating materials to having the correct settings – to make the examination work as smooth as possible.
Checklist – Before examination in Canvas
Choose the correct template for your examination room
KTH has two templates for examination rooms in Canvas: a task-based and a module-based template. Both have special sections for students with compensatory support.
Assignment-based exam room template in Canvas
Module-based exam room template in Canvas
If you want to know more about how KTH's exam room templates work and are managed, click on the link below:
Digital examination in a computer room with lockdown (Safe exam browser, SEB)
For those doing a digital examination in a computer room with lockdown, it is essential to contact the exam administration at your school well in advance so that they can arrange rooms, order lockdown with SEB, and contact Tentafunka if necessary. Read more on the page KTH Digicertus Exam, information for spring 2023 .
Digital tools to facilitate the assessment
In Canvas, there are two tools developed by the Education Portfolio to facilitate the assessment work.
KTH Import Exams
If you want to avoid paper handling, you can assess your written on-campus exams digitally in Canvas with the KTH Import Exams function. The function is installed in all examination rooms, but you must activate it yourself. Read more how KTH Import Exams works on the page about Scanned exams for Canvas .
KTH Transfer to Ladok
Once the assessment is complete, the results can be transferred securely to Ladok using the KTH Transfer to Ladok (T2L) function. Read more about T2L on the page about Transferring grades from Canvas to Ladok .
"I make it easy for my students to study, and T2L makes it easy for me to administer grades."
Read more about Nihad Subasic's (teacher at ITM) thoughts on T2L in an interview published in 2021:
"The Canvas function KTH Transfer to Ladok eases the examination process"
Skills development: outcomes-based grading criteria
All KTH courses with a graded grading system shall have outcomes-based grading criteria. Well written and implemented grading criteria will make:
- the course is clearer and more motivating for the students
- the examination process is fairer
- the examination process more structured for the teacher
- the quality of the examination higher
- the teacher saves time by using it.
See the rules and more online resources on Outcomes-based grading criteria
Consolidated information on assessment
There is a place on the intranet's education support pages that consolidates information and shortcuts to online pages about assessment and examination. The main content consists of guides for you who want suggestions and inspiration for developing your course's assessment and examination methods.