Taking the LIB 1010 Final Exam as a Distance Student

This page contains the following information:

• LIB 1010 Proctored Final Exam Policies for Distance Students
• Required Student Information
• Required Proctor Information
• Contact Information for Instruction Librarian
• Suggested Testing Centers in Utah

LIB 1010 Proctored Final Exam Policies for Distance Students

1. As stated in the LIB 1010 Syllabus, students requesting a distance final exam must be located over 100 miles from St. George and not currently enrolled in any on site courses at the St. George campus or the Hurricane Center.
2. Students requesting a distance final exam need to do the following:
   • Inform the instruction librarian of their need
   • Find an acceptable proctor for the final exam. Suggested proctors include college or university testing centers, public libraries, Applied Technology Centers, and college or high school educators.
   • Proctors must:
     • Be willing to accept responsibility for administrating a 2-hour maximum, closed-book, online final exam
     • Provide a computer with online access available in a suitable testing environment (testing center, classroom, or office)
   • You need to contact the proctor personally and set up the appointment.
     
   4. Return to the instruction librarian by email, fax, or mail the completed Proctored Examination Information (see below) not less than 7 days before the scheduled time / date of the exam.
   
   5. An individual Final Exam will be loaded in the student’s LIB 1010 section in the Final Exam folder. The student should access "Distance Final Exam" -- not the regular final exam.

6. The proctor will be sent the individualized exam password for Final Exam 1 via email no later than 48 hours before the schedule time of the exam.

7. If a distance student does not pass the Final Exam on the first attempt, s/he must make new arrangements for a second version of the exam to be loaded and the proctor verified. This includes date and time scheduled for the exam. The Final Exam 2 will not be administered within 24 hours of the original final exam attempt. As per the Syllabus, no second final exam attempt will be allowed if the first attempt is taken after April 24, 2008.

• The student should immediately inform the Instruction Librarian of the need to take Final Exam 2 so the appropriate test can be loaded and the password sent to the proctor.
• The student will need to complete the Final Exam Review Outline in a word processed document and send it to the Instruction Librarian. She will review that outline and the student's first exam, and contact the student with study advice.

8. All students are encouraged to study for the LIB 1010 Final Exam using the methods outlined on the Final Exam Information & Links page, but distance students should especially use these techniques before taking the first final exam because of the cumbersome nature of setting up an exam for the student, proctor, and instruction librarian.

9. All final exam attempts must be completed before 5:00 p.m., Thursday, May 1, 2008.

Required Student Information

• Student Name:
• DSC ID Number:
• LIB 1010 Section:
• Student phone (Day and Evening):
• Student email:
• Date scheduled for exam:
• Time scheduled for exam: (2 hour period necessary)
• Student score on Quiz 10:
• Exam Attempt (1 or 2):

Required Proctor Information

• Proctor Name:
• Proctor Title:
• Proctor Institutional Affiliation
• Testing Center/Site Name & Address:
• Proctor telephone:
• Proctor business email (mandatory):

Contact Information for LIB 1010

Martha Talman, Instruction Librarian
225 South 700 East
St. George UT 84770
Telephone: 435.652.7722
Fax: 435.656.4169
Email: talman@dixie.edu

Suggested Testing Centers

Some testing centers charge for proctoring exams not associated with that college or university. Such charges are your responsibility. Public libraries rarely charge for this service, but not all libraries can offer it. It is the distance student's responsibility to find an appropriate testing center that will proctor the test, but here are some suggestions:

Salt Lake City

• The Salt Lake County Public Branch Libraries are sometimes able to help with testing
• Salt Lake Community College Assessment Center sometimes provides proctored testing sites.

Provo / Orem

• Brigham Young University has a Testing Center at its Provo campus: https://testing.byu.edu/
• Utah Valley State College Testing Services can proctor your Final Exam.

Northern Utah

• Weber State University has Testing Centers in Ogden, Layton, and Roy: http://weber.edu/TestingCenter/default.html
• Utah State University asks students to contact its Independent and Distance Education Office for assistance with proctored exams in Logan: http://distance.usu.edu/htm/contact/

Southeastern Utah

• The Grand County Public Library has been willing to assist patrons with testing in the past: http://www.grand.lib.ut.us/

Other

• If you are not located in any of these metropolitan Utah areas and need help finding a qualified testing center, try your local colleges, public libraries, and high schools.