Academics

Student Procedures for Taking In-House Exams

COMPUTER INSTRUCTIONS

  1. When you first launch EBB, be sure to indicate whether the exam is BLOCKED or UNBLOCKED.  Next enter your Student Exam ID (your Student ID Number).  Then select the Course Section No. from the drop down list. The other fields will be automatically populated. If this information does not appear in the drop down list, select Other and enter the information manually. If you have to type in the Course Section No., be sure to use the underscore (301_01), not a decimal.
  2. Please remember to insert the Number of EBB Essay Questions; otherwise the program will not proceed to the next step.  Also, if the exam contains multiple choice and/or true/false questions, you need to insert the number of multiple choice/true/false questions in the Number of Multiple Choice Questions field.

  3. Do not click on the "Start Exam" button until the proctor instructs you to do so.
  4. If you mistakenly hit "Start Exam" before you have been instructed to do so, immediately hit "Finish Exam" and begin the process again.  Remember to inform the Registrar’s Office after the exam that this problem occurred so that the Registrar knows to look for two EBB files from you.
  5. If your computer equipment fails during the exam, note the time of the equipment failure and how much of the exam you had completed at the time of the failure. You have two options for proceeding:
    1. You may immediately obtain a blue book (which will be available in the examination room) and continue where your computer stopped and complete your exam by hand. If you choose this option, notify the proctor or Registrar's Office of the equipment malfunction immediately following the exam. DO NOT REMOVE YOUR COMPUTER FROM THE EXAM ROOM OR TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER.
    2. If your computer fails and you wish to seek immediate assistance with the computer, you should notify the proctor or, if the proctor is not in the examination room, go to the Registrar's Office. DO NOT REBOOT. DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR COMPUTER OR REMOVE IT FROM THE ROOM DO NOT GO TO THE ACADEMIC TECHNOLOGIES HELP DESK. Either the proctor or the Registrar's Office will contact Academic Technologies staff for assistance.  Once the computing problem is resolved, begin with the question from where your troubles began. You will be granted 15 extra minutes on your exam for Academic Technologies to attempt to resolve the problem. If Academic Technologies cannot resolve the problem in 15 minutes, you should handwrite the rest of your exam in a traditional blue book.

      If possible, the Registrar will print a hard copy of the work you completed on your exam up to the point of the computer failure and allow you to take the hard copy with you back to the exam room.
  6. When you are finished with your exam, click on the “Finish Exam” button. You will be prompted as to whether you are finished. Select "Yes, I am finished with my Exam and ready to quit. The program will then upload your exam to the network server and save an encrypted copy on your hard drive in a special folder (see below). If you next see a GREEN screen, this indicates that EBB successfully saved your exam answers to the law school network.  Do not delete any exam files from your laptop until the beginning of the next semester. This copy will be necessary if there is a problem with the uploaded version of your exam.
  7. If you see a YELLOW screen, this indicates that EBB saved your exam to your hard drive but did NOT save your exam answers to the law school network. In the unlikely event of a network or server problem, you will find that EBB cannot upload the exam to the network.

    When you see a YELLOW screen you should follow the procedure below:

    Save the exam answers and exit EBB when the proctor calls time. Within 1 hour following the completion of the exam, e-mail a copy of your exam to: examdeposit@law.duke.edu. Your exam is saved on your hard drive under either your “My Documents” folder (Windows XP) or “Documents” folder (Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OS X), in the "MyExams" and then "Exams0809" folders. You can determine the correct file by comparing it with the date and time you completed the exam. The first part of the file name is your student ID number, the second part is the course and section number as you entered it, and the third part of the name includes the date and time the file was saved. For example, if your student ID number is "123456" and you completed the exam for section 000_00 on April 21st at 11:15 AM, the file you would e-mail will be named "123456--000_00–Apr-21 11-15-00.enc."
  8. If you have been using the Hebrew or Korean language and receive the YELLOW screen, look for the saved file on your hard drive in C:\program files\electronic bluebook\ or C:\program files (x86)\electronic bluebook\. There will be an exam file named with your student ID and the current date, ending with the suffix ".enc"
  9. If after hitting "Finish Exam" you see NEITHER a green screen nor a yellow screen, please notify the proctor, who will inform Academic Technologies staff.
  10. Collect your exam questions and any scrap paper you may have used. Place these materials in the exam envelope and turn it in to the proctor or place it in the box in the front of the room.
  11. Please be considerate of your fellow students if you finish early: leave the room quietly and do not discuss the exam with anyone.

HANDWRITING INSTRUCTIONS (BLUE BOOKS)

  1. Before the exam begins, put your Student ID Number, course name, and professor’s name on the blue books you expect to use (usually 1 blue book per question) and on the envelope provided.  Also put your Student ID Number on the envelope label.  Do not write your name on anything. If you do not do this before the exam begins, you will need to do it during the one-minute warning period.
  2. Write on every other line and use only one side of each page of the blue book(s).
  3. Begin the answer to each question in a separate blue book.
  4. Be sure to indicate the number of the question you are answering.
  5. If you are using blue books, you may not use your computers unless the professor has authorized the use of computer files and/or the internet.
  6. At the end of the exam, collect all materials (the exam, all scrap paper, and your blue books), place them in the envelope provided and write “blue books” on the front of the envelope.  If you use additional blue books, be sure you have labeled them. Number your blue books (ex. 1of 4, etc.).
  7. Please be considerate of your fellow students if you finish early. Leave the room quietly and do not discuss the exam with anyone.