Digital examinations
Information on digital examinations at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena
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E-examinations
We speak of an examination in electronic form (e-examination for short) when the examination takes place via an electronic input system. An electronic input system enables the computer-aided provision of tasks, the processing of the tasks directly within the system by the students and the entry of the solutions. At the University of Jena, the examination platform Moodle (exam.uni-jena.de) is used for this purpose. E-exams can be taken as
- Electronic presence examination (on site at the university with attendance supervision) or as
- Online examination (Remote or distance test with video supervision, see below).
E-examinations are a separate form of examination and should be listed as a possible form of examination in the module description, e.g. as a Moodle test.
Online-examinations
In the case of online examinations, supervision takes place with a video and audio connection (via Zoom). With this type of supervision, oral and written exams can be supervised.
- If it is an exam format with an electronic input system, we speak of an online test. These count as e-examinations.
- Oral online examinations or written examination formats in which no electronic input system is used, but only the submission function in Moodle (task), for example, do not count as e-examinations.
Examination formats without supervision
In the case of long-term exam formats, such as 24/48-hour exams, video supervision is not possible due to time constraints. These do not count as online examinations, yet they are still e-examinations if an electronic input system is used, e.g. in the form of a Moodle test. If only the submission of such an examination is regulated digitally via Moodle, it is neither an online nor an e-examination and is therefore subject to the usual data protection regulations.
