Student Exams

Your instructor will advise you of their exam plans.

Taking an Exam in UR Courses

• There is a Student Practice Exam available to try out to make sure everything works for you prior to taking your actual final exam.
• The Practice Exam provides several different types of questions that you might encounter in your real final exam.

Try out the Practice Exam in UR Courses:

1. Click the following link: https://urcourses.uregina.ca/course/view.php?id=16143
2. If prompted, log in to UR Courses.
3. Click 'Enrol Me.'
4. Click 'Practice Quiz SAMPLE.'
5. Click 'Attempt Quiz Now.'
6. A popup will tell you the time limit you have for the exam. You will have the option to start or cancel at this point.
7. Once you start the exam, a timer will begin to count down. You can see the timer on the right-hand side of the page.
8. When you have answered all the questions on your exam, if you have time left, you will have the option to go back and change answers or complete missed questions before submitting your exam.

Steps for Accessing Your Actual Final Exam:

Your actual course final exam will be accessed and completed in UR Courses, which you are already enrolled on the date and time of your scheduled exam unless otherwise communicated by your instructor.

1. Login to UR Courses a few minutes before your final exam is scheduled to begin.
2. Click on your course name.
3. In the course, locate the final exam in one of the following ways,
   1. at the top of the homepage,
   2. in a separate topic (section) on the homepage called "Final Exam,"
   3. click 'Quizzes' link in the "Activities block" on the left or right side of the course,
   4. somewhere else, as indicated by your instructor.

• Contact the IT Support Centre 
• Note: If you enter the wrong password 5 times, your UR Courses account will be locked. IT Support staff can unlock it for you.

If you have questions or issues during your Real Final Exam, message your instructor:

If your instructor has provided any special instructions regarding contacting them, please follow what they have advised.

If they have not provided any special instructions, you can send them a direct message within UR Courses:

1. In UR Courses, click the messaging image  at the top right.
2. Enter your Instructor's name in the Search box and click the Search icon.
3. Click their name, and then click in the 'Write a message...' box at the bottom of the screen.
4. Enter the message text and click the send arrow icon.

Note: If your screen freezes during an exam, you can refresh the browser window to rejoin the exam. Answers from previous pages will still be saved, but you may lose the information on the current question page.

Technical requirements for online classes

• View the Technical Recommendations page.
• If in doubt, check the course description on the Student Class Notes Portal to see if any guidance on technology requirements are given, or contact your instructor.

Oral Exam using Zoom

• If your exam will be facilitated through Zoom video conferencing, ensure you have tried out Zoom ahead of time.
• You can connect to the Zoom student test meeting between 10:00 am and 5:00 pm daily, to try it out. Fellow student moderators will be in the meeting to assist you and answer questions.
• More information on using Zoom is on the main page of this site.

Other Types of Final Exams

If your instructor is using something other than UR Courses or Zoom, please contact your instructor if you have questions or require technical advice. 

Questions

Have questions about your course or exams? Connect to the student zoom orientation site at https://zoom.us/my/uregina.student.orientation. This site has fellow student moderators to assist you and answer questions from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm daily.