Exams with file upload in TU Graz TeachCenter (Exam)

In the TeachCenter (Exam), you can set up exams where students can download a sheet with questions, solve the exam on paper and/or PDF and upload it as a file.

With the same activity, you can also set up an open-book exam where students can use their notes or books while answering the questions.

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Creating an exam with file upload

Where do I create my exam as an “assignment”?

There are two options :

Assignment in “normal” TeachCenter
(direct synchronization with students registered for the course on TUGRAZonline)
Assignment in TeachCenter Exam
(direct synchronization with students registered for the exam on TUGRAZonline)

Which platform should I choose for my take-home-exams?

If your take-home-exam is an officially registered exam on TUGRAZonline (students registered for the exam ≠ students registered for the course): on TeachCenter Exam
If your take-home-exam is NOT an officially registered exam (e.g. self-assessment, exercise) and should be completed by all course participants: on “normal” TeachCenter

How do I create an exam as an “assignment”?

Activate the editing mode by clicking Turn editing on at the top right of the course.
In the desired section, click on Add an activity or resource.
Select Assignment from the list and click on Add.
Write a title for the assignment and if necessary, add a description for your students.
Under Additional files, you can add the documents that your students will need for the take-home-exam.
Under Availability, you can set the time by which the exam should be uploaded. We recommend enabling the Due date but NOT the Cut-off date. In this way, even late submissions (e.g. because of slow internet access by students) will be accepted. Late submissions will be highlighted in the system.

Availability settings of the exams: allow submissions from, due date, cut-off date and remind me to grade by — FIg. 1: enabling the due date

Under Submission types, you can find the option Maximum number of uploaded files. Under Accepted file types, you have the option to restrict the file types. If the field is left empty, all file types are allowed.

Different settings: online text or file submissions, word limit, maximum number of uploaded files, maximum submission size and accepted file types — Fig. 2: submission types settings

Under Submission settings, it is recommended to require students to click the submit button and select Yes. This gives students the opportunity to work on their assignment until they decide to hand it in.

Sumbission settings: require students to click the submit button or accept the submission statement, attempts reopened, maximum attempts — Fig. 3: submission settings

Under Turnitin Integrity plugin settings, you can enable a similarity check. By ticking
Enable Turnitin, the plagiarism checker is activated. If you select Index all submissions, the exams of the students will be compared. Please note : At present, this tool is only available in the “normal" TeachCenter, but not on the TeachCenter Exam.

Available settings: exclude bibliography or quotes from the report, indexing submissions, when a similiarity report is generated, student access to the report — Fig. 4: Turnitin Integrity plugin settings

In the section Grade you can set the Maximum Grade for the exam. The default value here is 100.

in the grade setting you can choose the type of grade such a points, scare and maximum grade — Fig. 5: setting the maximum grade

Under Restrict access > Add restriction > Date, you can set when (or until when) your students will be allowed to see the assignment.

How do I give certain students more time in the exam?

Students with a disability or illness are entitled to an extended exam time depending on their situation. As long as no cut-off date is set in an assignment, students can make late submissions.

If you are using a cutoff date, you may have to overwrite it for certain students.

To do this, click on the assignment.
Click on the red gear icon, then User Overrides.
Click on the Add User Override button.
Search for the name of the student who should get an extended test time.
Change the cutoff date or due date accordingly.
N.B. Cutoff date means it is not possible to submit anything after this date.
Click on Save.

In the following overview, you can still edit (gear icon) or delete (recycle bin) the user override.