Exam conflicts and medical accommodation

• What if you have a university-excused conflict, like an exam scheduled at the same time, or 3+ final exams in a 24-hr period? First, try rescheduling the event conflicting with the CS 1112 exam. If that is not possible,
  • Many courses already offer alternative test times. Generally, the largest course among those with the conflicting exams will offer an alternative test time.
  • If the conflicting exam is not officially scheduled (as posted on the University evening exam list), then the CS 1112 exam takes precedence.
  Before each exam we create a "Check your ______ __ time and location" assigment on CMS. This assignment will be out two weeks before each exam. You should check your grading comments on this assignment to find the time and location of your exam. Here is what you should do (by 11/3 at 11 PM for prelim 2):
  • If you do not have any conflicts with the exam, just check the exam time and location in the grading comment. That's it.
  • If you have an SDS letter, check the comments to make sure that your grading comment includes your accommodation. If your comment does not include your accommodation, submit a regrade request and include the details of your SDS letter in the request that we missed.
  • If you have a university-approved conflict (i.e. another exam at the same time or religious holiday), submit a regrade request to your "Check your prelim 1 time and location" grade. Once we resolve your regrade request, your grading comments for this same assignment will give you information about the early exam that will happen a few hours before the regular CS 1112 prelim.
  If you submit a regrade request, please follow the directions in the assignment description. In particular, we need proof that you have a university-approved conflict. Do not just say "I have a prelim at the same time".
• If you cannot take an exam due to an illness, email the instructor as soon as possible to make an alternative arrangement.

Online exams

Online exams are limited to the students away from Ithaca for university-approved travel and those who have medical or health reasons that prohibit writing an exam in person. Online exams will be held at the same time as the in-person exam except for those students granted an alternative time due to university-recognized conflicts (including distant time zones). To the greatest extent possible, our online exam will replicate the in-person exam experience. One drawback to taking an exam online is that you will not be able to ask clarification questions during the exam. However, it is our policy that we only answer questions about an exam if it is an important enough issue that it must be announced to the entire class. If we feel the need to make such an announcement during the in-person exam then you will hear this announcement online as well.

Regrades

Prelims are scanned and graded using Gradescope and you can use Gradescope to see our feedback. If you see a grading error—the grader mistook your correct code to be incorrect and deducted points—then please submit a regrade request on Gradescope and specify exactly what and where the grading error is. On the other hand, do not ask for a regrade if you dislike the number of points deducted—the same grading rubric was applied for all students and will not be changed.

We do not hand back final exams, so there is no way to request a regrade. To compensate, we automatically regrade final exams for students whose final grades are just below a grade boundary or whose scores are significantly lower than their prelim scores. You can review your final exam next semester by contacting the course instructor Dominic at dad358@cornell.edu and suggesting several times at which you can review the exam.