Exam Proctoring

The midterm is Thursday, July 22, 09:30am-11:30am PT, and the final is Thursday, August 12, 09:30am-12:30pm PT. The exams will be proctored over Zoom.

  • If you cannot take the exam at the scheduled time, please fill out the conflict form that we will send out on Ed a couple of weeks before the exam.
  • If you feel uncomfortable with proctoring, please reach out so you can discuss alternatives with an instructor.
  • The exams DO NOT start on Berkeley time.

Proctoring Setup

  • Before the exam, you will receive an email with a link to a zoom meeting. You will join the zoom meeting from your phone and place the phone in the corner of your desk. Your phone should be placed so that the proctoror can see your computer's screen as well as your keyboard and hands. You should not be able to see your phone's screen. You can see examples of setups from CS161 course staff here. Please reach out privately on Ed if you are having issues with setup. In each zoom room, there will be one proctoror and several students. You should not be able to see the other students because your phone screen should be facing away from you.

Clarifications

  • Clarifications will be handled on Ed. There will be one main thread where clarifications are issued. If you have a question, check if it has been answered in the thread. If it has not been answered in the thread, please make a private post on Ed. You CANNOT ask your proctoror questions unless you are having technical difficulties that are preventing you from accessing Ed.

Before the exam:

  • Prepare cheat sheets (unlimited, handwritten).
  • Download Zoom on your smartphone and experiment with a video camera setup (see Proctoring Setup above).
  • On the night before the exam, make sure you’ve received an email with a Zoom meeting link.

On the day of the exam:

  • Join the Zoom meeting and follow the proctoring setup listed above.
  • After you finish setting up your phone for proctoring, open PrairieLearn and Ed.

During the exam:

  • Only PrairieLearn and Ed should be on your screen.
  • Submit clarification requests through Ed. Pleae check the clarifications thread on Ed before asking a question.

Technical issues:

  • Don’t worry if your video feed disconnects briefly during the exam.
  • If you encounter significant technical problems, don’t worry about video proctoring and focus on finishing the exam.
  • We may ask some students to take a short verbal exam after the exam and explain how to solve one or more problems that are similar to an exam question they got right.
  • If you encounter Internet problems, write your answers locally and send them to cs61c@berkeley.edu as soon as the exam is over.
  • If you need to use the bathroom, just leave the video feed on while you’re away.

Privacy policy:

  • Course staff will not save any images or recordings from the proctoring session after the exam is over.
  • Course staff will respect your privacy and not disclose any information from the proctoring session after the exam, except in cases of academic dishonesty.
  • Every case of potential academic dishonesty will be manually reviewed, and you’ll be able to discuss the situation with the instructor.
  • You have the option to join the meeting with your SID as your display name for anonymity.