Rules for taking open book
exams
What
resources can be used
during an open-book exam?
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For an open-book exam, students are
permitted to access
course materials, their own notes, and materials on the course
website. Other
resources on the internet may be used,
but not encouraged.
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The exam must be completed by the
student alone,
without any kind of interactions with anyone else during the
exam time.
How
long will an open-book
exam last?
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Each open book exam must be completed
within the time
frame specified by the instructor (from a few to several hours
on the same
day).
Where
and when to submit
the completed exam?
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You must use your ASU email account
to send your
completed exam, as a
single Word or PDF
document, to the instructor at Jingle.Wu@asu.edu, within 5
minutes after the
exam completion time specified by the instructor.
What do you need to
take the exam?
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A computer with access to the
Internet
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Word processing software: Microsoft
Word or equivalent
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Your books, notes, and other
resources
Advice for
Preparation
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Open book exams are not easier than
traditional
closed-book exams; they are just a different form of exams
that emphasize more
on understanding and application of knowledge.
Please be aware that, although students have the
opportunity to look at
books and notes and to search the web, the required time
period for completing
the exam makes it highly unlikely to do any extensive search
for information on
the spot.
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You are advised to approach an open
book exam as you
would treat a traditional close-book exam, spending most of
the exam time focusing
on thinking, writing, and revising!
Academic Integrity:
Avoiding Plagiarism (https://libguides.asu.edu/citing/AcadIntegrity)
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Academic Integrity falls under the Student
Code of Conduct. Possible sanctions for
violations (e.g., cheating,
copying others’ work, etc.) include, but are not limited to,
appropriate grade
penalties, course failure (indicated on the transcript as a
grade of E), course
failure due to academic dishonesty (indicated on the
transcript as a grade of
XE), suspension, and expulsion.
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Plagiarism is one of the most
common forms of
cheating.
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Plagiarism: “To use, steal or
represent the ideas,
words or products of another as your own ideas, words or
products. Use of
someone else's ideas, words or products without giving credit
to the author or
originator is considered plagiarism. When using or quoting
word for word the
words of another person it must be acknowledged. Summarizing
or paraphrasing
the words or ideas of another without giving that person
credit is also
plagiarism.” [Excerpted from: ASU Library Guides, https://libguides.asu.edu/citing/AcadIntegrity]
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“Remember, you can be charged with
plagiarism if you:
(1) Copy, quote, paraphrase or summarize any source without
adequate
documentation; (2) Purchase a paper by mail or email; (3)
Allow another person
to write a paper for you; and (4) Submit another person's
unpublished work in
your name.” [From: https://library.duke.edu/research/plagiarism]
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Video on Avoiding Plagiarism [ASU – How to avoid plagiarism]