Administering
Tests
Printed
Tests
Computer-based
Tests
Proctoring
Exams
Scoring Exams
Reporting Grades
Posting Exams
Giving Feedback
Online
Testing Information
Administering Tests
Course directors who use AIMS can quickly produce a copy-ready, printed test from the AIMS system. Medical Sciences Teaching Labs (MSTL) is responsible for copying and distributing printed exams and Scantron sheets prior to the scheduled time of the exam. For information about copyright policies and exam processing, please refer to the First & Second Year Exam Production & Scoring Guidelines.
The Office of Educational Development (OED) received funding to design and implement a web-based application that can deliver online examinations to medical students on their personal laptops. The application has a password & verification process that prevents unregistered students from logging into any exam. The interface for secured tests also prevents students from accessing external computer and internet resources during a high-stakes exam. Check this web site for more information about the AIMS Online Testing Component.
Course director(s) are responsible for making decisions about monitoring or proctoring their exams. The following resources provide more information about exam proctoring and honor code policies:
- First & Second Year Exam Production & Scoring Guidelines
- Instrument of Student Judicial Government, published by the university
- Honor Code for the School of Medicine, administered through the Whitehead Medical Society
The AIMS Coordinator is responsible
for scoring all exams that have been created in AIMS. Exams that are not
developed in AIMS are scored in MSTL (see First
& Second Year Exam Production & Scoring Guidelines).
Grade
Reporting
After each exam the AIMS Coordinator provides course directors with detailed reports that include students' scores in rank order, class mean & standard deviation, distribution of scores, and performance statistics on each question (see page on Using Performance Data). After course directors review and finalize these reports, students' scores are reported electronically to the Assistant Registrar.
Although AIMS provides information
about students' performance on a given exam, it is not a grade reporting
system. The recording and reporting of medical school grades is the
responsibility of the Assistant Registrar in the Office of Student Affairs.
The Assistant Registrar posts all exam and course grades in Berryhill
Hall and on the school's web site.
Posting
Exams
Historically most course directors
have not allowed students to keep copies of exams. However some course
directors do post exams and answers in a secure cabinet in Berryhill Hall
for a brief period of time.
Giving
Feedback
At the time of grade posting,
AIMS sends each student an individualized feedback report by email. For
more information about the feedback process, please refer to the section
on Giving Feedback to Students.
Contact Information
Linda
J. Fisher, AIMS Coordinator (919) 843-9214
Office of Educational Development
UNC-CH School of Medicine
CB 7530 Rm. 322 MacNider Building
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7530
main office: (919) 966-3641
OED web site: www/med.unc.edu/oed
updated June 2004
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