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Exam4 now requires students to choose between three exam modes: Closed, Open, and Open with Network. Closed computer mode prohibits access to electronic notes, the Web or email. Open computer mode allows access to a student's electronic notes, but does not allow access to the Web or email. Open with Network computer mode allows access to a student's electronic notes, email and the Web.

At the start of each exam as students access Exam4, students will be asked to select the mode permitted by the instructor (and that permission will be noted on the exam administrative instructions) for that particular exam. At the close of the exam and after the students have submitted their Exam4 answers, Exam4 will produce a log for each student. As in the past, the log will show the amount of time the student has taken on the exam and now also will record the mode the student has chosen.

1. Go to http://www.exam4.com .
   Click for Law schools on the left menu.
2. Under the Maryland heading, select the University of Maryland School of Law (NOT University of Baltimore). Students mistakenly downloading the software for the University of Baltimore School of Law will not be able to submit exams to us electronically.
3. Read the license agreement from Extegrity, the maker of Exam4.
4. Fill in your name and university email address. Only the campus email address may be entered.
5. Select your operating system; Windows XP, Windows Vista, or Apple.
6. Click the Submit form button.
7. Follow the Download/install instructions for your Browser and use the provided link to download the Exam4 program.
8. By default the program will install on your Desktop and overwrite any previous version of Exam4. Click the Exam4 icon to start the program.
9. Check the Expires date in the top-left corner under the Exam4 logo.
   The current Windows version (Xp and Vista) of Exam4 is 8.3b, and the Mac version is 8.4.4; all are set to expire 23 Aug 2008.
   If you have a different expiration date, you must repeat the installation process. Please note that Exam4 will display any previous exam or practice exam that you took using the same computer.

Before the start of the scheduled exam period you should take sensible measures to prevent infection by malicious code, which may result in the loss of papers, outlines, or even exams. The health of your machine is your responsibility.

If you begin to take an exam with an infected computer, your access to the network will be shut down, and you will not be able to submit electronically. After the exam, you should turn in your exam envelope to the Proctor, notify them of the situation, and then bring your computer to the IT office, room 248. IT personnel will take all reasonable steps to extract your exam answer from your computer. Please realize that if malicious code has damaged your exam answer, you will only be graded on what can be retrieved. You must have your machine cleaned before you can take another exam using your computer.

To ensure the health of your computer, you must take the following steps before the exam period begins. We recommend that you follow them in this order.

1. Backup all of your data (outlines, etc.) to a disk, removable drive, CD, etc. Make sure that you back up your study materials often during exams.
2. Update your virus scanning software. Set it to update your virus definitions regularly (at least once a week, but preferably every day). Students must have a functioning, updated antivirus software product running at all times while on our network. You may purchase Symantec AntiVirus at the circulation desk of the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HS/HSL).
3. After updating your virus software, scan your machine for viruses.
4. Run an anti-spyware utility such as Ad-Aware or Trend Micro’s online House Call product.
   Ad-Aware is free for personal use. Be sure to run the update feature to download the latest anti-spyware definitions before scanning. Ad-Aware is available at http://www.tucows.com/preview/236049. You may also use the free Trend Micro Online Security Scan (House Call) located at http://housecall60.trendmicro.com/en/start_corp.asp?id=scan.
   Select the “Complete Scan” option.
5. Run your Windows® operating system updates and apply any critical updates. NOTE: YOU MUST INCLUDE THE SERVICE PACK 2 UPDATE IF YOU ARE USING WINDOWS XP. Read the following article before applying this very important update.
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/security/expert/russel_installsp2.mspx



To determine whether you already have Service Pack 2, open the Control Panel by clicking Start > Control Panel, then double-click System. Under the General tab, you should see a reference to Service Pack 2. Windows updates are available on http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com. This step is extremely important. It is best done while here at the law school where the download time is very fast. While the updates are installed on your computer, make sure your computer does not go into sleep mode or get disconnected during the process of installation.

You should take practice exams in all exam modes (Closed, Open, or Open with Network) in which you will be tested. You must be connected to the Internet and can test your Internet connection by pointing your browser to a few web pages before starting Exam4. You cannot take an exam without an Internet connection.

1. Start the Exam4 program by double-clicking on the Exam4 icon. Vista users right-click and Run as Administrator. Select Prepare to start new exam and then click Next. Exam4 will display any previous exams or practice tests that you have taken using the same laptop.
2. Check your network connection from within the program by clicking on the box beside Check network connection.
3. Enter practice as your Exam ID, you do this twice. You should also enter your name under Optional/Protected Info; your professor does not see this information. By using this protected field we can identify
4. Select your course from both lists. Click Next.
5. Set your exam time and reminder alerts. Setting the Timing Function is optional. If used it will provide “Time Remaining” personal prompts that will allow you enough time to finish typing and complete the submission of your exam within the allotted time. Click the “Next” button.
6. Set your font size. This will not affect the way your instructor sees the exam. Click Next.
7. Read the Notice of Instructions and place a check in the Got it? box. Click Next.
8. Type Closed or Open or Open Network as your selected Exam Mode in the boxes which appear.
9. Place a check in the confirmation checkbox and then click Next.
10. Your exam choices will display for verification. Make sure that you have entered the correct Exam ID and Course. Use the Back button if you need to make a change.
11. Click Begin Exam. The system security check will begin if Closed mode is selected.
12. Type your answer to the first question.
13. Go to the menu and select Tools. Then select Insert Answer Separation. You should place answer separations between all of your answers to clearly define which question you are answering. After adding an answer separation you only need to enter the number.
14. When you are ready to end the practice exam, select End Exam then End Exam Now from the menu.
15. Click the checkbox to Confirm and click OK, end exam.
16. Click Submit Electronically. You should receive the message: Your file has been stored on the server. Click OK.
17. You will receive a summary of the number of sections. If you did not insert Answer Separations you will only have one section. Click the checkbox linked to I understand. Click OK.
18. You should now have a window that shows that 100% of your exam has been stored. Click Close.
19. Go to File and Save Options on the menu. Select Exit. Check I'm sure and then click Exit Exam4.

On the day of your exam, take the following additional steps:

• bring your power and network cables, using a Wireless connection is not allowed,
• disable your personal firewall,
• disable all screen savers and power saving features,
• make sure you have a pen to write the exam just in case you run into problems.

You must disable your Screen Saver and any Sleep/Hibernate/Standby functions. You do not want your Exam4 session to be interupted.

1. Right-click on your Desktop and choose Properties.
2. Select the Screen Saver tab and choose None from the drop-down menu.
3. Click the Power button to adjust your power settings.

You should also turn off anything that might run in the background on your computer during the exam such as instant messaging software or antivirus scans. If you have been using the Yahoo! Widget Engine, you must completely remove it from your computer before using the software.

Verify that the date and time on your computer is correct by double-clicking on the time in the bottom right-hand corner of your screen. You should also make sure you are connected to the network.

You may not delay the starting time or the ending time of the exam due to software or computer problems. You should not attempt to reboot or troubleshoot computer problems during the exam. If you experience a problem, handwrite the exam. Time spent resolving computer failures will not be added to the time allowed to a student to complete an exam.

At the end of the allotted exam time, you first hand your exam packet to the proctor. If you had a computer problem take your computer to the IT staff in room 248 of the law school for recovery of the typed portion of your exam.