Individual arrangements and additional time for examinations

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Individual arrangements and additional time for examinations

For example, in exams the individual study arrangements can be:

  • additional time for examinations
  • use of separate exam room

These arrangements are provided to support a student’s learning, when needed. In order to get individual study arrangements, the student must have documented diagnosis (such as dyslexia or attention deficit disorder) or expert opinion. Another reason (e.g. poor language skills, not a verified reason) does not entitle to additional time.

If you need the individual study arrangements in examinations

1. If you already have a documented diagnosis or expert opinion

  • Take contact to lut.tenttivalvonta@lut.fi and you will get specific guiding for different exam types. The documented expert opinion can be send as Sensitive mail.

2. If you do not already have a documented diagnosis or expert opinion, or you wish to receive consultation regarding the need of individual study arrangements in exams

  • Contact LUT’s study psychologist (opsy@lut.fi). After consultation, contact the invigilator (lut.tenttivalvonta@lut.fi). The documented expert opinion can be send as Sensitive mail.

Paper exam

In order to receive the individual study arrangements, contact lut.tenttivalvonta@lut.fi at least 1,5 weeks before the examination date. In the first email, provide following information: your contact information, course name and course code along with the documented expert opinion.You will get specified guiding via email. The documented expert opinion can be send as Sensitive mail.

In a case of a paper exam, the examination time is three hours. The additional examination time provided for the paper exam can be one hour.

Exam-examination

In order to receive the individual study arrangements, contact lut.tenttivalvonta@lut.fi at least 1,5 weeks before the examination date. In the first email, provide following information: your contact information, course name and course code along with the documented expert opinion. The documented expert opinion can be send as Sensitive mail.

When lut.tenttivalvonta@lut.fi has registered the information that you are allowed extended time for your exams, you have to send a message to the teacher in charge of the course of the Electronic exam, in good time before the exam date, and put lut.tenttivalvonta@lut.fi in cc: and we will confirm to the teacher that you are allowed to get extended time for the exam.

The length of Exam-examination varies from one hour to three hours.

  • If the length of the examination is one hour, additional time can be provided for one hour
  • If the length of the examination is from two to three hours, additional time can be provided for two hours

Note! If the full length of the Exam-examination exceeds three hours, the exam needs to be done in two parts. The student can choose if they want to take a break between these two. However, taking the break is recommended since there is no other way a student can take a break from the Exam-examination.

Moodle-examination

In order to receive the individual study arrangements, contact lut.tenttivalvonta@lut.fi at least 1,5 weeks before the examination date. In the first email, provide following information: your contact information, course name and course code along with the documented expert opinion. The documented expert opinion can be send as Sensitive mail.

When lut.tenttivalvonta@lut.fi has registered the information that you are allowed extended time for your exams, you have to send a message to the teacher in charge of the course of the Moodle-exam, in good time before the exam date, and put lut.tenttivalvonta@lut.fi in cc: and we will confirm to the teacher that you are allowed to get extended time for the exam.

The length of Moodle-examination varies, also the extended time variates, regarding of the type of exam used in Moodle. Some of the Moodle exams are included in the time schedule, and some is not given a time slot by the Exam department, and they can be at any time and date, also outside exam periods.