Set up the examination parameters by choosing Exams, Change Examination Parameters.
Specify the semester when the examinations will be scheduled. You can schedule an examination period only for courses taught in the specified semester. Record the number of days (1 to 9), and the number of periods each day that can be used for examinations. The three examination periods are called periods A, B, and C. The number of students writing examinations in a period may be limited should the numbers of students scheduled into an examination period become excessive.
Semester - Semestered schools indicate the semester for examinations. This parameter appears for semestered schools only. Semestered schools indicate the semester for which the examinations are to be held. Only courses taught in the specified semester will be scheduled for an examination period. Select from the drop-down list.
Term - Select a Term from the drop-down list.
Days of Exams - Enter the number of days available for examinations. Examinations can be scheduled into any number of days up to 9. For example, if one week is devoted to final exams, enter 5.
Periods per Day - Enter the number of periods per day available for examinations. Examinations may be assigned into any number of examination periods up to 5 periods per day. For example, if exams may be written in the morning and the afternoon on each day of the examination schedule, enter 2. As examinations are assigned into periods, the three periods are referred to as periods A, B, C, D and E respectively.
Maximum Exams Allowed in a Day - Enter the maximum number of exams a students is allowed to write in one day.
Maximum Students Per Period - If required, you may limit the number of students writing exams in an exam period. For example, if all examinations will be written in the gymnasium which can handle only 100 students, enter 100. A maximum may also be used to more evenly distribute the number of students over all the exam days. Since Automatic Assignment schedules the exams in the earliest exam period with the lowest conflicts, this may tend to overload the first days of the exam schedule. Lowering the number of students permitted in any period can be used to spread the students over the entire examination schedule.