Excerpt from email sent by Sian Miekle, Oct. 15, 2012:
"Exams for Arts and Science (St. George), UTM, and UTSC are all hosted in a
central repository at http://exams.library.utoronto.ca.
Links to a course's old exams appear directly within the course's Blackboard
page, in the Library Resources section. More details about each campus
follow:
St. George Faculty of Arts and Science
We have a rolling set of the 3 most recent years of exams available online, by
policy of the Faculty of Arts and Science. The current set is December 2008 -
August 2011. Old exams are handled as a batch through ITS, by arrangement with
the Faculty of Arts and Science. Exams are loaded once annually, in the
late fall. We therefore expect to update our collection to December 2009
- August 2012 in a few weeks time.
Links to old exams for a given course will appear automatically in the
Blackboard Library Resources page, if they are available. Only exams are
made available through this channel -- term tests and exam solutions are not,
although individual faculty members may choose to post them on their course
pages.
If a user is inquiring after a specific exam that they cannot find, here are
some helpful facts. By Arts and Science policy, all exams are posted, unless
they have been restricted -- this happens when a professor makes an application
to the Faculty, on the grounds that an exam shouldn't be published because it
will affect the ability to set future exams without repetition. Another
explanation for a lack of previous exams is that a course may not have been
offered in a given session. And finally, course codes sometimes change. I
generally direct the student to the instructor for more information.
St George other faculties
At present, we are not mounting exams for any other St. George campus
faculty through the library, though we would be very open to doing so, if you
get inquiries. Please contact me, to discuss further.
Scarborough
The librarians at Scarborough work directly with instructors to make some
exams and course tests available. Again, they appear directly in Blackboard
Library Resource pages where available.
Mississauga
UTM exams are also available directly in Blackboard Library Resource pages
where available. The collection is not limited to the most recent 3
years.
Please let me know if other questions about exams come up.
Best,
Sian"
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012
Monday, December 06, 2010
About old exams...
We're getting quite a few questions about which old exams are available online here, so I imagine you are too. Here's some information:
St. George Faculty of Arts and Science
We have a rolling set of the 3 most recent years of exams available online, by policy of the Faculty of Arts and Science. The current set is December 2007 - August 2010. Old exams are handled as a batch through ITS, by arrangement with the Faculty of Arts and Science. Exams are loaded once annually, in the fall.
Links to old exams for a given course will appear automatically in the Blackboard Library Resources page, if they are available. Only exams are made available through this channel -- term tests and exam solutions are not, although individual faculty members may choose to post them on their course pages.
If a user is enquiring after a specific exam that they cannot find, here are some helpful facts. By Arts and Science policy, all exams are posted, unless they have been restricted -- this happens when a professor makes an application to the Faculty, on the grounds that an exam shouldn't be published because it will affect the ability to set future exams without repetition. Another explanation for a lack of previous exams is that a course may not have been offered in a given session. And finally, course codes sometimes change. I generally direct the student to the instructor for more information.
St George other faculties
At present, we are not mounting exams for any other St. George campus faculty through the library, though we would be very open to doing so, if you get enquiries. Please contact me, to discuss further.
Scarborough
The librarians at Scarborough work directly with instructors to make some exams and course tests available. Again, they appear directly in Blackboard Library Resource pages where available.
Mississauga
UTM exams are available at http://eres.utm.utoronto.ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/courseindex.asp. The collection is not limited to the most recent 3 years.
Sian Meikle
Dec 6, 2010
=======Additional entry from Sian Meikle, Dec 9th:
-- here is more information about where the exams collections are linked from:
1) Library website: From the page-top navigation menu, choose Research -> Special Collections -> Exams and Course Collections.
This takes you to http://eres.library.utoronto.ca/courseindex.asp. Old exams are the first option on the page. You go to http://exams.library.utoronto.ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca.
2) Blackboard course web pages: choose the Library Resources link on the left menu. You will get at least one, and possibly two, links to old exams:
(a) There is always a link to the old exams collection at the bottom of the page. This takes you straight into the Old Exams collection (http://exams.library.utoronto.ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca)
(b) If the old exams collection includes exams for your course, you will also see a link at the top of the Library Resources page, taking you straight to those exams in the course collection:
===============Additional entry from Cris Sewerin, Dec 9th:
there is a collection of old exams that perhaps was missed since it is outside of Fac. Arts & Science : the Skule (engineering) exams: http://courses.skule.ca/. Would it be possible to add it?
St. George Faculty of Arts and Science
We have a rolling set of the 3 most recent years of exams available online, by policy of the Faculty of Arts and Science. The current set is December 2007 - August 2010. Old exams are handled as a batch through ITS, by arrangement with the Faculty of Arts and Science. Exams are loaded once annually, in the fall.
Links to old exams for a given course will appear automatically in the Blackboard Library Resources page, if they are available. Only exams are made available through this channel -- term tests and exam solutions are not, although individual faculty members may choose to post them on their course pages.
If a user is enquiring after a specific exam that they cannot find, here are some helpful facts. By Arts and Science policy, all exams are posted, unless they have been restricted -- this happens when a professor makes an application to the Faculty, on the grounds that an exam shouldn't be published because it will affect the ability to set future exams without repetition. Another explanation for a lack of previous exams is that a course may not have been offered in a given session. And finally, course codes sometimes change. I generally direct the student to the instructor for more information.
St George other faculties
At present, we are not mounting exams for any other St. George campus faculty through the library, though we would be very open to doing so, if you get enquiries. Please contact me, to discuss further.
Scarborough
The librarians at Scarborough work directly with instructors to make some exams and course tests available. Again, they appear directly in Blackboard Library Resource pages where available.
Mississauga
UTM exams are available at http://eres.utm.utoronto.ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca/courseindex.asp. The collection is not limited to the most recent 3 years.
Sian Meikle
Dec 6, 2010
=======Additional entry from Sian Meikle, Dec 9th:
-- here is more information about where the exams collections are linked from:
1) Library website: From the page-top navigation menu, choose Research -> Special Collections -> Exams and Course Collections.
This takes you to http://eres.library.utoronto.ca/courseindex.asp. Old exams are the first option on the page. You go to http://exams.library.utoronto.ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca.
2) Blackboard course web pages: choose the Library Resources link on the left menu. You will get at least one, and possibly two, links to old exams:
(a) There is always a link to the old exams collection at the bottom of the page. This takes you straight into the Old Exams collection (http://exams.library.utoronto.ca.myaccess.library.utoronto.ca)
(b) If the old exams collection includes exams for your course, you will also see a link at the top of the Library Resources page, taking you straight to those exams in the course collection:
===============Additional entry from Cris Sewerin, Dec 9th:
there is a collection of old exams that perhaps was missed since it is outside of Fac. Arts & Science : the Skule (engineering) exams: http://courses.skule.ca/. Would it be possible to add it?
Friday, March 12, 2010
Arts and Science Online Exams
From Sian, December 2009:
I've just introduced a new feature to the Library Resources feed [in Blackboard] for St.George Campus Faculty of Arts and Science courses -- for courses that have previous exams online, a link to the course's old exams now appears in the Library Resources feed ....
The collection so far includes Faculty of Arts and Science exams for the last three years (December 2006 - August 2009).
I've just introduced a new feature to the Library Resources feed [in Blackboard] for St.George Campus Faculty of Arts and Science courses -- for courses that have previous exams online, a link to the course's old exams now appears in the Library Resources feed ....
The collection so far includes Faculty of Arts and Science exams for the last three years (December 2006 - August 2009).
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Thursday, October 30, 2008
New UofT Building - Examination Centre
Our current maps do not show this building:
Examination Centre (EX)
255 McCaul Street
Just south of College Street, on the east side.
Examination Centre (EX)
255 McCaul Street
Just south of College Street, on the east side.
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