Online Exams

Starting with exam 2, ll of our regular exams for this summer semester will be given online through Canvas during starting at 8:00 AM and ending promptly at 10:00 AM. The following information is for ALL of our exams. Any differences in protocol will be noted on the specific exam review page.

WE provide online

the Exam on canvas
- cover page with periodic table and all necessary conversion factors and constants will be a separate document available for download starting 24 hours before the exam. Please download and have it available for use. Print it if you can.
- actual canvas exam (quiz) which is 25 multiple choice questions
The cover page with the periodic table will be very similar to the one available on our website for the class (which is from the ChemBook site). Click the Periodic Table icon and then click for the pdf version or just click here.

YOU provide at your Online Desk

your brain
pencils, pens, colors, whatever writing device that rocks your boat to work out the answers
a scientific calculator of some sort (I no longer care what kind)
an active Zoom window/meeting for our exam
- mainly to WATCH Dr. McCord's and Jimmy's feed for any late breaking info during the exam - like corrections.
- we will allow chat to host only if you have a question
- Dr. McCord will run a shared screen of the time just like in our classroom

DO NOT do the following...

don't communicate with other students during the exam
don't communicate or collaborate with ANY human during the exam
don't have an active video or audio feed going in our active exam zoom "meeting"
don't use the internet and google to cheat during exam
please don't cheat - you know what that is - UT Honor Code in effect

what you CAN do!

listen to calming music or head banging hard rock - your call on that (make sure you're muted on zoom)
have your comfort animal/pet with you for moral support
take your exam in your comfy home clothes - PJs? once again, your call on that
little notes you've written to yourself to help lower your anxiety and help you navigate the exam - breathe, it's OK!
- yes, those hand written notes can include some helpful chemistry tips you've made yourself
get up and s-t-r-e-t-c-h during the exam

To be Clear on the Open Note Policy

Open notes means YOUR notes. Your hand-written notes. Your very own personal, hand-written, by you and only you notes. It does NOT mean any sort of electronic note help. No google, no internet. If you do that, it is blatantly cheating. Let me be clear again. You are cheating and guilty of academic dishonesty IF you use any source other than your brain, and your hand-written notes on exams.

The only printed material you can use is the periodic table pdf that we provide plus any provided tables of data or physical constants. You have access to the periodic table handout for every exam. So you do have plenty of time to print it out for such purposes.

and... to be a little redundant, we include the periodic table pdf with all the exams.

Exam Coverage

Each exam will cover the topics that were presented in the book, in class, and on the homework. Learning outcomes for each chapter are provided for every chapter on the gchem site. A comprehensive understanding of the topics along with the calculations and concepts for each chapter will be necessary in order to make high scores on the exams. Although there is a lot of common knowledge in the chapters, most students will need to study intensely for each exam. Most students cannot do well on the exams if they never study or do the homework.

Exam Questions

Each exam will have approximately 20-25 multiple choice questions. This means that each question is typically worth either 4 or 5 points. The point values (if not all equal) are included with all questions so you'll see the points.

Exam Overview Pages

Each exam has its own overview page with learning outcomes and other info about the topics on the exam. All four exams have their own icon/link on the home page.