Internet Class Exam Strategy
Tonight, I experienced a first: an internet class exam. I had a 15-minute window in which I had to start a 50-question multiple-choice exam. You’d think it would be easy. It is open-book and open-note, after all. The challenge is the time limit: 40 minutes.
My main strategy for the exam was to be able to access the information quickly. To that end, I created my own index: a word document of all the definitions and section headings in each chapter, along with a note of which page it was on. In most cases, I also put verbatim notes about the topic in my document. This allowed me to do a quick CTRL + F (find) in the document, locate the page, and access the information in the book quickly.
I should note that I had read most of each of the four chapters the exam covered and had done a weekly quiz and assignment for each chapter, so this material was not new to me. Creating the index also helped me review the topics that I’d read about 4 weeks ago.
We’ll see if my exam strategy pays off. I should know the grade by the end of day tomorrow.