Use of Laptop Personal Computers
Fall 2008 EXAMS
Do you want to use ExamSoft (your laptop computer) for your
final exams?
If the answer is "YES," you will need to complete the
following steps:
- Make sure you have an active USD e-mail account
(This account is necessary to access the wireless Internet,
and for the set-up of ExamSoft's student database. If necessary,
activate your account in Serra Hall 205).
- Make sure you have downloaded and registered
the actual SofTest program by visiting
www.examsoft.com/usdlaw
- user name: your USD student ID
- (Now in
9-digit format, i.e. 00307----)
- password: last 6 digits of your SSN
Everybody that wants to use a laptop computer
for final exams will have to download the most recent version
of the software, 8.8. No previous version of the software will
work for Fall 2008 final exams.
- Once registered, you may begin to download your personal
EXAM FILES or electronic bluebooks. They will be available
starting November 3rd, and will continue to
be available throughout the examination period. Please download
them at your convenience.
- Double click the "SofTest" icon on your desktop.
- Select "Download Exam Files" from the main menu.
- Log in with your 9-digit USD ID number and the last 6-digits
of your SSN.
- Skip past the screen asking for a download password.
- Download your personal Exam Files.
Please note, if you do NOT download your personal EXAM
FILES you will NOT have the ability to use this software for your
final exams. We recommend that you do not wait until the last
minute to complete this part of the process, just in case you
happen to experience trouble or technical difficulties. If you
experience trouble with this process please report to the Records
Office.
What
if I have a Macintosh computer?
Use of Macintosh Computers to Take Exams:
Beginning in the Fall of 2007, students with
Macintosh computers capable of running Windows programs may use
their Macintosh computers for examinations, AT THEIR
OWN RISK, as ExamSoft software is written for PC
computers running Windows operating systems.
Our task force on this issue has concluded that properly equipped
Macintosh computers with the appropriate software properly installed
should run ExamSoft without difficulties. Although our investigations
have not revealed any problems so far, some of the software involved
is relatively new. Students with Macintosh computers should weigh
carefully the risk of discovering, during the examination period,
new incompatibilities between their Mac, Windows, ExamSoft, and
their particular configuration of hardware and software.
In order for a Macintosh computer to run ExamSoft, you
MUST have:
1. A Macintosh computer designed with an Intel processor
and a hard drive partitioned to run the Windows operating system
on half of the disk.
2. A version of the Windows operating system, we recommend XP,
installed on one of the partitions.
3. "MacOS Leopard", the newest Mac operating system
that allows you to move between hard drive partitions, installed
on the computer to allow booting the Windows operating system.
4. ExamSoft installed on the Windows partition of the computer
(as described above).
Please note, you will also need to be sure that the Mac AND Windows
partition of your computer is properly set-up with the University's
most recent virus protection software, as you will need to be
able to get onto the wirless Internet to transmit your Exam Answers.
***Students are responsible for obtaining and properly installing
all of the above software for their personal computers.***
What if I need other accommodations?
ONLY if you need any of the above
accommodations, submit a request for “Examination
Accommodations” to the Records Office no later than
October 31, 2008.
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