Midterms During Lecture
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Midterms During Lecture
Hi there,
I recently saw on Chemistry Community that midterms are being held during lecture this quarter. Is this true? If so, where did this info come from? Thanks a lot, I appreciate it :).
I recently saw on Chemistry Community that midterms are being held during lecture this quarter. Is this true? If so, where did this info come from? Thanks a lot, I appreciate it :).
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
The "Exam schedule" page on his website says that the tests are taken during class, whereas his 14A website said that it was to be taken during discussion.
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
Because it gives my TAs two extra weeks of quality time with their students in discussion section.
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
This info can be found on the syllabus and the exam schedules page. I think the reason for this is to minimize exam conflicts.
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
I believe that it is stated in the syllabus that for 14b the midterms will be during lecture instead of discussion.
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In the syllabus, it states that the midterms are going to be during class on Friday Week 4 and week 7!
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Here's the link of the exam schedule: https://lavelle.chem.ucla.edu/wp-conten ... hedule.pdf
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
Cooper Kinne 2E wrote:We'll still be in a zoom call with our TA, though, right?
Yeah I'm sure we are still doing the monitored exams with the zooms still.
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Does anyone know if there are still gonna be recorded lectures the days of the midterms?
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
Lindsey_Su_3A wrote:Does anyone know how long the midterms will be?
90 minute midterms
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Cooper Kinne 2E wrote:We'll still be in a zoom call with our TA, though, right?
Yes, I believe we're using the same set-up, so Respondus on your laptop and then joining the Zoom call with your TA from another device.
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
I signed up for this class because I thought lectures were asynchronous. I have a time conflict with another class so does anyone know if will I be able to take the midterm during a different lecture?
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
Yes, I believe that’s true as he announced last quarter that students should resolve any time conflicts with lecture
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Lindsey_Su_3A wrote:Does anyone know how long the midterms will be?
Midterms are 50 minutes long each, and the final takes 90 minutes! It is also in the syllabus :)
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Yes, on the syllabus it states that this quarter midterms will be given during the lecture times rather than during your discussion periods.
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Cooper Kinne 2E wrote:We'll still be in a zoom call with our TA, though, right?
Yes, I believe that we are supposed to join our TA's zoom call during lecture to take our exam using the same set-up as last quarter (laptop with respondus, phone/external webcam joining zoom to show your workspace, etc).
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
Yup, midterms are during lecture. He mentioned it last quarter and it believe it says on the syllabus.
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
Yes, exams are being held during lecture this quarter - this includes both midterm and final exams. This information comes from both the Syllabus and the Exam Schedule. The midterms are 50 minutes and the final is 1 hour and 30 minutes.
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
On his website, there's a link for the exam schedule and in that, it says that the exams are taken "In class," or during the lecture. Here is the link: https://lavelle.chem.ucla.edu/wp-conten ... hedule.pdf
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
You can find this information on the syllabus and it is also on the "exam information" link the Chem. 14B class website.
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On the topic of exams and midterms, has anyone heard anything about the format? Is it still going to be similar to a few questions worth a lot of points each? I know the syllabus had different percentages going towards tests now out of the class total, so I am curious.
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Hannah Alltucker 3L wrote:On the topic of exams and midterms, has anyone heard anything about the format? Is it still going to be similar to a few questions worth a lot of points each? I know the syllabus had different percentages going towards tests now out of the class total, so I am curious.
Hi! I haven't heard anything specific about the format, but I'm pretty sure the format will be the same as last quarter.
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The syllabus says that the exam will be done during lecture instead of discussion .
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The exams will be on the Friday of Week 4 and Week 7 during the lecture time.
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My TA said that everyone that is in the same lecture might be in the same zoom call during the final, not sure if this is still how they're planning on doing it, but thought people might wanna know.
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Here is the link to the schedule-- https://lavelle.chem.ucla.edu/wp-conten ... hedule.pdf
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
Yes, on Dr. Lavelle's website, the "Exam Schedule" page shows that the exam will take place during class time, as opposed to discussion section.
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Whether we will take the midterm in a large lecture zoom call or a discussion zoom call, I think it will work like our final in 14A where our TA invites all of their students into one zoom call and are split into two groups where 2 proctors look over one of the groups respectively.
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Stacey Phan 2K wrote:I signed up for this class because I thought lectures were asynchronous. I have a time conflict with another class so does anyone know if will I be able to take the midterm during a different lecture?
You may be able to contact your TA/the professor to see if you can sign up for an alternate time slot. Otherwise, you might want to try and see if your other class will let you miss class (should only happen twice so hopefully they are understanding, but idk which class you're in). Good luck!
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He posted it under "Exam Schedule" on his website. I think he made the change because last quarter the discussion midterm timings were unfair to those who had Monday discussions versus those who had discussions later in the week like Friday. This gives everyone a more equal opportunity.
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Re: Midterms During Lecture
It is on the syllabus. I believe we join out TA during lecture time friday.
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