Online Testing

Online Testing is available from a card on your learn.med dashboard, the learn.med menu, and directly by URL .

Students use a personal laptop or a UVA-provided workstation in the Medical Education Building or Health Sciences Library to take exams. Phones and tablets are ok for simple quizzes (in-class, attendance), but lack the screen real estate necessary to display questions with images and long text narratives. Best to use your laptop when taking higher stake/summative exams.

Two short videos on Online Testing

The introduction video including exam feedback and exam locations.
The exam challenges video shows you how to challenge exam questions on summative exams.

You will avoid many problems when taking an exam if you

Reboot your computer before you start the exam
Keep open applications to a minimum (just your web browser, the fewer open browser tabs the better)
Make sure you have a reliable internet connection
Have your phone charged and/or DUO backup codes ready for two factor authentication when you login to start
Do NOT wait until 12:58pm on Sunday to login & open an exam with a schedule that closes at 1:00pm. Stuff happens!

Weekend Exam Support?

Yes. Med Ed Technology is online to support you on the weekend. Here is how it works – Weekend exam support.

Location services should be enabled for exams with a Location requirement

Access to some exams are restricted/can only be taken while in particular buildings on-grounds and we enforce this using geolocation as reported by your computing device. You will need to enable location services in your operating system and allow our website learn.med.virginia.edu to access your location.

Windows browser prompt for current location Mac browser prompt for current location

Resources for trouble shooting geolocations

To see if your device is reporting geolocation correctly you can use VMed’s exam check .

VMed document – How to enable location services on your laptop

From LifeWire – How to Turn On Location Services on iPhone and Android

Using iCloud Private Relay (it only works on Apple devices in Safari browser), so use a different browser or Turn iCloud Private Relay On/Off

Contact Med Ed Technology via email at mededweb@virginia.edu.