Online Testing
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 lack the screen real estate necessary to display questions with images and long text narratives; so, best to avoid them when taking higher stake/summative exams.
Online Testing is available from a tile on your learn.med dashboard, learn.med menu, and directly by URL – https://learn.med.virginia.edu/OnlineTesting/
Location services should be enabled
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. This VMed help document covers how to enable location services on your laptop
A quick check to see if geolocation is being reported correctly – https://learn.med.virginia.edu/ots/exam/check
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. Here is how it works – Weekend exam support.
Resources for students
Student User Guide for the Online Testing System
Exam Challenges for students (permitted only on summative exams; not interim, quiz, practice, etc.)
Need Help?
Contact Med Ed Technology via email at mededweb@virginia.edu.