PSG CT Online Examinations – September 2020

PSG COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY, COIMBATORE – 641004

ONLINE EXAMINATIONS - SEPTEMBER 2020
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS TO STUDENTS APPEARING
FOR ONLINE EXAMINATIONS

A ) Facilities Required for Online Examinations:

1. a) Fully charged Laptop or Mobile phone with camera (Or)
b) Desktop with webcam supported with proper power connection and back up by UPS in
case of power failure.
2. Chrome browser of version 65+. Don’t use any other browsers.
3. Two Wi-Fi internet hot spots active, if you are taking the exam using Laptop / Desktop,
so that if one fails, the other gets automatically connected.
4. Internet connection speed : With minimum 2 Mbps
5. A quite environment with a clear plain background without any external disturbances.
B) Account Activation Process:
1. An activation link will be sent to your mail id from CoE office mail:exams@psgtech.ac.in
to activate your account on or before 12.09.2020
2. If you do not receive the activation email before 12.09.2020 , communicate to the above
CoE mail id immediately by mentioning your name and roll number.
3. On clicking the activation link, you will be asked to set your password. Please do
remember that, this email id and password is most important to login into the exam
portal.
4. After setting the password, you will be directed to the profile page, where you have to
enter your personal, academic details and upload your profile picture.
5. Then you will be directed to the dashboard, from there go to the menu at the top left
corner and click on “Courses” to access the courses for which you are appearing for the
exam and for the details like number of questions, marks and duration along with the date
and time of examination relating to that course.

C) Do’s - Before the Exam :

1. The URL for logging in to Online Examination portal is https://exams.psgtech.ac.in
2. Use your correct email id and password to login
3. Login atleast 60 minutes before the scheduled start time of the exam, to avoid the last
minute login related issues.
4. Configure the back-up internet connection as “connect automatically”, since you can’t
switch the internet connection manually in your system, once the exam has been started.
5. Disable all the notifications in your laptop / mobile settings before the exam is started.
6. Enable the call forwarding option by default in your mobile phone so that all incoming
calls during exam time get diverted.
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7. Disable all the anti-virus software in your mobile / laptop / desktop, since Anti-virus
software might block some important components of the exam / it can provide some
notifications that might close the exam automatically.
8. Make sure you are seated comfortably; once the exam is started you are not allowed to
move away from the system for any break, whatsoever the reason may be.
9. Make sure that you are seated in a well-lit environment, since if your face is not clearly
visible, you will be disqualified.
10. Ensure the wall behind you is plain without any images / portraits / photos.

D) Do’s - Starting the Exam:

1. Once you click the Courses option from the menu appearing at the top left corner of
dashboard , you will be directed to My courses page where you will find all the courses
you have registered for writing the exam.
2. Click on the course for which you are writing the exam on that date and you will be taken
to the examination page which contains the information like number of questions, marks
and duration along with the date and time of examination relevant to that course.
3. If the date and time are as per the schedule of examinations, click Take test; the software
will display the terms and conditions, up on agreeing you are accepting all the parameters
/ rules given above.
4. You can be able to click ‘take test’ option only on the scheduled date and time of
examination. You cannot start answering the exam before the scheduled start time or after
15 minutes from the scheduled start time.
5. Once you agree terms and conditions , the software will immediately check for your
internet connection speed for minimum requirement, if it is less, then the exam won’t
start.
6. Your face image will be captured in the next step and it will be verified with the image
from the college, once that matches, you will be allowed to proceed with the exam.
7. After this step you will be redirected to a screen that will show a timer for 30 seconds
before the exam is started for you.
8. After the 30 seconds, timer the exam question paper will be loaded.

E) Do’s - During the Exam :

1. Once the question paper is loaded, you will find your face on the screen in a small box
and it can be moved anywhere.
2. For MCQ type of questions read the questions and options carefully and click the
relevant option. After answering the question, click on the Next button at the bottom of
the page to go to the next question.
3. You can go back to the previously answered question by clicking on the Back button
provided at the bottom of the page.
4. Questions palette is available on the right side of the screen to view the no of questions
available in the test, answered, not answered and not viewed.
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5. In-case of internet disconnection, you will get a warning message that your internet
connection is not proper. Do not bother about the message. You can still continue with
the exam while the warning sign is on. When your connection resumes the warning will
disappear and the data saved in your browser will be saved back to the server.
6. All the security features will work even while the internet connection is not available.

F) Do’s - Ending the Exam:

1. After completing the examinations click the Submit Test button. Upon clicking, the
software will ask for confirmation to end the test, you have to type “END” in the
provided space to confirm the test submission.
2. Test submission will take 15 to 30 seconds time depending on the internet speed available
at your end.
3. You have to wait for the submission to complete and then the page will redirect to the test
details page from where you have started the test.
4. Any issues during test submission, you can close the browser after 60 seconds. All your
data will be saved and you needn’t worry about the data being saved / submitted.

G) Conditions at which the students will be disqualified for the examinations and the exam
will get automatically submitted:
1. Any APP notification in-between the examinations.
2. Any human voice heard during the examinations.
3. Any people movement picked by your web camera during the examinations.
4. Once you move away from the screen after the start of exam
5. Once you come out of the test window (like minimizing the window) after the start of
exam
6. Once you close the test window.
7. If you move your eye / head away from the screen.
8. If you attend any phone call in mobile during the examination
9. If any suspicious action is detected during the exam.

In each above cases the students submission type / reason for exam submit will also be saved for
the admin to review it.

Date : 10.09.2020 CONTROLLER OF EXAMINATIONS