Online Exam Practice areas for 2025 are now live (for Staff – available to students from 9th December):
| Course Code/link | Practice course |
|---|---|
| PRACTICE_AREA_APD_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Agriculture 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_HES_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Science 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_BIO_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Biological Sciences 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_HUM_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Classics, History, DEL, DELAL and DLC 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_BEN_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Construction Management 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_ICM_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – ICMA 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_LAW_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Law 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_HB_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Management 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_MPS_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Mathematics and Computer Science 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_PPE_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Philosophy, Politics and Economics 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_PCL_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_REP_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – Real Estate 2025 |
| PRACTICE_AREA_UORM_2025 | Online Exams Practice Area – UORM 2025 |
Students have been added to these based on module enrolments, so those taking modules from more than one School will see more than one Practice course.
Practice area content
- Support Centre To Do List – some instructions on how to personalise the practice course for your school’s need (consider all departments)
- How to use this practice course – student facing instructions on how to get the best out of the practice course
- Online Exams – Instructions and support – reusable object which will be populated with information.
- Practice area for exams using Turnitin
- Practice area of exams using Blackboard Assignments
- Practice area of MCQ and Essay type exams using Blackboard Tests
- Practice area for exams using Gradescope
Please encourage your students to make use of the Online Exams Practice courses (which will be open for the duration of the exam period) to become familiar with generic instructions they will see, to identify and address early any technical problems they may have and to have an opportunity to practise a range of submission options (including submission of hand written exams).
Staff wishing to access a Practice area
- All Staff
- Staff with access to an Admin panel (administrators and heads of schools)
Exams Officers who wish to have instructor access to the Practice area for their school can request this from their support centre team.
All Staff
If you wish to add yourself to any of these courses follow the instructions below to self-enrol. You will be added as a student, you will be able to see what the students see, but not be able to edit content.
By adding yourself as a student you will be able to show students the course during your class and encourage them to use this area to prepare for their online exam.
- Sign in to Blackboard.
- Return here and click on the relevant link.
- You will then see the Self-Enrolment screen – click Submit.
- Once submitted a Success message will appear – click OK.
Staff with access to an Admin panel
For staff who have access to courses within your schools, these courses have been added to the relevant hierarchy so you should be able to find them via the Admin panel.
When you have located the course in the admin panel you can add yourself as an instructor or teaching assistant using the Enrolment option.
