IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

Law Students,

All students using their laptops to take their final examinations are required to use the Extegrity examination security software. This includes students who are using their laptops to take open book exams. In the case of open book exams, if your notes are on your laptop, they should be printed off so that they can be referenced during the exam. The software locks your computer such that you cannot access materials that are stored on the hard drive. It encrypts the file on which the student is working in a file on the student's hard drive and the file is decrypted when the exam room staff prints the exam. During the exam the file is automatically stored on the student's hard drive every ten seconds and at the end of the exam, it can be saved to either floppy disks, CDs, or USB keys. Based on the vendors' recommendation, we will only accept floppy disks and USB keys. The student can pick up the disk or USB key the day after the examination. The software does not work on Macintosh systems.

Students taking their exams on their laptops are required to go to the vendor's website (www.exam4.com) and download the security software onto their laptops. We have asked the vendor to make the software available for download on Monday, November 29. We will have a few copies of the software on floppy disks in the Dean's Suite for students who have difficulty with the download. Further, the vendor provides 24/7 technical support during the examination period and has agreed to assist students who may have problems downloading the software onto their computers. Please go to the website and download the software before the examination period begins so that you can explore the functioning of the software. Read the instructions on the website for more information. At the examination, the proctor will do a visual inspection to be sure that the software have been properly installed.

Presently, the software cost $10 per student. When approximately half the student body has signed up, we will enter a licensing agreement with Extegrity. The law school has agreed to bear the cost of the software until we move into the licensing agreement.
In order for us to determine the number of students who will be using the security software, you are asked to send an e-mail message to my administrative assistant, Ms. Williams, at RDWilliams@ubalt.edu indicating the same. This will help us better plan the space that we will need for those taking the exam on laptop.

In order to determine whether a particular faculty member has given permission for his/her students to use the software, please speak to the professor or ask Ms. Williams. If you have other questions about the software, let me know.

Dean Torain