Electronic exams on Xamk campus

What is the Exam?

Exam is a system that allow students to take an exam or maturity test independently in the Exam room, which teacher has made available in the Exam-system. Every campus has its own Exam room and students are free to choose the time and place of their exam within the framework made available by the teacher and the campus opening hours. Exam room computers can access only to the Exam system and the rooms are equipped with recording video and audio surveillance.

Exam rooms at campuses

The exam rooms are mainly available during the opening hours of the Campuses. Also, holidays have been added to the Exam system, but when you are registering for an exam, pay particular attention to exceptional opening hours.

Xamk Exam: https://exam.xamk.fi

More information about Exam from E-exam: https://e-exam.fi/

Xamk students: Information and guides to Xamk students in Lux-intranet

Exam-room locations

• Kouvola Campus
  Paraatikenttä 7, 45100 Kouvola
  Campus info tel. +358 50 434 3728
  Location: Exam room 248A (main building, 2nd floor)
• Kotka Campus
  Pääskysentie 1, 48220 Kotka
  Campus info rel. +358 44 7028414
  Location: Exam room A4035 (A-building, 4th floor)

• Mikkeli Campus
  Patteristonkatu 3, 50100 Mikkeli
  campus info tek. +358 040 647 4456
  Location: D206 (D-building, 2nd floor)
• Savonlinna Campus
  Savonniemenkatu 6, 57100 Savonlinna
  campus info tel. +358 40 594 3961
  Location: SA438 (A-building, 4th floor)

More detailed information on arrival on Xamk campuses and campus maps.

Any questions? Exam guidance and support at Xinfo

Exam visit rooms

Exam visit is available at Kotka, Kouvola, Mikkeli and Savonlinna campuses. The exam rooms are available for exam visit on weekdays (mon-fri), when the main doors and info are open. Check more detailed availability from the Exam-system. Reservations can be made maximum 30 days ahead. Generally, exams start 15 past every hour (between 9:15 and 14:15). There are a limited number of machines for exam visits. No access key is required to enter the campus or the Exam rooms.

• Kotka campus
  Exam-room A4035. You should enter through the main entrance (door A) and go straight to the 4th floor. Cyrillic keyboard available.

• Kouvola campus
  Exam-room 248A. You should enter through the main entrance (Kuuselankatu, Info) and go straight to the 2nd floor. Cyrillic keyboard available.

• Mikkeli campus
  Exam-room D206. You should enter through the main doors of the D building (D1/Info) and immediately take the the stairs on the right in the lobby to the 2nd floor. Room D206 is immediately in the lobby on the left. Accessible route: The elevator to the 2nd floor is available through the lobby of the D-building (info). A Cyrillic keyboard is available.

• Savonlinna campus
  Exam-room SA438. You should enter through the main entrance (door A/Info) and go straight to the 4th floor.

More detailed information on arrival on campuses, student parking and campus maps: Xamk Contact information and maps.

Resources available at Exam computers

• Access to Exam only, other web sources blocked
• Windows -calculator
• Pdf- and image files can be opened
• Wordpad / Notepad
• Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, Powerpoint (no spelling and grammar checker)
• A few hearing protectors available in the room
• Cyrillic keybords in Kotka, Kouvola and Mikkeli Exam rooms only

Individual arrangements

When taking an exam visit at Xamk, you do not have the opportunity for individual or special arrangements related to the exams. If you have need for individual arrangements,  contact the people responsible for special arrangements at your own university.

Taking the exam 

1. If the computer screen is dark or computer is closed, swing the mouse or turn on the computer.
2. To log in, select Guest and press Sign in.
3. Open Exam/Firefox and select your university from the HAKA organization menu and log in to the exam with your university credentials.
4. Wait until your exam opens and proceed to take the exam. When you are finished, close the browser and log out of the computer. You can also shut down the machine.

Problem situations  

There is no technical support available during the exam. If a problem that occurs during the exam is not resolved according to the instructions in the room, follow these steps:

If you have any problems with the exam, please contact your university’s Exam support / examiner.

If you have problems with your Xamk exam computer or login, contact to Xamk Exam Support: https://xinfo.xamk.fi

South-Eastern Finland University of Applied Sciences EXAM system accessibility statement

This accessibility statement applies to the EXAM service, and it was created on 25 June 2020.

This accessibility statement applies to the EXAM system and not the contents, for example the attachments of a single exam.

Accessibility means that as many people as possible can use digital services easily and equally. An accessible service must be technically accessible, have a clear user interface and the content must be understandable. The accessibility requirements are based on the Act on the Provision of Digital Services, which is in turn based on the EU Accessibility Directive.

The accessibility of the EXAM system was assessed internally. We are continuously evaluating accessibility during development of the EXAM system.

Accessibility of the digital service

The EXAM system meets the accessibility requirements in part.

During development of the EXAM service, we are committed to improving the accessibility of the digital service and meeting the A and AA level criteria of WCAG 2.1 contained in the Act on the Provision of Digital Services. The observed accessibility deficiencies will be corrected in conjunction with future EXAM version updates whenever possible. In particular, the upgrade of the application framework to Angular7 will improve accessibility (planned for 2021).

Non-accessible content (according to WCAG 2.1 criteria)

Perceivable: The color contrast between text and background is insufficient.

• Non-accessible content and its deficiencies.
• The contrast between text and background colors is too weak in some buttons.
• Accessibility requirements that are not met.
• 4.3 Contrast (minimum)

Perceivable: The highlighting that visualizes button status is insufficient.

• Non-accessible content and its deficiencies.
• When navigating with the keyboard, the focus of the selected function is not sufficiently distinguishable. The visual information needed to identify the different statuses of the buttons is insufficient: border color contrast and highlighting is too faint.
• Accessibility requirements that are not met.
• 4.11 Non-text contrast

Perceivable: Text descriptions are missing from images (buttons).

• Non-accessible content and its deficiencies.
• Text descriptions are missing from images (buttons).
• Accessibility requirements that are not met.
• 1.1 Non-text content

Perceivable: Heading is missing and boldface has been used for highlighting.

• Non-accessible content and its deficiencies.
• Website headings are not used correctly. Boldface has been used for highlighting.
• Accessibility requirements that are not met.
• 3.1 Info and relationships

Operable: There is no mechanism available to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on many web pages.

• Non-accessible content and its deficiencies.
• The website has no mechanism available to bypass blocks of content that are repeated on multiple web pages.
• Accessibility requirements that are not met.
• 4.1 Bypass blocks

Operable: Not all website functions can be used via the keyboard.

• Non-accessible content and its deficiencies.
• Not all website functions can be used via the keyboard. For example, the keyboard cannot be used to select a role (student/examiner) after logging in or to select an attachment when taking an exam. The keyboard cannot be used to reserve an examiner via the calendar; this problem will be eliminated by the future upgrade.
• Accessibility requirements that are not met.
• 1.1 Keyboard

Operable: Focus is not highlighted sufficiently.

• Non-accessible content and its deficiencies.
• The user cannot easily see which element of the website has the keyboard focus at any given time.
• Accessibility requirements that are not met.
• 4.7 Focus visible

Understandable: No language has been specified for the page.

• Non-accessible content and its deficiencies.
• No language has been specified for the page.
• Accessibility requirements that are not met.
• 1.1 Language of page

Understandable: The submit button is missing from the form.

• Non-accessible content and its deficiencies.
• The submit button is missing from the form.
• Accessibility requirements that are not met.
• 2.2 On Input

Have you noticed any accessibility problems in our digital services?

Please let us know and we will do our best to correct the problem. Provide accessibility feedback using this online form. (Language options for the online form available: Finnish/English.)

Supervisory authority

If you notice accessibility problems on the website, you should first send any feedback to us, the site administrator. We will normally send you an answer within 14 days of receiving the feedback.

If you are not satisfied with the response you have received or you do not receive any response after two weeks, you may submit a notification to the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland. The website of the Regional State Administrative Agency for Southern Finland provides detailed information on how to submit the notification and how the matter is processed. Please note that the website is in Finnish and Swedish only.

Contact details of the supervisory authority

Regional State Administrative Agency of Southern Finland
Supervision Unit for Accessibility
www.saavutettavuusvaatimukset.fi
saavutettavuus(at)avi.fi (in Finnish and Swedish only)

Tel. +358 (0)295 016 000 (switchboard)