Organising a perusal

China

Beijing

Students have the right (according to the official Examination Regulations) to peruse their own examination answer sheet within the first 3 weeks after the exam took place. The way in which the coordinator chooses to accommodate this ‘perusal’ is up to him or her. The following points are important to consider:

Students have the right to look at their own examinations with the exception of MC answer forms filled in with a pencil. The MC forms filled in with a pencil should be copied and only the copy of the form may be given to a student.
Students may ask questions related to the way in which their grade was calculated. These questions can either be posed orally or in written form via email. Many professors instruct students who attend the perusal to fill in a sheet of paper with their name, student number, and their specific question (or complaint). These papers are collected at the end of the perusal and the professor can use the time after the perusal to review the questions /feedback and either respond to students individually or via a general message on Blackboard.

An examination perusal should be organized shortly after the preliminary exam results have been published via SIN-Online. The exact date and time of the perusal, if a plenary format is chosen, should be planned together with programme management to ensure that the perusal doesn’t overlap with any other scheduled activities of which the professor may not be aware. The programme manager can reserve a room for the perusal and communicate the date and time to students via SIN-Online. The programme manager can also set up registration for the perusal, which will enable the coordinator to prepare copies of the registered students’ exams before the start of the perusal.

In the event that grades need to be adjusted after a perusal then the revised grades can be sent to programme management, who will then post the revisions on SIN-Online (only the students with a changed grade will receive a new grade this way). The perusal should be planned well in advance of the submission deadline for the final grades, in order to allow time to review the feedback given during the perusal and adjust the grades when necessary.