Instructor Handbook - The Chang School - Ryerson University

Academic Course Management
Student Misconduct During Exams
Chang School students are bound by the Ryerson Student
Code of Academic Conduct. If you suspect a student of
cheating, take immediate steps, as appropriate, to prevent
further cheating. In general, students should be allowed to
complete the exam.
a If a student is seen to have unauthorized materials, such
materials should be quietly removed, the details noted in
writing, and the names of nearby students recorded. The
matter should be reported to your program director.
b If it is suspected that students are copying material from
other students, the names of those students should be noted.
The incident should be reported to your program director.
c If it is suspected that someone is impersonating a student,
the photo identification of that person should be checked,
and the person should be asked to sign the exam paper for
further verification. If it is suspected that the identification
is not valid, students may be asked to provide alternate
photo identification. If circumstances warrant, contact
Security at ext. 5040 or The Chang School at ext. 8202.
d Allowing work to be copied during an examination or test
shall constitute cheating.
e Utilizing unauthorized material or consultation outside
of the exam room during the period of the exam shall
constitute cheating.
If you have any questions regarding these final examination
protocols, please contact your academic coordinator, your
program director, or the Chang School office in Heaslip
House, 297 Victoria Street, or at 416.979.5035.
At Ryerson, a student has the right to review his/her
final exam. Upon request, you must submit the final exams,
course marking scheme, and breakdown of student grades
for the term to your Chang School program area.
Procedures for Handling Disruptions to Mid-Term or Final Exams
If, during an exam, there is a fire alarm or you are advised by a
Security officer to leave the building, instructors and students
must evacuate the building immediately – there are no exceptions.
Every attempt must be made to complete the exam on the
evening scheduled. However, if a class is unable to re-enter
the building due to an evacuation, the following guidelines
will be of assistance to both you and your students.
If a fire alarm sounds, instructors should calmly
tell their students to do the following:
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Hand in all exam question papers and all answer
sheets/booklets.
In the event of a fire alarm, it is vital that you wait with your
class outside until Security staff let you know if and when
you may re-enter the evacuated building.
Once you receive permission to re-enter the building,
you and your students should proceed back to the classroom
where the students will take their seats and resume writing
the interrupted exam. Please allow students sufficient
additional time to complete the exam.
If, during a final exam, the evacuated building
cannot be re-entered, please follow one of these
two procedures (as appropriate):
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If you have been assigned an alternate exam location,
students should follow you to the location, take their seats,
and resume writing the exam. Please allow sufficient
additional time to complete the exam.
If you have been assigned an alternate exam date, advise
students to return on that date to write a new exam.
Missed Exam Procedure
Your students are expected to complete all assignments,
tests, and exams within the time frames and by the dates
indicated in your course outline. However, Ryerson
University policies allow a student who misses a mid-term or
final exam for one of the following reasons only – religious
observance, medical illness, or compassionate grounds – to
formally request an alternate arrangement to write a makeup
exam. The student’s request must be in writing and must
be accompanied by the appropriate documentation (see
below). You should direct your students to the University’s
Undergraduate Academic Consideration and Appeals,
Policy 134, and Accommodation of Student Religious
Observance Obligations, Policy 150.
To accommodate these requests for consideration, each
term The Chang School provides a schedule of dates during
which you may choose to have your student write a makeup
exam. Please refer to the instructor website for the current
schedule. Invigilation services for scheduled makeup exams
will be provided by The Chang School. To ensure academic
integrity, the makeup exam must be different from the
original exam.
In order to allow adequate time to prepare individual
student exam packages, the sign-in roster, and the exam
location, we ask that you follow these instructions.
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Gather all their personal belongings and leave
the building.
Meet outside the building, staying together as a class
group until receiving further instructions.
The full text of Ryerson’s Course Management Policy 145 can
be found on the Senate website at www.ryerson.ca/senate.
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