Hello Jemima This week we're sharing more information and guidance about exams and assessments to help you in your preparations. In this email you’ll find:  A reminder on the importance of accurate data  Dates for centrally organised mock exams using the Alternative Exams Portal (AEP)  Short guidance videos on using the AEP  Student blogs on preparing for exams  Clarification on the upload period for online exams in the AEP   Check your data Creating a summer exam timetable for over 60,000 individual exam sittings across 16,000 students and over 30 departments relies on accurate student registration data. If you are taking exams in the summer, you should have already received an email from the Exams Team asking that you check your assessment registration data in Tabula. If you spot any errors in your assessment registrations (i.e. you believe the assessment method shown does not reflect what you registered for earlier in the year) you should contact your department after the Easter break and let them know. They will either resolve directly, or liaise with the Examinations Team on your behalf to resolve any issues prior to the publication of the timetable. Dates for centrally organised mock exams using the Alternative Exams Portal (AEP) We appreciate that many of you may not have sat exams online before. Most departments will be organising mock assessments in the AEP and will notify you directly about them. There will also be a number of centrally organised mock exams in the AEP. The purpose of these is to help you to familiarise yourself with the AEP and how it works before using it for your real exams. The Central Mock Exams are not subject-based and very general in nature: they are designed to help you to practise logging into the AEP, get a sense of how it looks and feels, as well as accessing assessment content and uploading your answers. You will be notified separately about the Central Mock Exams: depending on when your exams are scheduled will influence which mocks are available to you. See below for details about when the Central Mock Exams will be running for each exam period.   Exam Session Central Mock Exams in the AEP Monday 26 April to Friday 7 May 2021 19 April Monday 10 May to Friday 14 May 2021 26 April and 4 May Monday 17 May to Thursday 24 June 2021 5 May and 10 May Feedback from students who have taken exams online previously suggests that taking the mocks helps reduce exams anxiety and concern around using the AEP, so we recommend you take full advantage of the Central Mock Exams and any organised by your department.   Short guidance videos on using the AEP   We have updated the Exams and Assessment FAQs to include some short videos which give an overview of using the AEP. They can be found under the FAQ – ‘How do I take my assessment on the Alternative Exams Portal (AEP)’ as follows:    How to access the AEP and assessments timetable  How to start an assessment in the AEP  How to submit and finish an assessment in the AEP  How to contact an invigilator in the AEP  Student blogs on preparing for online exams   Some of your fellow students have shared their experiences of online exams in the AEP and how they prepared. They emphasise the importance of checking what type of online exams will apply to your modules. Departments can choose to assign different types of assessment, depending on the subject material, how it has been taught, the learning outcomes etc. If you are taking options from departments outside of your home department you should not assume they will all be of the same type. Further information on the various types of online assessment can be found in the Exams and Assessment FAQs.   Clarification on the upload period for online exams in the AEP Within the AEP, you will be given an additional 45 minutes on top of the length of the online exam to download the assessment and to upload your answers. 45 minutes may seem like quite a lot of time – but please remember that download and upload speeds can be slow. This 45 minutes must not be used for additional working time. The AEP will close for submissions after the 45 minutes upload period. Anything submitted after the 45 minutes will automatically be classified as a late submission and awarded a mark of zero. The only exception to this is where you can make an acceptable case through the mitigating circumstances portal (found on Tabula in the personal circumstances tab or MyWBS), if you can evidence that you had good reasons for not completing and submitting your assessment on time.   Explore further advice and guidance on the Teaching, Learning and Assessment pages.  Best wishes, Warwick Student Communications Team MyWarwick                 Data and Privacy The University of Warwick, University House, Coventry, CV4 8UW, United Kingdom