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The final examination in this course will be distributed at noon GMT on Saturday, May 11, and will be due at noon GMT on Sunday, May 12. The exam should take approximately four hours to complete. We are providing a 24-hour "window" during which the exam may be completed to accommodate your diverse time zones, schedules, and commitments. If it is impossible for you to take the exam during this window, contact your teaching fellow and we will arrange some kind of accommodation.
The exam will be "open book" in the sense that, when preparing your answers, you may read, watch, or rely upon any material whatsoever. After the exam begins, however, you may not consult in any way with any other person concerning any aspect of the exam.
The exam will contain three questions:
Your answers will be evaluated by one of the teaching fellows associated with the CopyrightX course -- but not by your own teaching fellow. The teaching fellow will assess each question using the following scale:
To determine your aggregate grade: the evaluation you receive on Question #1 will be multiplied by 4; the evaluation you receive on Question #2 will be multiplied by 3; the evaluation you receive on Question #3 will be multiplied by 3; and those products will then be added together. The maximum possible score will be 50. To pass the exam, you must receive a cumulative score of at least 20.
The primary purpose of the exam is to assess your competence, not to make comparisons among you. If you have participated in the course conscientiously, and if you review the material before the exam, you should have no difficulty obtaining a passing grade.
If you have any questions concerning this format, please contact your teaching fellow.
--The CopyrightX Team
By the time you arrive here, you will already have been in touch with your Teaching Fellow, who will have described the various features of the course. You should also have completed a few preliminary steps, including taking a diagnostic pre-test. For additional information concerning the course’s goals, structure, and content, please watch the welcome message from Prof. Fisher in the video below. Please also acquaint yourself with the various pages on this site. We suggest you start with the Logistics page, which describes the course’s mechanics in greater depth. The course itself will start on January 28. We look forward to working with you.
--The CopyrightX Team.