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Stable internet connection
Recommendation: Use a LAN connection if possible.
Browser
Recommendation: Chromium (based), e.g. Google Chrome, newest version.
The following prerequisites are only required if your exam contains programming exercises:
Java IDE with JDK 16
Recommendation: Eclipse IDE 2021‑03.
Git Client
Recommendation: SourceTree
- The exam mode in Artemis tolerates issues with the Internet connection.
- If you lose your connection, you can continue working on text-, quiz- and modeling exercises, but you might get warnings that your solutions cannot be saved.
- If your Internet connection recovers, Artemis will save your solution.
- Artemis tries to save your solution every 30 seconds, when you navigate between exercises, and when you click or .
Programming exercises have 2 modes.
Online code editor: can only be used when you are online.
- Local IDE: you only need to be online when you clone the repository and when you push your commits (i.e. submit your solution).
- At the end of the online exam, you must be online within a given
grace period
and submit your exam, otherwise it will not be graded.
Do NOT reload the browser
- If you reload the browser, the Welcome Screen screen opens and you must enter your name and confirm the checkbox again.
- You should only reload if an error occurs that cannot be recovered otherwise!
Participate in ONE browser window!
- Working in multiple browser windows at the same time is not allowed!
- It will lead to synchronization issues and is seen as suspicious behaviour that can be flagged as cheating.
- Log in to Artemis with your account credentials.
- The current exam should be displayed at the top of the Course Overview screen.
You can also access the exam by navigating to the course and then to the exams.
Note
The exam will become visible shortly before the working time starts.
- The welcome screen gives you an overview of all the important information you need about the exam.
- Carefully read through the instructions.
Once you have read them, confirm that you will follow the rules, sign with your full name and click .
Note
Your full name represents your signature. You can find your full name as registered on Artemis below the input field.
- After you confirm, if the exam working time has started, the Exam Conduction screen will automatically appear.
- Otherwise, you must wait until the exam begins. A popup will appear which will notify you how much time is left before the planned start.
- Once the exam working time starts and you have confirmed your participation, the Conduction screen will appear.
On the header, you will find the Exam Navigation Bar. You can use this bar to navigate between different exercises. For each exercise an icon will display your current status.
You can also navigate through the exercises when you are done with one by clicking . This action will save and submit your changes and move to the next exercise.
- On the header, you will also find the button. If you press this, you will be sent to the exam End Screen.
The time left until the end of the exam is also shown next to the action buttons, or below, depending on your screen size.
Note
When the time is about to run out, the background of the timer will turn yellow to warn you.
Various question types can be included in quiz exam exercises. These are:
- Multiple choice questions
- Short Answer questions
- Drag and Drop questions
- All questions are listed in the main screen below one another.
- To navigate between them you can either scroll or use the
question overview
on the left. When you click on one of the question representations, your view will automatically scroll to the respective question. To submit your solution, simply press .
Note
Your submission will automatically be saved every 30 seconds.
The text exercise view is divided into two sections, the text editor, and the problem statement. The problem statement is docked to the right.
Note
On small screens, the problem statement is shown above the text editor.
If you want to focus only on the text editor, you can collapse the problem statement by pressing on . This can be reverted by pressing the arrow again.
- Within the editor you can type out your solution. The editor will automatically track your number of words and number of characters.
The modeling exercise view is divided into two sections, the modeling editor, and the problem statement. The problem statement is docked to the right.
Note
On small screens, the problem statement is shown above the modeling editor.
If you want to focus only on the modeling editor, you can collapse the problem statement by pressing on . This can be reverted by pressing the arrow again.
- Within the editor you can model your solution. Depending on the diagram type, you will find the available elements on the right side of the editor. Simply drag and drop them into the editing field.
- When you click on a dropped element, you can configure it by setting it's
name
, it'sattributes
,methods
etc. - To connect elements you can simply drag an element's edges to another element. The editor will then automatically connect those two.
If you are unclear about how to use the modeling editor, you can click on . It will provide further information about how to use the modeling editor.
Depending on your exam, programming exercises can come in three forms:
- Online Code Editor + support for local IDE
- Online Code Editor
- Support for local IDE
If your exercise allows the use of the code editor your screen will be divided into three sections, from left to right:
- The file browser
- The code Editor
- The instructions
The file browser displays the file structure of the assignment. You can access any file within the assignment. Artemis will display the selected file's content in the code editor where you can edit it.
- The code editor allows you to edit the content of specific files. It shows the line numbers and will also annotate the appropriate line, if a compilation error occurs.
- The instructions are docked to the right.
If you want to focus only on the code editor, you can collapse the instructions by pressing on the . This can be reverted by pressing the arrow again. Similarly, if you want to collapse the file browser, you can press the above the file browser.
- When you press , your files are saved on the Artemis server. However, you must press for your solution to be counted!
When you press , your changes are pushed to the version control (VC) server and a build is started on the continuous integration (CI) server. This is indicated by the results changing from to .
Warning
There is no auto-submit!
- If your exercise allows the use of the local IDE you will have access to the button .
When you click it you can choose to clone the exercise via
HTTPS
orSSH
, if you have configured your private key.Note
You must link a public key to your account in advance if you want to use
SSH
.To work offline follow these steps:
Warning
You are responsible for pushing/submitting your code. Your instructors cannot help you if you have saved, but did not submit.
- Your instructors can decide to limit the real-time feedback in programming exercises during the online exam.
In that case, you will only see if your code compiles or not:
- means that your code does not compile!
- means that your code compiles but provides no further information about your final score.
Warning
Edit a programming exercise EITHER in the online editor OR in your local IDE! Otherwise, conflicts can occur that are hard to resolve.
- When you are finished with the exercises, or the time runs out you navigate to the End Screen.
This is done either by clicking on or automatically when the exam conduction time is over.
- In this screen you should confirm that you followed all the rules and sign with your full name, similar to the Welcome Screen.
You are given an additional
grace period
to submit the exam after the conduction is over. This additional time is added to the timer shown on the top right.Warning
Your exam will not be graded, should you fail to submit!
- Once you submit your exam, no further changes can be made to any exercise.
- After you hand in, you can view the summary of your exam.
- You always have access to the summary. You can find it by following the steps displayed in: Accessing the Exam.
- Further you have the opportunity to export the summary as a PDF file by clicking on .
- The summary contains an aggregated view of all your submissions. For programming exercises, it also contains the latest commit hash and repository URL so you can review your code.
- Once the results have been published, you can view your score in the summary.
- Additionally, if within the student review period, you have the option to complain about manual assessments made. To do this, simply click on and explain your rationale.
- A second assessor, different from the original one will have the opportunity to review your complaint and respond to it.
- The complaint response will become visible to you as soon as it has been assessed.
Again, you can export the summary including your score as a PDF file by clicking on . The PDF will also contain any complaints and complaint assessments.
Note
The results will automatically be updated, if your complaint was successful.