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• ComputerComputer-based exams are equivalent to written exams and the special form of multiple-choice exams with the corresponding modalities (RegulationsStatutes supplementsSupplements).
• The APB and the remote examination statute in their current versionversions of the remote exam regulations allow forpermit computer-based presence exams and remote computer exams with the necessary security measuresmeasures.
• §23 of the Hessian Higher Education Act and the E-ExamExamination RegulationsStatute of TUDa fromdated 14.12.2022 apply.

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• Typed submissions are more legible,readable, making the grading easierprocess easier.
• CorrectionsRevisions to texts and submissions are more convenientconvenient.
• Fewer errors in point countingtallying, because theas table management is automaticautomatic.
• ComputerComputer-based exams have the potential to make exams more interactiveinteractive.
• Review can be done from home and is not subject to aany hygiene conceptconcept.

• The Safe Exam Browser is used to restrict toolsaids according to exam guidelines, thus excluding all communication programs. Only explicitly authorizedenabled applications can be used.
• The Safe Exam Browser is startedlaunched at the beginning of the exam. Starting the Safe Exam Browser viathrough Moodle ensures that the correct version with the appropriate configuration is used,launched, preventing any unauthorized actions during the exam.

HereThe iscurrent version of the downloadSafe linkExam Browser can be downloaded from https://safeexambrowser.org/download_en.html for Windows, macOS, and iOS.

Your exam format, exam room, and applicationsrequests are managed via groups. You can view your group memberships through your profile. Click on your profile picture under "Logged in user" on the right.right under "My Profile."

Note: If you cannot see the "LoggedMy in user"Profile" block, expand it using the arrow button on the right edge of the course.course using the arrow button.

Proof of your identity always requires an official photo ID or an official passport document and is essential. Acceptable documents include:

• EU ID cards and provisional EU ID cards,
• Non-EU ID cards,
• EU residence permits and provisional EU residence permits,
• Driver’s licenses issued in Europe,
• Passports and
• Provisional passports issued in the EU.

If the supplementary ID from dgti e.V. is necessary to establish identity, it is only valid with one of the aforementioned official IDs.

The following identification documents are insufficient or unnecessary:

• The Athene card of the university computer center / university library,
• Health insurance cards or other non-official photo ID documents, and
• The student ID card of TU Darmstadt, as its identification features are given through authentication with TU-ID and password in e-exams.

Only members of TU-Darmstadt are allowedadmitted into all Zoom meetings forof the online exams.exam Yousystem. Here you can set up the Zoom Campuscampus Licenselicense.

Accessing password managers or password databases should be avoided from the start of the exam. If you do not know your password by heart, you should write it down and keep it accessible for the duration of the exam. After the exam, destroy the note or change your password in the identity management of TU Darmstadt.

The use of hardware tokens is generally possible with Safe Exam Browser in computer lab rooms and on personal devices.

A software token must always be available on a secondary device (usually your own smartphone) since local software tokens such as KeePassXC cannot be accessed while Safe Exam Browser is running.

Please note that a second authentication factor failure could occur, so it is always recommended to have both hardware and software tokens ready. Disabling or bypassing two-factor authentication is neither immediately nor during the exam possible.

If you need to log in again during the exam and your second authentication factor is provided by a secondary device, notify the proctor and wait for them to verify that using the secondary device does not constitute an attempt to cheat.

• This exam format uses Safe Exam Browser for supervision support.
• Program usage and access to internet services are restricted.
• Only the available hardware is used.

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• Computer pool rooms:labs: L1|10 101, L1|10 108, L1|10 201, L1|10 206, L3|01 50, L5|01 130 In these computer pool rooms,labs, you take over the computers atby the selection ofselecting the currently startingready e-exams or at the Moodle login. So youYou only need your Moodle login.
• Computer pool rooms:labs: external at Goethe University or Hochschule Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences You will receive a login to thean operating system login from the room supervisor,proctor, which you should use along with your Moodle login.
• Computer pool rooms:labs: HRZ of TUDa S1|22 020 The TU ID serves as the login for the computer. You navigate independently with a web browser to the e-exam in the exam course. You download the Safe Exam Browser configuration from the exam activity on the dashboard and start it.
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• This exam format uses Safe Exam Browser for supervision support.
• For Safe Exam Browser, a Windows 10 or 11 or a current MAC OS operating system is required.
• Program usage and access to internet services are restricted.
• Sockets or power strips are available in the exam rooms.rooms for charging your device. You justonly need to bring your power adaptercharger to charge your device.

Follow the instructions[instructions](https://www.hrz.tu-darmstadt.de/services/it

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Follow the instructions from the university computer center.

• YouYour areown requirednotebook toincluding install and not tamper with the CM program, which is part of SMOWL.
• SMOWL registration is exam-wide. It applies to both the actual exam and the demo exam.
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• Recommendation: Write down the hotline number for technical problems provided in the exam course on a piece of paper in case of a network interruption.
• Announcements during the exam will be made via Zoom chat, and there may be an oral reminder to pay attention to the chat.
• In the support meeting, unless otherwise directed, the camera and microphone should be turned off.
• The support meeting can only be entered with a Zoom account with a TU campus license. The campus license for Zoom is set up via HRZ: Zoom Campus Licenseexam?
• SMOWL records your webcam, computer microphone, desktop, browser history, and running programs during the exam. It also checks if multiple connections are coming from the same network. Potentially incriminating recording material will be used as evidence in cases of suspected cheating.

Sockets or power strips are available in the exam rooms for charging your device. You only need to bring your charger to charge your device.

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• SMOWL provides limited feedback on violations during the exam. Suspicious cases are analyzed after the exam. SMOWL cannot automatically judge the outcome of your exam.
• In the event of connection interruptions or similar issues, you can re-enter the exam until the exam time ends, unless the exam leader decides otherwise.