Digital Exam
Frequently asked questions
Practical
What is my username and password for Digital Exam?
Your username is your AAUmail, and you password is the same you use to access your AAUmail.
What if I forgot my password?
If you do not remember your password, you can create a new one here. Alternatively you can contact AAU IT Support on serviceportal.aau.dk or 9940 2020.
If you are logged in to Digital Exam, but have no exams in the overview page My exams, it is simply because no exams are ready for you. Please contact your study secretary if you think that there should be an active exam for you in Digital Exam.
The fact that you can't see any exams does not mean that you are not signed up for any exams at all. You still have to register for courses/exams in STADS Self-service.
Yes, after an exam is over, you can still access it via Digital Exam and view the documents that you submitted (both the main document and any attachments). You will also be able to see what you answered to any additional questions (e.g. Title or Number of characters).
Documents
The documents you upload to Digital Exam will not be transferred to PURE until you have passed the project. If you do not pass, the documents will not be transferred to PURE.
Group members
If you accepted the invitation to join your group in Digital Exam after the project was submitted to PURE, your name will be transferred to PURE the next day (data between Digital Exam and PURE is synchronized nightly).
If a document is confidential, this means that it will not be public in PURE. It will be possible to search for and find author(s) and title of the project, but the actual project (and all attachments) will not be downloadable.
The level of confidentiality you choose is applied to all the material you upload to your project. You cannot choose individual levels of confidentiality for your main document and attachments.
Submission
Normally, the main document must be uploaded in a PDF format. Certain exams may allow other types of documents, e.g., if the assignment is to be composed in a specific program for drawings, statistics etc. For supplementary documents, all formats are allowed.
If you need help on, how you convert a document to a PDF, you can follow this guide.
Your assignment needs to be uploaded and submitted within the submission deadline, which is stated in Digital Exam.
If you need help on how to submit your assignment, you can follow this guide.
Your submission is registered when you reach the page Confirmation of exam submission.
Furthermore, an email is sent to your AAU-Mail confirming your submission.
Please note!
If you are submitting a semester project, you will also need to submit it to the Digital Project Library via Digital Exam. Your submission is not final until you have done so.
As long as the submission deadline has not passed, you can delete and/or edit your assignment as many times as you wish.
Remember to always hand in again if you have edited a submission. A submission is only final, when you see the receipt Confirmation of exam submission.
After the submission deadline, it will no longer be possible to edit or delete your assignment.
Marking and feedback
In the overview My exams you will be able to see that your exam has been assessed, but you need to login to STADS Self-Service to view the grade.
If an assessor has given you feedback on a given exam, you will receive an email from Digital Exam informing you of this. When you are logged in to Digital Exam, you can view the feedback by clicking the Read link, which you will find in the right side of the given exam.

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Need help?
Contact IT Support at 9940 2020 or serviceportal.aau.dk