Final Examinations for Online/Blended/Alternate Delivery Courses - FAQs

Most online/blended/alternate delivery courses have a 3-hour in-person final exam which you are required to attend in order to complete the course requirements. To find out if there is a final exam in your course(s), please consult the course outline or syllabus, or ask your instructor.

Final Exams for all online/blended/alternate delivery courses are scheduled at our campus in North Bay, Ontario. Students wishing to write their final exams at a testing centre outside of North Bay may request to do so at their own expense by submitting a Distance Exam Request. Please see ‘Can I request to write my exam somewhere else?’ below for more information.

Final exams are scheduled for a specific date and time during the final exam period for the session. Each spring the academic dates for the year are published in the Academic Calendar. The academic dates include the two-week examination period for each session.  All students are expected to be available to write at any time during these defined examination periods. The exact date and time of your exam will be published on WebAdvisor at least eight (8) weeks prior to the start of the exam period.  You will receive an email from our office when your exam schedule is posted.

Students are expected to be available to write on any date during the defined examination period for their course. You are encouraged to review the academic dates in the Academic Calendar prior to registering in any course to ensure you will be available to complete all course requirements. The scheduled date and time of your exam cannot be changed. If you have prior commitments that will prevent you from writing exams at any point during the examination period, please be advised that there are very limited circumstances for which a deferred exam can be granted. More information about deferred exams is available in the Policy on Final Examinations in the Academic Calendar.

Students may request to write their exam(s) at an alternate location by submitting a Distance Exam Request (described below) provided they meet the following eligibility criteria:

• Must have a home address listed in WebAdvisor that is more than 100km from our North Bay campus.
• Must not be registered in any on-site course(s) located at our North Bay campus during the same session.

Nipissing University does not charge a fee for Distance Exam Requests.  However, students are responsible for covering any and all fees charged by their testing centre for invigilation services, payable directly to the testing centre.  We will cover the cost of shipping your exam to and from the testing centre.  If you have questions about a testing centre’s fees, please contact the testing centre.

If you are registered with Student Accessibility Services and eligible for testing accommodations, please follow the process outlined by Student Accessibility Services for scheduling your final exams.

Even if you are in the College Partnership Program, some of your exams may still be located in North Bay depending on your course selections. Please watch for these section codes when you register for courses, and check your class selections on WebAdvisor to be sure which section codes you are registered in.

Final exams for courses with section numbers ending in one of the codes listed below will be scheduled at your partner college campus:

• 822, 823, 824, 825, 826, 827, 828, 829
• 881, 882, 883, 884, 885, etc.

Final exams for courses with any section number other than those listed above here, your final exam for that course will be scheduled at our campus in North Bay, even if you are in a college partnership program. You can still request to write your exams for such courses at a location outside of North Bay.  Please review the information under “How do I request to write my exam outside of North Bay?”.