Booking exams

Exams will remain available with your invigilator for 5 days after the scheduled write date. The 5-day window is in place for technical issues, outages, or emergencies. You can write anytime in these 5 days–if the invigilator can supervise at the time–without the need to re-schedule with AU. If you cannot write your exam within 5 days, your original exam will be returned to AU unwritten. You will need to submit a new exam request through myAU.

Yes, you can. To do that, you’ll have to contact the Office of the Registrar using the Online Appeals Form. The appeals officer designated by the registrar has the final authority on all appeals and they will let you know in writing what their final decision is in your case.

There are no pre-set exam dates; you must schedule an exam to write it. You can write your exam at any time within your course contract period. Course-specific information can be found in your course syllabus.

No, they do not. If you are registered in a course that has an oral exam, your exam may be conducted by phone, video conferencing, email, or other audio methods. It’ll be arranged directly between you and your tutor. You do not need a request form for this process. Look at the evaluation section of your course syllabus––that should tell you if the course has an oral quiz or examination, or not.

If you are not satisfied with the grade you received on your exam mark (supplemental examinations do not apply to assignments, quizzes, or challenge courses) you have the option to ask for and write 1 supplemental exam for each midterm or final exam required in your course. The higher of the 2 marks will then be used to calculate your final course grade. Note: supplemental examinations do not apply to assignments, quizzes, or challenge courses.

Here’s how it works:

• Athabasca University charges a non-refundable fee for each supplemental exam. To avoid any delays, you should make sure that this fee accompanies the Examination Request Form as when you submit it.
• To request your supplemental exam, you need to complete and submit the Examination Request Form to the Office of the Registrar, so that the form will arrive no later than 90 calendar days after the date when you wrote your initial examination.
• As with any exam requests, we need to receive your supplemental exam request within the official exam request and completion deadlines.
• If you are unable to attend your supplemental exam, you cannot reschedule or re-request it.

If, for some reason, you can’t attend your exam at the scheduled write date, your unwritten exam will remain with the invigilator for 5 days. If the 5 days passes and your exam is returned to Athabasca University, you may reschedule your exam by completing and submitting an Examination Request Form.

It is important that you make sure that your invigilator is available on the new write date. Your invigilator may consider a cancellation or rebooking fee if they cannot reschedule the new write date.

Supplemental examinations cannot be rescheduled and must be written as requested.

Late exam requests are no longer allowed. Students are now required to write their exam within their course contract period. If you’ve reached the end of your course contract and haven’t requested your exam, you must instead request an extension.

Yes, that’s possible. At AU, we may ask that you rewrite an exam under certain circumstances. Make sure you are familiar with our Student Academic Misconduct and Non-Academic Misconduct policies.

If you’re unhappy with your exam grade, you can write a supplemental exam (an exam rewrite). The higher mark will be used in calculating your final course grade. You request a supplemental exam using the regular exam request process, but you will have to pay the Supplemental Exam Fee. Note: If you are a visiting student, check with your school to ensure your course will still transfer if you write a supplemental exam.

Your course website, which you access through myAU, will have information about your exam, including the time you must complete it, whether you can bring anything with you, and the exam format.