A personal laptop with a current Windows or Mac operating system and a current version of Firefox or Chrome browser is required to take an online exam. Specific requirements apply for SEB exams.
Stable internet access is required for exams taken from home.
WLAN uzh-5GHz is recommended for on-site exams. All exam participants should set up access to the WLAN before the exam (certificates may have to be accepted when logging in for the first time).
Students must know their login credentials (Switch eduID) to log in to the examination environment. For SEB exams with OLAT, access to the keychain or saved passwords in the browser is NOT possible.
The 2-factor authentication requires that exam participants have access to their smartphone to authenticate themselves before the exam starts. For SEB exams with OLAT, all exam participants are affected; for the remaining online exams, some students are affected.
The University of Zurich's Honor Code is integrated into every online exam as standard. For OLAT exams, exam participants must confirm that they have read it in order to start the exam. For Inspera exams, students agree to the code of ethics when they start the exam.
