12-14-2013, 07:55 PM
Hi Everyone,
I just wanted to post about the tablet. First of all, after a whole day of spinning my wheels (story to follow) I finally ended up taking the Staighterline Business Ethics final. Not only did I pass the final, but I passed the course as well (93% on the final, and 84% on the course in case anyone is interested). Yippee hooray! That's six credits between Monday and Saturday of the same week!
The day started off with a trip to the Microsoft Store. They hooked up my Surface Pro 2 tablet to one of their all-in-one computers with a humongous monitor. We disabled the monitor of the Surface, though that is the camera that was being used. It took about an hour to set everything up and get it running. Then I logged on to ProctorU and was told that I couldn't take my exam at the store because I was in a place that was "too public." However, the two proctors who worked with me while I was at the store (and also the help desk staff) did everything they could to make it so that I would be able to take the exam at the store. I waited about another hour or so while different people tried to get permission for that to happen.
However, because Staighterline could never be reached (I'm guessing they're closed on Saturday) I was never allowed to take my exam at the store. The moral of the story is--maybe they will allow you to take the exam on a tablet from home or a library--only if you can prove to them that the tablet screen is disabled (which I was able to prove by going in to Control Panel Display). However, since the whole point of my trying to do this was to save money on a Webcam when I am unemployed that all came to naught as I had a couple of hours before being rescheduled and didn't have time to comparison shop. I had to pick up an order at Staples and just got the cheapest Webcam they had--fifty bucks thank you very much. Oh well, at least I still passed after all that. I think I'd be ready to slash my wrists or something if I hadn't passed (just joking--I would never slash my wrists, just FYI)!
I just wanted to post about the tablet. First of all, after a whole day of spinning my wheels (story to follow) I finally ended up taking the Staighterline Business Ethics final. Not only did I pass the final, but I passed the course as well (93% on the final, and 84% on the course in case anyone is interested). Yippee hooray! That's six credits between Monday and Saturday of the same week!
The day started off with a trip to the Microsoft Store. They hooked up my Surface Pro 2 tablet to one of their all-in-one computers with a humongous monitor. We disabled the monitor of the Surface, though that is the camera that was being used. It took about an hour to set everything up and get it running. Then I logged on to ProctorU and was told that I couldn't take my exam at the store because I was in a place that was "too public." However, the two proctors who worked with me while I was at the store (and also the help desk staff) did everything they could to make it so that I would be able to take the exam at the store. I waited about another hour or so while different people tried to get permission for that to happen.
However, because Staighterline could never be reached (I'm guessing they're closed on Saturday) I was never allowed to take my exam at the store. The moral of the story is--maybe they will allow you to take the exam on a tablet from home or a library--only if you can prove to them that the tablet screen is disabled (which I was able to prove by going in to Control Panel Display). However, since the whole point of my trying to do this was to save money on a Webcam when I am unemployed that all came to naught as I had a couple of hours before being rescheduled and didn't have time to comparison shop. I had to pick up an order at Staples and just got the cheapest Webcam they had--fifty bucks thank you very much. Oh well, at least I still passed after all that. I think I'd be ready to slash my wrists or something if I hadn't passed (just joking--I would never slash my wrists, just FYI)!
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