Testing Center

1. Meet with Student Disability Services to confirm that your documentation for the semester has been completed and accommodations letters have been sent to your professors.
2. Speak with your professors and ask them to submit a Faculty Exam Request Forms for every test you will be expected to take. 
3. Contact the Testing Center to schedule an exam appointment:
   • Email: testingcenter@westminsteru.edu
   • Phone: 801.832.2116
   • In-person: Giovale Library, Room 001 (basement level) 

1. Speak with your professor and ask them to submit a Faculty Exam Request for the test/class date you will miss.
2. Contact the Testing Center to schedule an exam appointment:
   • Email: testingcenter@westminsteru.edu
   • Phone: 801.832.2116
   • In-person: Giovale Library, Room 001 (basement level) 

1. Speak with your academic advisor or the Registrar’s Office to determine which CLEP exam will provide the course credits you need and whether there are any university deadlines to consider. You can find basic information about external credit options in the Academic Catalog.
2. Register for the appropriate CLEP exam online. You must pay a $97 fee to finalize your registration. Modern States, a nonprofit organization, provides free study materials for many CLEP subjects and allows students to earn vouchers to cover the cost of the test registration fee. Contact the Testing Center with questions.
3. You'll receive an email message containing your registration ticket. Forward this to the Testing Center at testingcenter@westminsteru.edu and request an exam appointment.
4. When you finalize your testing appointment, Testing Center staff will email a temporary parking pass to you. Print the parking pass and place it on your dashboard. 

1. Speak with your academic advisor or the Registrar’s Office to confirm that the FLATS exam will meet your academic needs. You can find basic information about external credit options in the Academic Catalog.
2. Register for the FLATS exam online. You must pay a $50 fee to finalize your registration. Some language exams are only offered on paper and require an additional $25 fee:
   • Aymara
   • Cakchiquel
   • Guarani
   • Maori
   • Rarotongan
   • Welsh
3. FLATS will forward your information to the Testing Center and they will contact you to schedule an appointment. 

On the day of your appointment, plan to follow these steps:

1. Head to the Testing Center, located in the basement of Giovale Library.
   • Try to arrive at or before your appointment time.
   • If you are more than 15 minutes late without contacting the Testing Center, you will have time deducted from your exam.
   • If you are more than 1 hour late without contacting the Testing Center, your appointment will be cancelled, and your professor will be notified.
2. Present Testing Center staff with your photo ID.
   • For Westminster course exams, your student ID is sufficient.
   • For CLEP and FLATS exams, your ID must be government-issued (e.g., state ID, driver's license, passport).
3. Sign in at the front desk.
4. Review the Testing Center Rules and Code of Conduct once each academic year.
5. Hand Testing Center staff your cell phone and any other wearable/portable electronic devices you have with you. These items will be stored behind the front desk.
6. Set all other personal belongings in the waiting area.
7. Review exam instructions and allowed materials with Testing Center staff.
8. Take your exam.
9. When the exam is complete, return all test materials to Testing Center staff.
10. Sign out at the front desk.
11. Testing Center staff will return your cell phone/electronics and submit your completed exam to your professor.

To authorize a student to take a make-up or accommodations-related exam in the Testing Center, complete these steps:

1. Fill out a Faculty Exam Request Form. Testing Center staff will not schedule a student’s requested test appointment until you submit a Faculty Exam Request form. When setting test deadlines for your students, remember that all exam appointments must be scheduled at least one business day in advance.
2. Receive and acknowledge any follow-up emails from the Testing Center regarding exam administration and scheduling. Testing Center staff will contact you when:
   1. Your exam request is received.
   2. Your student has scheduled or requested an appointment.
   3. We have not received a copy of an exam from you.
   4. Your student has completed an exam.
   5. Your student has missed an exam appointment.
   6. There are technical difficulties with an exam.
   7. Your student’s exam is interrupted or stopped for any reason.
3. For exams administered outside of Canvas, submit a copy of the exam to the Testing Center at least one day prior to your student’s scheduled appointment. Physical exams are held in a locked filing cabinet until the student’s appointment time. Digital exam copies are stored on the Testing Center Coordinator’s computer and are deleted after they have been administered.

Students are actively monitored during all exam appointments. Testing Center camera footage can also be used to review unusual behavior after an appointment has concluded.

All completed exams will be delivered according to your specifications. Paper exams are placed inside an envelope which is then double-sealed and signed.

Bring a government-issued photo ID and any other materials your professor allows for the exam. Only professor-approved materials, accommodations-related materials, and drinks with lids are allowed in the testing area.

The Testing Center provides some supplies for use during testing:

• Headphones
• Ear plugs
• Noise-cancelling headphones
• White noise machines
• Pencils
• Erasers
• Scratch paper (lined and unlined)
• Calculators (various)
• Chemical bond modeling tools
• Rulers

Using your own laptop for a test instead of a Testing Center computer depends on your professor’s preferences. Ask your professor to specify whether your personal laptop is acceptable when they submit their exam request to the Testing Center.

All Testing Center computers have Lockdown Browser installed, accessible from the desktop.

The Testing Center can help you reschedule any exam if the new appointment time falls within the testing deadlines established by your professor. If you need to reschedule after the original deadline has passed, please contact your professor to request an extension prior to contacting the Testing Center.