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Final Examination and Proctoring Guide
Your final examination is supervised. This page explains when the examination window opens, where you may write, what happens while you write, what is monitored, and what to do if something goes wrong. Read it before your window opens, not on the morning.
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1. What the examination is worth
The final evaluation is one part of your final mark. It is worth 20 per cent in Grades 9 and 10, and 25 per cent in Grades 11 and 12. Classroom work is worth 65 per cent, and attendance and participation makes up the remainder.
Some courses use a written examination, some use a culminating task, and some use both. The exact split for your own course is on your course page in the student portal and in your course outline, and that is always the authoritative figure.
Back to the top2. When you can sit the examination
The final evaluation is administered in week 6 of your session. There is no booking. Your examination is open for a set window of two school days, during school hours Eastern time, and you may begin at any point within that window. You are told the dates before the window opens.
You sit the examination once. Once you submit, it locks and cannot be reopened.
If you cannot sit it within the window for a documented reason, contact the school office. The Registrar will arrange a new window. A student who does not complete the final evaluation within their session is recorded as Examination Pending, and the credit is not granted until it is complete.
Back to the top3. Where you sit it: two routes, one examination
Every student may choose either route, whichever attendance format they are enrolled in.
| Route | How it works |
|---|---|
| Online under proctoring | You write wherever you are, on the school's monitored platform, under the controls described in section 5. |
| On site at the Vaughan campus | You write at the campus under staff invigilation, by prior arrangement and at no additional charge. School computers are available. No proctoring recording is made when a member of staff invigilates in person. |
The examination, its duration, its content and its marking are identical on both routes. Tell the school office which route you want before your window opens. The school records which route each student used.
Writing on site does not change the status of your credit. The Ministry's definition of an online learning course in Policy/Program Memorandum 167 expressly permits physical presence for examinations and other final evaluations.
4. Before you begin
- Check your equipment. If you are writing online you need a working webcam, microphone and a stable internet connection. Full details are on the Minimum System and Software Requirements page. If your equipment does not meet them, tell the school office before the window opens, or arrange to write on site.
- Have your photo identification with you. It is checked against the identification held on your student record.
- Find somewhere quiet where you will not be interrupted for the full length of the examination.
5. What is monitored when you write online
You are told this in advance so there are no surprises.
- School staff are available throughout the examination window, and the system notifies them when you begin.
- The examination system takes three photographs through your webcam at different points while you write. Staff check these against the photo identification held on your student record, and verify your connection details.
- The system records attempts to leave the examination window or open another tab, and records your IP address and session details.
- Copying, pasting and right clicking are disabled inside the examination.
- Every student receives questions in a different order, drawn from a larger bank, so no two papers are identical.
- Your result is not released until the identity and connection check is complete.
These records are kept with your result and form part of your assessment record. They are handled in accordance with the school's Privacy Policy.
Back to the top6. What is not allowed
- Another person completing any part of your work.
- A second device of any kind during the examination.
- Notes or materials, unless your teacher has told you in writing that the examination is open book.
- Automated problem solving tools, including generative artificial intelligence and photo based solvers.
These rules are part of the Academic Integrity and Anti-Plagiarism Policy.
Back to the top7. Accommodations
Accommodations documented for a student, including extended time, a separate setting and assistive technology, are applied to the final evaluation exactly as they are to coursework. Accommodations do not change the expectations being assessed.
Tell the school office before your window opens so the arrangement is in place. Accommodations cannot be applied after an examination has been written. See the Accommodation and Human Rights Policy.
Back to the top8. If a concern is raised
If the system flags something, the identity check does not pass, or staff record a concern, your result is held and referred to the Principal. Your mark is not released while it is reviewed. You are told what the concern is and are given the chance to explain before any decision is made.
If you disagree with the outcome you may appeal under the Dispute Resolution and Academic Appeals Process.
Back to the top9. If something goes wrong technically
If you lose your connection, or the examination stops working, stop and contact the school office immediately on 905-326-0045 or at admissions@amcantech.org. Do not close the window and start again. Tell staff what happened and what you saw on screen.
Contact the school office before your window opens if anything on this page is unclear.
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