Final Exam Information for Students Registered with Disability Services
The deadline to schedule final exams with Disability Services is Tuesday, April 30, 2024. The Weingarten Center is offering drop-in hours Monday – Friday, 10am – 4pm, to assist students with exam scheduling.
If you plan to handle scheduling your final exams without assistance from the Weingarten Center, then please follow this guidance:
- Insert the date of the exam in accordance with the Registrar’s final exam schedule advertised through Path@Penn. Check your professor’s Canvas syllabus page for information. Students are expected to take the exam on the same day as the class.
- Select the “Final Exam” The length of the standard exam will default to 120 minutes since this is the time option advertised in Path@Penn.
- Select “Override Course Length.” You will be prompted to enter the length of the standard exam without (Note: Check the information provided by your instructor. Sometimes instructors are providing 1 hour or 90 minutes, for example, as the final exam time.)
- Click “Check Availability.” Select a time slot in accordance with the following chart:
| PATH Start Time | Accommodated Exam Start Time |
| This is the time for the class to take the exam. | This is the time students receiving test accommodations will start the exam. |
| 9am | 8am |
| 12pm | 12pm |
| 3pm | 4pm |
| 6pm | 4pm |
- Insert course title in the course (Make sure to select the lecture, not lab or recitation, for STEM courses.)
- Insert standard length of time for the exam without accommodations
- Seat and test location assignment: Review your reservation in the MyWeingartenCenter Portal a few days prior to your exam. The information confirms your test time and location.
Final Exam Information for Faculty
Course instructors should use the MyWeingartenCenter site to review student exam reservations and upload exams and relevant information. Here are a few tips to keep in mind:
- Review student’s final exam reservations on the Room Bookings tab.
- Communicate any discrepancies in date or time to the Disability Services
- Provide instructions for administering exam. Upload a copy of the exam at least two days in advance on the Exams tab.
- Include the instructor’s name, course code and section number on the exam.
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Weingarten Center staff print exams one day prior to administration because of high volume of test-takers.
- Select preferred method of exam return when uploading exam.
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- Exams returned electronically via SecureShare will be returned within one business day of the exam administration.
- Instructors who choose to pick up completed exams should come to the Weingarten Center, Stouffer Commons, between 9am-5pm/Monday-Friday, the day after the exam has been administered.
The Weingarten Center provides lined paper for students to take written exams. Instructors who require the use of blue books must pick up their completed exam in person from the Weingarten Center. Blue books will not be scanned and returned electronically.
Instructors are encouraged to indicate whether an exam is given online or on paper. This allows Disability Services staff to assign the student to the appropriate test space. If the exam is online, please indicate whether it must be administered in a proctored setting.
Contact Information
Please contact the Weingarten Center with any questions or concerns.
Email: sds-test@vpul.upenn.edu – Phone: 215-573-9235
Location: Stouffer Commons, Suite 300
3702 Spruce Street
Office Hours: 9am – 5pm, Monday – Friday
Final Exam Testing Hours (May 6 – 14): 8am – 8pm, Monday – Friday