Student asks a question of PAMS professor Kay Sandberg in Scale-Up class.

Instructor Guidelines

All testing is by appointment only. Students are required to schedule appointments at least 4 hours in advance.

To help students get acclimated to making appointments, go over the steps found at Make an Appointment with them at the start of the semester.

General Expectations

Input applicable sections of our syllabus statement in your syllabus.
Place a link to our official website, go.ncsu.edu/testing, in your LMS.
- If your course uses Moodle, consider inserting the DELTA Testing block.
To help students get acclimated to making appointments, go over the steps found at Make an Appointment with them at the start of the semester.

Instructor Expectations

DELTA Testing Services administers online and paper exams (see below).

Online Exams

Exams should be visible to the students and not “hidden” on the course page.

Exam dates, times, and passwords should match the exam information submitted to DELTA Testing Services and should not have restrictions set. Embedded links/documents should not be Google resources.

All exams should open at 8 am on the first day of each testing window and close at 11:59 pm on the last day of the exam window.

User overrides should be added for all students who receive extended-time accommodations for all course exams.

DELTA Testing Services do not allow students to use TI–Nspire™ calculators. However, the test center can provide calculators for students to use during their exam time.

Paper Exams

Paper-based exams may be uploaded at the time of submitting exam information or emailed to DELTA Testing Services.

Send exam materials to delta-testing@ncsu.edu at least three business days prior to the exam start date.

Our office will add a cover page to the exam. Paper-based exams will be picked up by the instructor or designee at the appointed location:
Spring and Fall semesters – Cox Hall, Room 205
Summer semesters and Finals week – Venture IV, Suite 236

Please note, that our office does not administer paper-based, multiple-choice exams.