Scheduling Flexibility . Exams can be offered over a period of 3-5 days running so that students can schedule them at a time that best suits them. This frees up class time and almost eliminates the need for conflict and make-up exams. Because exams can be left on the computer past the exam period, the occasional student who was unavailable at scheduled times can easily be accommodated. Students find out immediately how they performed on the test and, if needed, can schedule an appointment with the instructor or TA while the content is still fresh.
Computerized testing saves time because instructors can reuse good questions from old tests.
Changes can be made on disk, and the time instructors used to spend writing new questions can be spent on more effective teaching and learning activities. The cost of hiring proctors is partly offset by paper and photocopy savings. Tests can be improved from semester to semester as instructors weed out ineffective or trivial questions and build up a pool of good questions to draw from. Test consistency can be used to monitor quality of instruction. Some students claim that they do not perform as well on computer exams.