Students should expect to spend between 5-10 hours per week completing all the online and offline course assignments. At the end of each chapter in the text, students complete exams . Exams are first done on paper, then entered into an exam page like the one shown at left. Students get immediate feedback on their answers. Exam results are submitted electronically to the course tutors, who monitor student performance.
Some exams require that certain questions be mailed in to the tutor.
At the end of the course, students take a final exam. The course grade is largely based on the final exam grade.