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Straighterline Open Book Finals
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For Straighterline courses that allow open-book finals using an ebook, is it okay to use ctrl + f during the proctored tests to search through the book? Also, is Adobe Acrobat Reader fine to use for the finals? I'd be willing to use the ebooks that come with the courses too instead of PDF files if the same basic functions are offered.
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I used the provided ebook which has a search feature. I also used ctlr+C and ctrl+V with no issues.
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Also, with the exception of a few courses, it is possible to pass almost every SL course before you've ever answered a single question in your final exam. COSC awards letter grades, but everyone else awards credit- so once you're at 70% for the course, the "extra" will go unappreciated because no one will see it. Your ACE transcript will only have "credit" on there- no scores.
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cookderosa Wrote:Also, with the exception of a few courses, it is possible to pass almost every SL course before you've ever answered a single question in your final exam. COSC awards letter grades, but everyone else awards credit- so once you're at 70% for the course, the "extra" will go unappreciated because no one will see it. Your ACE transcript will only have "credit" on there- no scores.

So, if COSC awards letter grades does that mean you end up with a GPA? Should you then try to go for an A??
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cookiecandle Wrote:For Straighterline courses that allow open-book finals using an ebook, is it okay to use ctrl + f during the proctored tests to search through the book? Also, is Adobe Acrobat Reader fine to use for the finals? I'd be willing to use the ebooks that come with the courses too instead of PDF files if the same basic functions are offered.

Ctrl + F wont do anything for you with the built in SL e-books. The books themselves has a search feature that you are more then able to use on a Final. Just did it Sunday for Intro to Religion course. You can use the e-book or the physical copy according to SL's website. So a PDF would be a no I am assuming from this.

@Clodyneseidel : COSC may award a letter grade so the best you are looking at getting is a general GPA and not a COSC GPA. I doubt they will give you a GPA for courses you didn't take from COSC. So best case scenario it could help your cumulative GPA.
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I use the built in search function a LOT. I would say practice with it a bit and use it on the quizzes just as you will on the final. It can be finicky and is not intuitive like we are used to when you use google
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Clodyneseidel Wrote:So, if COSC awards letter grades does that mean you end up with a GPA? Should you then try to go for an A??

Rebel should be able to answer that better than me. But I think so.
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SL is looking like a good choice to knock out a couple of required courses that don't interest me. If only there was a list of open book exams!
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icampy Wrote:SL is looking like a good choice to knock out a couple of required courses that don't interest me. If only there was a list of open book exams!

There is - I've posted the link here before, but I never bookmarked it. I'll look for it.
Here Researching for my son, who has done the following:
Community College: Intro to Philosophy, Fundamentals of IT, English Comp 1
Saylor: Intro to Business, Principles of  Marketing, Corporate Communication
Shmoop: US History 2 (WGU won't accept this)
ALEKS: Int. Algebra, College Algebra
Study.com: Personal Finance, Principles of Finance, HR Management, Global Business, Advanced Operations Management
Straighterline: US History 2, Environmental Science, US History, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, English Comp 2, Principles of Management, Business Law, Business Ethics, Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Accounting 1,Communication, Managerial Accounting, Statistics
Ed4Credit: Managing Information Systems
Sophia: Project Management
WGU: Bachelors in HR Management 

Second son is currently attending Penn Foster for his high school diploma, then on to Ashworth for An Associates in Criminal Justice
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Here it is!
Here Researching for my son, who has done the following:
Community College: Intro to Philosophy, Fundamentals of IT, English Comp 1
Saylor: Intro to Business, Principles of  Marketing, Corporate Communication
Shmoop: US History 2 (WGU won't accept this)
ALEKS: Int. Algebra, College Algebra
Study.com: Personal Finance, Principles of Finance, HR Management, Global Business, Advanced Operations Management
Straighterline: US History 2, Environmental Science, US History, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, English Comp 2, Principles of Management, Business Law, Business Ethics, Psychology, Organizational Behavior, Accounting 1,Communication, Managerial Accounting, Statistics
Ed4Credit: Managing Information Systems
Sophia: Project Management
WGU: Bachelors in HR Management 

Second son is currently attending Penn Foster for his high school diploma, then on to Ashworth for An Associates in Criminal Justice
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