Day 83 - Online chemistry exam

I was up early today as my online chemistry exam began at 9am, and I had to meet the students on Zoom at 8.45am to go through the procedure beforehand. The guy who came to my drop-in session yesterday, but left before I could talk to him, said that he had just wanted to come along to say hi!

All went well with the exam. I stayed on Zoom for an hour after the start time, in case anyone had any questions, but they didn’t really. I also kept a vague eye on my emails throughout the day, as the students had twenty four hours to submit. A good few messages came in during the day, and I was surprised at how thrown some of the students (especially some of the better ones) had been thrown by the online exam. I guess the new format was a bit disconcerting, even though I had basically told them what was coming up last week (or at least, I went as close as I could to telling them)!

In the evening, I did an hour’s run (at a fairly snappy pace!) with Marie in Tramore Valley Park. Then I stopped in Iceland on my way home, to pick up some frozen dinners. They have “Wham” flavoured ice cream. I might buy it another time!

In the evening, Anna was the quiz master at the Sheehan family quiz. I really enjoyed it. It’s great getting to see so much of our aunts and uncles these days. We’ve a great laugh every week!

Exam corrections start tomorrow, and I’ll have one week to get them done. I’ve already had two emails from students: one lamenting how easy the online exam was, and one complaining about how ridiculously hard it was. In a Zoom meeting win my colleagues, they guessed exactly who the emails were from. I was very impressed!Read more