Assessment of ongoing tests
Rules for the assessment of ongoing tests (exams with independent exam elements)
Ongoing tests consist of a number of independent exam elements. This means that it must not be a requirement that students must have passed or handed in one individual ongoing test in order to do the next. Students have the right to participate in all the exam elements regardless.
As soon as a student has participated in at least one of the ongoing tests, they are entitled to receive an academic assessment based on either the 7-point scale or Pass/Fail.
If a student does not participate in any of the exam elements, the student must instead receive either the assessment FE (Forgot exam) or U (Absent). This may have administrative consequences for the student if they receive the wrong assessment, for example if they receive a failed academic grade instead of an administrative assessment.
| Scenario | Description | Examples |
| Passed academic assessment | The student has participated in at least one exam activity, and the student's performance is sufficient to pass the exam. | Take-home assignment + Oral, where the two exam elements are independent from each other. The take-home assignment makes up 30% of the assessment and the oral exam 70%.
The student does not hand in the take-home assignment but participates in the oral exam.
The student's performance was sufficient for the student to receive a passing grade solely based on the 70% that the oral exam constitutes of the assessment. |
| Failed academic assessment | The student has participated in at least one exam activity, but the student's performance is not sufficient to pass the exam. | Take-home assignment consisting of four equally weighted, independent assignments.
The student submits one of the assignments.
The student's submitted assignment is not sufficient to make up for the 75% of the assessment basis that is missing. The student must therefore receive a failing grade. |
| Blank submission | The student has submitted blank at least once and has not participated in any other ongoing test activities.
| a) Take-home assignment + Written where the two exam elements are independent from each other. Both must be submitted in WISEflow.
The student submits blank the take-home assignment and fail to appear for the written on-site exam. The student must receive the administrative assessment FE – Forladt eksamen.
b) Take-home assignment. The assessment is based on six independent assigments during the semester.
The student submits a blank document on the first submission and does not submit the next five. The student must receive the administrative assessment FE – Forladt eksamen.
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| Attendance without submission (only written on-site exams) | The student participates in the written on-site exam but does not submit. The student has not participated in any other ongoing test activities. | Take-home assignment + Written where the two exam elements are independent from each other. Both must be submitted in WISEflow.
The student does not hand in the take-home assignment in WISEflow. The student participates in the written on-site exam but fails to submit their assignment before the deadline. The student must receive the administrative assessment FE – Forladt eksamen.
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| No-show (exam with submission in WISEflow) | The student has not participated in any of the ongoing test activities and has not submitted in WISEflow. | Take-home assignment + Take-home assignment where the two exam elements are independent from each other. The first assignment must be submitted outside WISEflow, the second assignment must be submitted in WISEflow.
The student does not submit either of the two assignments. The student must receive the administrative assessment U – Udeblevet. |
No-show (exam without submission in WISEflow)
| The student has not participated in any of the ongoing test activities. | Ongoing test with the exam form Take-home assignment. The assessment is based on four oral presentations that weigh 40%, and four assignments that weigh 60%.
The student does not give any of the presentations and does not hand in any of the assignments. The student must receive the administrative assessment U – Udeblevet. |
Please seek advice from your head of programme of you are in doubt about which academic assessment a student should receive for one of these exams.
If you have questions about the administrative assessments “FE” and “U”, please contact one of the programme coordinator teams at:
- uk.natafv.nat-tech@au.dk (Natural Sciences + Agrobiology, IMSOGLO, Molecular Nutrition and Food Technology, Animal Science, Veterinary Medicine, and Plant and Food Science)
- uk.eng.nat-tech@au.dk (engineering programmes at Technical Sciences)
You can find the rules for administrative assessment of other types of exams on the guidance page for WISEflow under "Submit an administrative assessment > Description of administrative assessments".
What are ongoing tests?
Ongoing tests are an exam that is an integral part of the teaching. Ongoing tests may consist of various exam activities such as assignments, presentations, or hands-on exercises. They are assessed together at the end of the semester.
The exam elements of ongoing tests are independent from each other. Ongoing tests are therefore different from exam with dependent exam elements, such as oral exams based on a submitted take-home assignment.
Ongoing tests are described in the Examination Order (“Eksamensbekendtgørelsen”), in particular sections 3 (1), 8, 9 and 37.
The two types of assessment in WISEflow
When you grade a student in WISEflow, you choose to either give them an academic assessment (here based on the 7-point scale) or an administrative assessment (which are called “alternative grades” in WISEflow):
Click “Alternative grade” to give a student an administrative assessment. Please note that only the studies administration may use the assessment “BF – Brugt forsøg”):
Please note that it is currently not possible to give alternative grades through WISEflow’s offline assessment tool, as it only supports academic assessments.
Process for winter exams 2025/26 onwards
In connection with the winter exams 2025/26, the study administration, in collaboration with the directors of studies and the deputy heads of department for the engineering programmes, has prepared a list of which exams are considered ongoing tests.
All course coordinators with an ongoing exam have been informed of this by email from the study administration.
It is yet to be decided what the process will be for the next exam periods.