Editor’s Note: This article is published in print as part of The Tin Soldier – a satirical and humorous insert published with the final issue of each university term. Articles that are part of The Tin Soldier are not meant to be taken literally or seriously.
On March 16th 2012, the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Waterloo announced a new measure being implemented for final exams. U-clickers will become mandatory tools for select classes on final exams in April 2012. The U-clickers, electronic devices which communicate wirelessly with computer interfaces providing instantaneous submissions and feedback will speed up the process of grading exams with the final grades becoming available as soon as students leave the exam room. “The U-clicker implementation is something we should have done a long time ago, it really streamlines the process of exam taking something we as engineers are always trying to do.” Liam L. Ying-Toyou, a spokesperson of the university explained. “Currently they are just being used for multiple choice exams, each question will have a set period of time for answers to be submitted and results are shown as a graph on a screen as soon as the time period has finished. We (the University) have implement it for several specific fourth year classes because it is important to always be adapting to new situations, a skill they have hopefully already mastered. “The university hopes to apply this exciting old technology to courses for students in earlier years as soon as next fall. This technology is especially helpful for first year courses such as physics and chemistry which the spokesperson says are “Frankly, a bore to grade”. He also points out that the use of U-Clicker exams also decreases student stress as they get immediate feedback on their performance. With this exciting announcement bells are really beginning to ring in the minds of higher level thinkers around the country. It remains to be seen whether other schools such as Queens and U of T will follow in the footsteps of our above-the-curve technology.
Disclaimer: WE ARE LYING TO YOU, don’t be silly, U-clickers don’t work, are you kidding?
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