Hey students, Delhi University (DU) has released its notifications/guidelines for the usage of OBE Portal for exams answer sheet submission. So student be aware, this is the peak time to focus. Go through the guidelines carefully. For more information follow the DU's official website.
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Step-by-Step Guide for using the DU Portal for Open-Book
Examination (OBE).
Step 1: One Time Self
Registration to DU Portal
Ø The students appearing for the examinations
are required to register herself/himself on the DU portal. Initially, the
students are required to fill in basic details like Name, Enrolment number
(optional), Programme Name, Date of birth, Examination roll number, registered
E-mail, or mobile phone number.
Ø On submission of the above details, the
students will receive a password on their registered E-mail/Mobile number.
Students for the first time will require to insert the password to login into
the portal. Students can log in with their Examination roll number and password
to locate the mock test paper.
Step 2: On the Date of
Final OBE Examination
Ø Students are required to login to the
examination portal with their Examination roll number and password at least 30
minutes before the start of their examination.
Ø Once the student login to the portal, a clock
on the students’ screen will display the time left in for the opening of the
question paper.
Ø Students
should read the instructions printed on the question paper for which they are appearing.
Ø The Question Paper download button will be
visible at the beginning of the examination. The Question paper will be
released on the portal at the commencement of a particular session of
examination as per the date-sheet released by DU.
Ø Students
are required to click on the download button to download the question paper on
the Desktop/Laptop/Phone and can also take the printout if required on the day
of examination.
Ø If in any case, a student faces any difficulty
in downloading the question paper from the portal, she/or he may request
her/his college/department Nodal officers to get the same
on her/his designated e-mail or phone number. The college/department shall
send the question paper
directly to the student’s e-mail address, phone, or WhatsApp. However, this
option may be exercised only in case of an emergency.
Ø As and when the student downloads the question
paper, the time left for the end of the examination will be displayed on the
students’ screen.
Step 3: Time Tracking
Ø The
total duration of the examination shall be of four hours (for
all students except Divyaang) which will include three hours for answering the
questions and one additional hour for IT related activities such as downloading
the question paper, scanning and uploading the answer sheets.
Ø The
total duration of examination for the Divyaang students shall be of six hours
which will include four hours for answering the questions, two hours for IT-related
activities (downloading the question paper, scanning, and uploading the answer
sheets).
Ø Once the question paper is downloaded, the
students will be allowed to upload the answer sheets within the stipulated time
i.e. four hours for all students except Divyaang and six hours for Divyaang students.
Ø If uploading is not possible for any reason during
the given time as mentioned above, students can take an extra 60 minutes to
upload their scripts; however, all such submissions will be subject to scrutiny
by a committee.
Ø Students can submit their script to the Nodal
Officers by email only if the submission through the portal is not possible
(documentary evidence of none submission to the portal should be provided for
such submissions). However, this option should be used only in the
case of an extreme situation. The students submitting the scripts through
alternate mediums i.e. other than OBE Portal may face delay in the declaration
of their results due to the verification and validation process of submission.
Step 4: Answering the
Question Paper
Ø Students
will write the answers to the questions on A-4 size white papers in their handwriting
(ruled or plain). The answers are to be written using a black or blue pen only.
Ø Students
will write their Name, Program Name, Semester, Examination Roll Number, Unique
Paper Code, Paper title, Date, and Time of Examination on the first sheet used
for answers.
Ø Students
should use separate sheets to answer each question since answer sheets are to
be uploaded on the Portal question wise so that evaluation can be conducted
smoothly.
Step 5: Uploading
Answer Sheets
Ø The
students will scan the written pages of the answers question-wise (one PDF file
for each question) and upload each file on the OBE portal. The size of each file should not exceed 7MB.
Ø To upload the answer sheet, the student will
log in to the examination portal and select the tab “Upload Answers”. Once the
answer sheets are uploaded, no further changes can be made.
Ø In
case if by mistake, a student uploads a wrong answer sheet she/he can make
corrections within the specified duration of the OBE i.e. four hours for
students other than the Divyaang and six hours for Divyaang. However, once the
answer sheets are submitted and the student logs out, no change in the uploaded
answer sheet/s will be possible.
Ø The
student shall be required to submit a declaration regarding UFM through the
button provided on the portal before uploading the scanned images of answer
scripts.
Step 6: Answer Sheet
Submission
Once the students
upload all the scanned answer sheets against their respective questions, they
should click the button for the UFM declaration and confirmation for submission
and log out from the portal. On successful submission of the answer sheets, the
students will be notified via email/SMS.
