The education administration for the Astronomy bachelor's and master's programme is managed by the Education Office Astronomy. Click here for more information and contact details.

The Astronomy education programme is supported by the Education Committee, Board of Examiners, Board of Admissions and Public Relations Committee, including Contact.VWO. Click here for more information, current memberships and contact details.

The Leiden Observatory staff has monthly lunch meetings. Several times a year one of these meetings is devoted to teaching matters. In addition, the Education Office Astronomy organises a meeting with all the teaching staff twice a year, chaired by the Director of Studies. This way, we keep all teaching staff members fully informed on and involved in developments in the teaching program, and generate feedback by the staff on these issues to the Director of Studies and the Astronomy programme coordinator.

Registration of grades, study results,  exam procedures, binding study advice (BSA) and requesting diplomas is managed by the Science Student Administration (previously known as Graduate School Office and Educatief Centrum). Click here for more information and contact details.

To guarantee the quality of education in the Astronomy programme, the University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO) is compulsory for all lecturers, university lecturers (UD), senior university lecturers (UHD) and professors. Click here for more information, training programmes, schedules and contact persons.

All information for prospective students can be found on the Leiden University recruitment websites:

• Student recruitment website for the Astronomy bachelor's programme (Sterrenkunde, only in Dutch)
• Student recruitment website for the Astronomy master's programme

The contact person for student recruitment activities and PR-materials is the Coordinator PR & Education, who can be reached at pr-education@strw.leidenuniv.nl.

Arranging internships abroad and requesting funds for studying abroad is managed by the International Office of the Faculty of Science. If you have any questions about this, please contact the Astronomy study advisor at studyadvisor@strw.leidenuniv.nl.

The Prospectus contains an online overview of studies and subjects that can be followed at Leiden University. The Prospectus is a formal and legally binding appendix of the Course and Examination Regulations (OER) and includes all Astronomy bachelor's and master's programmes and courses:

• Prospectus: Astronomy bachelor's programme and courses
• Prospectus: Astronomy master's programme and courses

If you can't find what you are looking for in the Prospectus, please contact the Coordinator PR & Education at pr-education@strw.leidenuniv.nl.

Every year around May-June, the Astronomy PR coordinator will send a request to all teachers to check if your course description in the Prospectus is up to date for the upcoming academic year. Please respond to this request before the end of July. Always double-check the description of your course before the start of the academic year. Please be aware that no changes can be made throughout the academic year as the Prospectus is legally binding.

Course descriptions are subject to a fixed template. Administrative elements (timetables, registration information and contact information) are taken care of by the Education Office Astronomy. Other elements need your input as a teacher. These include the admission requirements, course description, course objectives, soft skills, mode of instruction, assessment methods and reading list. Please think about these in advance. Moreover, the course objectives need to match your exam questions and should be set up according to Bloom's taxonomy. Please use the following resources:

• Instructions for formulating description, learning objectives and soft skills in Dutch or in English
• Revised Bloom's Taxonomy for formulating learning objectives

Examples of good course descriptions:

• Bachelor: Inleiding Astrofysica (in Dutch), Astronomy Lab and Observing Project
• Master: Radio Astronomy, Astronomical Spectroscopy

If you have any questions about (setting up) the description for your course in the Prospectus, please contact the Coordinator PR & Education at pr-education@strw.leidenuniv.nl.

Brightspace is the online learning environment used at Leiden University. It is used to improve and manage student learning and as a communication platform between student and instructor. Brightspace is the standard online learning tool for sharing course material, for secure registration of grades for homework assignments and for communication with students in line with privacy guidelines. For privacy and copyright reasons, the previously common practice of sharing course materials through a public website is not allowed anymore. Therefore, as a teacher, you have to set up an online learning environment for your course in the Astronomy curriculum. The Education Office Astronomy is available to support you with this.

1. Getting access to Brightspace

First, you need to get access to Brightspace.

• Make sure that you have a ULCN account at Leiden University.
• Log in in Brightspace using your ULCN account.
• Read the Brightspace Quick Start Guide for Instructors or go to the Brightspace Instructor Support website for more specific and elaborated support.

2. Getting access to the Brightspace page of your course

Next, check if the page for your course is already available to your in Brightspace. If it is not, please send a message to bachelor@strw.leidenuniv.nl or master@strw.leidenuniv.nl to request access. You may also request access for your teaching assistants or second instructors.

3. Set up the page of your course in Brightspace

On the Brightspace Instructor Support website you can find detailed instructions about setting up and managing the page for your course. For example, you will find information about using assignments, quizzes, groups, discussion forums and announcements. If you have any questions, please contact bachelor@strw.leidenuniv.nl or master@strw.leidenuniv.nl. You may also contact the Brightspace Support Team as described here.

Your course is either a newly introduced course or an existing course that has also been taught in previous years. In the latter case, it is possible to copy the content from last year's page to the new page. If you were the instructor in the previous year as well, you can do this yourself as described here. If you were not involved in the course last year or if you would like help in copying the materials, please send a message to bachelor@strw.leidenuniv.nl or master@strw.leidenuniv.nl. If content is copied from last year, make sure to update the information to the new academic year if necessary.

Please set a relevant start date for the page of your course. In order to do this, go to the Brightspace page and choose Course Tools > Course Admin > Course Offering information. Here you can fill in the start date. The students can only access the course after this date. You can choose to make all content available to the students or to hide parts of it (temporarily). Note that the start date is set by default to August 15 (for semester 1) or January 15 (for semester 2).

University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO)

To guarantee the quality of education in the Astronomy programme, the University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO) is compulsory for all lecturers, university lecturers (UD), senior university lecturers (UHD) and professors. Click here for more information, training programmes, schedules and contact persons.

Teacher training at Leiden University

The Higher Education Development department of Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON) is the education expertise centre of Leiden University. They offer various training programmes for Leiden University staff members, ranging from one-hour sessions to courses over multiple days, as well as individual coaching sessions. These are not limited to the UTQ/BKO modules mentioned above, but also include the following courses:

• How to give a lecture
• Blended learning
• Supervising thesis students

Click here for an overview of all available training and coaching options for higher education teaching at ICLON.

Additional resources

• Leiden University Teaching and Learning Guide (guidelines and best practices for academic teaching)
• Examination tips (in Dutch: Tips bij toetsen or English: Tips for Tests)
• Revised Bloom's Taxonomy for formulating learning objectives

Course and examination schedules for the Astronomy programmes are prepared around March-April each year. In this period, you will receive an email from the programme coordinator with the request to provide your preferences, number of sessions, changes or improvements concerning the planning of your course. The latest version of the schedules are always published on the Astronomy student websites:

• Astronomy bachelor's schedules
• Astronomy master's schedule

Course locations are scheduled at the faculty level. Astronomy courses are generally located in classrooms at the Science Campus, including the Huygens Laboratory, Gorlaeus Lecture Hall, Snellius Building and Van Steenis Building, but can also include more distant locations such as the Lipsius Building and Kamerligh Onnes Building in the center of Leiden.

Locations for lectures, practical classes and examinations are communicated through the course and examination schedules. Always make sure you know where your course is located. If you find a location you don't know yet, make sure to visit the room in advance to get acquainted with the room and its equipment.

Location changes

If a location for your lecture, practical class or examination is rescheduled, you will be contacted by the programme coordinator or faculty planner. Vice versa, if you want to reschedule or cancel a session, always inform the programme coordinator, who will administrate the change and will help you find an alternative room or cancel out the reservation.

The availability of audiovisual equipment varies per classroom. Make sure to visit the room scheduled for your course well in advance to get familiar with the equipment.

• Learn about audiovisual equipment with our free tutorials for the De Sitterzaal and other classrooms.
• Wireless microphones for classrooms in the Huygens Laboratory can be picked up at the reception.
• Every classroom has a phone installed on the lecture desk to contact the AV services if needed.
• All information about room facilities, technical information etc can be found here. Please note that you have to set up and start the recording/streaming yourself and make this available via Brightspace. Only in rooms with the facility “Mediasite” the lecture will be recorded automatically (instructions and link will be sent a few days in advance).

Examination protocol

• Please read and follow up the examination protocol (in Dutch). 

Written exams

• In preparation of written exams, have a colleague read and sign your exam questions.
• One week in advance of the actual examination date (bachelor's schedules, master's schedule) hand in the signed exam questions together with the model answers at the Education Office Astronomy in room 564 of the Oort Building.
• After the written exam, please hand in all exams made by students at the Education Office Astronomy in room 564 of the Oort Building, together with the signed grade form (see Grading).

Oral exams

• Always communicate the occurrence and planning of oral exam to the Education Office Astronomy at eduassist@strw.leidenuniv.nl.
• Make sure a second examiner is present during the oral examination (mandatory).
• Use the Astronomy oral examination form to grade the oral exam.
• Fill in the grade, sign the form and send it to cijfersSTRW@science.leidenuniv.nl and eduassist@strw.leidenuniv.nl. Hand in the original completed grading form at the Education Office Astronomy in room 564 of the Oort Building (see Grading).

Research projects

See below for details on examination and grading of research projects in the Astronomy curriculum.

General instructions

• Grading is by a number between 1 and 10. Half integers are also permitted with the exception of 5,5!
• Grading a research project has to be done with a special form: see Research projects.
• Students are instructed to enrol for all exams, resits and practicals and to cancel their enrolment timely (click here for more information).
• One week before the exam date you will receive an e-mail with the list of students who have enrolled for your exam from the grade administration officer (cijfersSTRW@science.leidenuniv.nl).
• Enter the exam grades on the list. If a student has taken the exam but is not on the list, please add the student to the list. If a student is on the list but has not taken the exam, leave the grade field open.
• Some courses have 'open' exam dates, which means that the exam is not scheduled. Please request a list of enrolled students via cijfersSTRW@science.leidenuniv.nl.

Grade communication to students

• As an instructor or examiner, you have 15 working days after the date of examination to review the exam and publish the results on Brightspace.
• When publishing the grade list on Brightspace, make sure to remove the column with student names for privacy reasons.

Grade communication to the Education Office Astronomy

Written exam

Enter the grades, sign the list and send it to cijfersSTRW@science.leidenuniv.nl and eduassist@strw.leidenuniv.nl for registration in uSis. Hand in the original signed grading form at the Education Office Astronomy in room 564 of the Oort Building.

Oral exam

Enter the grade on the Astronomy oral examination form, sign the form and send it to cijfersSTRW@science.leidenuniv.nl and eduassist@strw.leidenuniv.nl. Hand in the original signed grading form at the Education Office Astronomy in room 564 of the Oort Building.

Evaluation forms

• Towards the end of your course, you will receive a set of evaluation forms. For evaluation of the research projects, see the section Research Projects below.
• The evaluation forms need to be hand out after the exam or, if there is no exam, during the last class.
• Always use the evaluation forms that have been provided to you. If you have insufficient evaluation forms, please make copies of the form you have.
• The student member of the Astronomy Education Committee is responsible for submitting the forms to the Education Office Astronomy in room 564 of the Oort Building. The student member will contact you in advance about the practical procedures.
• Within a few weeks, you will receive an electronic report of the evaluation of your course from ICLON. You will also receive a copy of all the filled out evaluation forms by e-mail.
• You are requested to briefly respond to the results of the evaluation. Please be brief and factual. Return your comments within a week to the Education Office Astronomy support officer and to the Director of Studies.

Semester response system

• Four times a year, an oral evaluation of all Astronomy courses takes place.
• Evaluation sessions are open and plenary and embedded in the course schedules of students.
• The evaluation sessions are led by the chair of the Astronomy Education Committee, with all teaching staff involved present. Feedback on lectures is provided by the student members of the Education Committee, as well as by other students.
• First, all current lecture series are evaluated approximately four weeks after the start of a semester. This early evaluation enables timely and effective adjustments, should these be necessary.
• A second evaluation takes place after the end of each semester, and may lead to recommendations for future improvements.

• In September/October of each year, the Bachelor Research Project coordinator (a Leiden Observatory staff member) will ask each staff member to provide at least one project for bachelor students to work on.
• Students will typically work in pairs, from the beginning of February to the end of June. They should be able to spend at least half of their time on the project.
• Students doing a double bachelor's programme in Astronomy & Physics have to choose between an Astronomy or Physics project and supervision.
• Regular meetings with the whole cohort will be organised by the BRP coordinator and appointed assistants to monitor progress, help with practical items, and to provide advice. However, direct supervision of the research is expected from the supervisor. Many postdocs have done an excellent job here in the past.

• Students MUST have permission from the Astronomy study advisor to start with their  Bachelor Research Project. Usually this means that the practicals are finished and most courses (except for 1-2) have been completed before starting the project in February.
• In order to start with their BRP, students must complete and hand in the Bachelor Research Project Registration Form (available on the student's website). When supervising a project, the student will ask you to sign the form as well.
• Students are ONLY allowed to start with the project after you have received a fully signed registration form. Upon receipt of the Bachelor Research Project Registration Form, all those involved will receive a confirmation from the Education Office Astronomy.

• Halfway the semester a midterm review must take place. The student will contact you to plan a meeting and ask you to assess his/her progress on the basis of the assessment rubric (see the Bachelor Research Project Assessment Form below). For this he/she will send you a midterm review form. After the meeting, the student has to hand in the form via Brightspace.
• The end date of each project is fixed. Please contact the Bachelor Research Project Coordinator for details.
• Bachelor Research Projects are concluded with a thesis and a presentation, as described in the procedure for students.
• The student submits the thesis via Brightspace. As a supervisor, you will receive instructions from the Education Office Astronomy on how to download the thesis from there and on how to conduct a plagiarism check.
• Use the proper Bachelor Research Project Assessment Form. For students following a double bachelor's programme (Astronomy & Mathematics or Astronomy & Physics) a different form is used (see next section).
• The grade must be given before the fixed deadline.
• The assessment form needs to be handed in by the supervisor to the Education Office Astronomy via bachelor@strw.leidenuniv.nl. Please send the form to the student as well.
• The Bachelor Research Project is evaluated using the online evaluation form available at the student's website.

• Halfway the semester a midterm review must take place. The student will contact you to plan a meeting and ask you to assess his/her progress on the basis of the assessment rubric (see the Bachelor Research Project Assessment Forms below). For this he/she will send you a midterm review form. After the meeting, the student has to hand in the form via Brightspace.
• The end date of each project is fixed. Please contact the Bachelor Research Project Coordinator for details.
• Bachelor Research Projects are concluded with a thesis and a presentation, as described in the procedure for students.
• Use the proper Bachelor Research Project assessment form: the Bachelor Research Project Assessment Form for Astronomy & Mathematics or the Bachelor Research Project Assessment Form for Astronomy & Physics. For students following only the Astronomy bachelor's programme a different form is used (see previous section).
• The grade must be given before the fixed deadline.
• The assessment form for Astronomy & Mathematics needs to be handed in by the supervisor to the Education Office Astronomy via bachelor@strw.leidenuniv.nl. Please send the form to the student as well.
• The assessment form for Astronomy & Physics needs to be handed in by the supervisor via eduassist@physics.leidenuniv.nl. Please send the form to the student as well.
• Students following the double bachelor's programme Astronomy & Physics must upload the thesis and metadata to the Leiden Repository as described in the procedure for students.
• The Bachelor Research Project is evaluated using the online form available at the student's website.

• In June of each year, the Astronomy study advisor will ask each staff member to provide projects for students to work on.
• Students will typically work individually for a period of 9 months.
• Students seeking information on possible research projects should contact the Astronomy study advisor, consult the annual reports of Leiden Observatory, or check out the Leiden Observatory website.
• Students who strongly prefer to conduct part of a research project outside the Leiden Observatory or abroad, must first propose this to the Astronomy study advisor. In all cases, they need prior permission from the Astronomy Board of Examiners.
• In parallel with performing their project, students must also follow courses for the Astronomy master's programme (half courses/half project).

• All projects are carried out under close supervision by a member of the scientific staff.
• The First Research Project and the Master's Research Project must be of a different nature and must be supervised by different staff members.
• The Master's Research Project can be started only after the First Research Project is completed.

• To monitor the progression of Astronomy research projects, student will receive periodic emails at so-called milestones. These milestone notifications occur at the start of the project and at 25%, 50%, 75% and 100% of the allotted duration of the project. The emails contain information about the remaining time until the end date (at 100%).
• Student and supervisor should monitor progress with this schedule in mind. Regular meetings with your student are important, but make sure you meet up at each notification date. That way, you’ll be in time to notice and any problems and prevent delay.
• Report problems or delays to the Astronomy study advisor, who will also monitor progress.
• If the project has not been completed by the final date (100%), a grade will be given based on the available material.

• All Astronomy Master's Research Projects are concluded with a public presentation, referred to as Student Colloquium.
•  This presentation will be graded by the Student Colloquium coordinator for presentation skills and not for the scientific content or the way the research was conducted, as these elements are assessed in the Master's Research Project.
• Each year, three sessions will be planned in the form of an Astronomy master's colloquium conference.
• Students need to make their own reservation using the online Astronomy Student Colloquium registration form.
• Students need to practice their talk before they present their colloquium. Make sure to support your student in doing so.
• The grade will be given by the Student Colloquium coordinator (a Leiden Observatory staff member) and will be sent to you as the supervisor of Master's Research Project.

• All Astronomy master's research projects conclude with a thesis and the Master's Research Project concludes with an additional colloquium.
• The end date of each research project is fixed.
• The supervisor needs to find a second reader for the thesis who is not directly connected to the same research project. Both the supervisor(s) and the second reader have to be approved staff members of Leiden Observatory with examination authority. Click here for the list of approved staff members.
• The student needs to hand in the final thesis by the end date via Brightspace. As a supervisor, you will receive instructions from the Education Office Astronomy on how to download the thesis from there and on how to conduct a plagiarism check.
• The grade for the project must be given within 15 working days from the end date. Please note that for graduates other deadlines are set.
• For assessment and grading, use the Master Research Project Grading Form.
• The supervisor needs to send the Master Research Project Grading Form to the student and to the Education Office Astronomy (master@strw.leidenuniv.nl).
• The Master Research Project is evaluated using the online form available at the student's website.

General

• The full procedure for the Astronomy bachelor's graduation can be found on the student's website.
• Please note that there are two relevant dates around graduation: the certification date and the ceremony date:
  • Certification date: the formal exam date, which is stated on the bachelor's certificate that will be handed out during the graduation ceremony.
  • Ceremony date: a fixed date that will take place once a year, usually on the last Friday of August. In 2021, the Astronomy bachelor's ceremony date is 27 August 2021.
• The Astronomy bachelor's graduation ceremony takes places in the Huygens Laboratory.
• The ceremony  is led by the chair of the Astronomy Board of Examiners.
• All graduates and their guests are invited to join the full ceremony.
• The ceremony starts with an informal part, in which the supervisors of the Bachelor Research Project have role (see next section for guidelines). The formal part is led by the chair of the Board of Examiners.
• The graduation ceremony will be concluded with drinks for all Astronomy and Physics bachelor graduates, their guests and supervisors.

Guidelines for supervisors

Supervisors of the Bachelor Research Projects are expected to speak a few words about their students. You may talk about:

• The content and results of the research performed by the student
• Your impression of the research skills of the student
• Your impression of the social, communication or teamworking skills of your student
• Anecdotes (interesting or amusing incidents)

If you are not available to join the ceremony, please send a written speech for your student to the Astronomy Education Office at bachelor@strw.leidenuniv.nl well in advance of the ceremony.

Formal obligations

In the formal part of the ceremony, the Astronomy bachelor's diploma will be handed over to the student accompanied by a small gift from the Education Office Astronomy. All paperwork has been signed beforehand, except for the exam form, which will be signed at the ceremony by the chair of the Board of Examiners and the student. The exam form is the proof of handing over the diploma from the Board of Examiners to the student. Signed exam forms need to be returned to the Astronomy programme coordinator in room 564 of the Oort Building.

General information

• The full procedure for the Astronomy master's graduation can be found on the student's website.
• Please note that there are two relevant dates around graduation: the certification date and the ceremony date:
  • Certification date: the formal exam date, which is stated on the master's certificate that will be handed out during the graduation ceremony.
  • Ceremony date: a fixed date that is planned by the Education Office Astronomy. 
• The Astronomy master's graduation ceremony takes places in the Academy Building in the center of Leiden.

Guidelines for supervisors

Supervisors of the Master Research Projects are expected to speak a few words about their students. You may talk about:

• The content and results of the research performed by the student
• Your impression of the research skills of the student
• Your impression of the social, communication or teamworking skills of your student
• Anecdotes (interesting or amusing incidents)

If you are not available to join the ceremony, please send a written speech for your student to the Astronomy Education Office at master@strw.leidenuniv.nl well in advance of the ceremony.

Formal obligations

In the formal part of the ceremony, the Astronomy master's diploma will be handed over to the student accompanied by a small gift from the Education Office Astronomy. All paperwork has been signed beforehand, except for the exam form, which will be signed at the ceremony by the chair of the graduation committee and the student. The exam form is the proof of handing over the diploma to the student. 

All courses in the Astronomy curriculum are evalution afterwards by written evaluation forms. This is part of a central system managed and processed by the Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON). In addition, oral semester response sessions are organised by the Astronomy Education Committee four times a year. These sessions allow for timely and effective adjustments during the curriculum and result in recommendations for the future.

Apart from the written and oral course evaluations described above, overall student satisfaction is evaluated annually in the Nationale Studenten Enquête (NSE). The results are discussed in the Astronomy Education Committee and always lead to recommendations.

To guarantee the quality of education in the Astronomy programme, the University Teaching Qualification (Basis Kwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO) is compulsory for all teaching staff members of Leiden Observatory, offered by the Higher Education Development department of Leiden University Graduate School of Teaching (ICLON). In addition, various training programmes for Leiden University staff members are available, ranging from one-hour sessions to courses over multiple days, as well as individual coaching sessions.

The Leiden Observatory staff has monthly lunch meetings. Several times a year one of these meetings is devoted to teaching matters. In addition, the Education Office Astronomy organises a meeting with all the teaching staff twice a year, chaired by the Director of Studies. This way, we keep all teaching staff members fully informed on and involved in developments in the teaching program, and generate feedback by the staff on these issues to the Director of Studies and the Astronomy programme coordinator.

Furthermore, our Astronomy teaching staff is present in the evaluation sessions of the semester response system, led by the Astronomy Education Committee.

• A new ZOOM session always has to start from the waiting room. We cannot change this setting because it is needed for safety and AVG-related reasons.
• At the beginning of the lecture, students can be admitted through the button 'add all', but students entering later will pop-up during the lecture and ask for permission to enter. Also, when somebody has to re-enter, e.g. because of a broken WIFI connection, this could interfere with the lecture. We hope this can be resolved in the future. For now it might be a good idea to appoint a TA as ‘co-host’ of the meeting, so that they can monitor the waiting room and let students in.

• Coordination from the lecturer is necessary to guarantee that all students can enter and leave the exam rooms in a Corona-proof way. This also means that we actively have to monitor that students follow the Corona safety regulations; e.g. when a person is moving, a face mask is obligatory and at all times they should aim for 1.5m social distancing, also when entering the exam room. Please instruct your TA's well on these aspects.
• Take care that you have sufficient TA's to be around for surveillance and when you run into issues, please contact the Education Office so that we can organize additional on spot support in time.
• We try to keep the amount of persons moving during the exam to a minimum. Please take care that the exam questions and sufficient exam writing paper can be distributed in one go at the beginning of the exam. Add some extra writing paper so that there is no need to distribute paper later on. Define a clear point where to hand in the exams, preferably at one spot where the students can leave the room.
• When you have your exam in different lecture halls, it is recommended that you inform your students in advance (using Brightspace) in which room they are supposed to take their exam. When you need confirmation of the room info, please contact us under bachelor@strw.leidenuniv.nl or master@strw.leidenuniv.nl.
• In the Sports Center there are different rooms are available. Please clearly indicate on Brightspace which rooms will be used and how to get there/enter. A floor plan is available and will be sent out to those of you examining in the Sports Center.
• You will need exam writing paper to hand out to the students for their exam. This is available from the Education Office (contact eduassist@strw.leidenuniv.nl) and also boxes have been placed in the ground cabinets in the Kaiser lounge (close to the place where you find the Leiden Observatory envelopes).

• Online exams are offered only for:
  • Master students who are currently not physically present in the Netherlands. If any of the students taking your exam have applied for this, you will be contacted by the Education Office.
  • Students who cannot participate in on-campus exams because of serious health risks, for themselves or family members at home. These students need to ask approval from the study advisor and Board of Examiners.
• Students who cannot attend the exam because of COVID-19 related symptoms are not allowed to take the online exam, instead they will participate in the retake exam on campus and are offered an extra re-take if necessary.
• The online exam will take place at the same time (CET) as the physical exam.
• The online exam will be proctored, so students need to have their webcam on at all times during the exam. Make sure you have enough TA’s available to carry out the proctoring. One TA can monitor around 5-6 students at the same time. If you need any assistance setting up the proctoring, please contact master@strw.leidenuniv.nl.

• Students have the right to look into their (corrected) exam documents and to receive a copy of their own answers upon request. They also have the right to see the exam questions and answers (but not to make a copy of the questions and correction model/answers). Normally the corrections and answers are at the Education Office and students just pass by. Under the current conditions this is not an option. A possible solution is to collect all exams by one person (the lecturer or a TA) and to mention on your Brightspace page who to contact to obtain a scanned copy of the corrected exam. In the case this triggers a student to ask for more info, there will be a follow-up by mail. In the case this does not fully address the raised question, a follow-up ZOOM may be necessary. As soon as the situation improves, we will try to re-activate the on-campus protocol.