SofTest Installation Requirements and Information

Prerequisites (Save pertinent information)

• Retrieve Your ExamSoft "Exam Taker" password and "Exam PIN" number here
  • Important: You need to know the difference between the Exam Taker password and the Exam PIN number
• Permissible Laptop Exams
• Read Disclaimers
• Contact ExamSoft
  • Please contact our Law School Registrar's Office for questions that are not laptop-exam related.
• Laptop Exams FAQs

• Before you install SofTest
• Obtain SofTest License
• Installation Procedure
  • Step I - Install SofTest  
    • Watch SofTest Installation Video
    • Download the Mock Exam and all of your Exam Answer File Templates
  • Step II - Take Mock Exam
  • Step III - Upload Mock Exam
• SofTest Exam Instructions
  • Watch the following SofTest Essay Questions demonstration video for Windows or Mac
    • SofTest Windows
    • SofTest Mac
  • Print the following handouts and bring them to exams.
    • Exam Day Pre-Exam Checklist
    • Upload Exam File Instructions

2. Your time and date must be correct.
   • Users of Asian languages must visit www.examsoft.com/asian for additional information
3. Your laptop must be in good working condition (no hardware or software problems).
4. You must have a working power adapter.
5. You must disable your antivirus or antispyware programs prior to each exam and re-enable them afterward.

OBTAIN SOFTEST LICENSE

To pay the $20 license fee for SofTest, go to http://www.examsoft.com/smulaw and login to your Exam Taker account with your username (SMU ID number, without hyphen) and your ExamSoft Password and you will be prompted to pay the initial license fee.

Note: The license fee is good for the current academic school year.  If you need to re-install SofTest during the academic school year, you are not required to re-pay the license fee.

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1. Login to your Exam Taker account at www.examsoft.com/smulaw.
2. Click the "Download SofTest" button (PC or Mac is okay)
3. Install SofTest
   • Restart your computer if prompted
4. Register SofTest
   • Use your SMU ID and Exam Taker Password
   • Click the "Register" button (must have internet connection)
5. Download a Mock Exam and your Exam Answer Files (one for each exam you are taking on laptop)
   • You can select and download all Exam Answer Files at once
   • Exam Answer Files, used to take laptop exams at our law school, do not contain your exams, but are blank screens that look similar to a blank document in a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word (you type the question numbers and answers in one screen)
     • Students must have their Exam Answer Files downloaded to their laptop by the deadline

1. Students are responsible to install SofTest and download their Exam Answer Files and Mock Exam Answer File to their own laptops without the help of another law student, as each Exam Answer File is specifically configured with his/her Exam PIN number and must not be copied from another student’s laptop. Violating this policy and attempting to copy someone else’s Exam Answer Files to their laptop after the deadline could not only possibly result in lost exam answers but could subject the students to Honor Code violations and disciplinary action.
    
2. Be Aware: There are always risks involved when taking a laptop exam, though negative outcomes are rare. If you experience a problem with your laptop during an exam, it is your responsibility to get a paper bluebook from the proctor and handwrite your exam.
    
3. Do not format your hard drive or send your laptop off for repair before you have received your course grades. If your laptop needs repairs, contact someone in the Law School Registrar's Office and set up a time to have a copy of your encrypted exam files retrieved before commencing repairs.