EXAM HELP : Urgent

OfflerCrocGod

Those dumb asses in UCD have shut down SIS the only way to get exams outside of UCD that means I can't get any exams. If anyone is in UCD right now and can get exams for me from here http://www.ucd.ie/exams/html/papers/index.html please PM me and help me get my exam papers!!!! PLEASEEE I'll tell you my exam codes (all computer science ones) and if u could just zip them and send them to my gmail address (I'll give it to u). IT WOULD BE WONDERFUL. I doubt anyone is in UCD right now but if anyone is please help me!

Tiriel

I'm in Glenomena on the ucd network.. can open that link so just pm me what u need.. no bother!

uberwolf

here as well if cork girl doesn't work out. Boards.ie helping the masses since 1998


why they chose this week to close SIS :rolleyes:

Tiriel

am.. uberwolf have you checked the site..
this keeps coming up when I click on any link..
Service Temporarily Unavailable
The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later.

uberwolf

they've taken the database off line. So it's gone afaik. Shít.

Tiriel

oh oh!!am.. hope you all have your exam cards printed off so.. cos they're not being sent out this year are they?

Intel

I just came in to college to print off my exam card! This is frustrating!! :mad:
I've a feckin exam tommorow and I don't have my exam card yet.

Does anyone know what I should do?
What if I cant get a card, will I not be admitted into the exam?
Did they forewarn anyone that they were going to do upgrades?? .I really could do without this stress :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad: :mad:

Tiriel

well we were told we had to have our exam cards printed off by the 9th.. but we weren't told why.. so I just did it! sorry.. I really feel for ya.. I'd say go and get it sorted out asap don't leave it cos they can stop u sitting the exam.

best of luck

Intel

Who told you that they had to be printed off before the 9th?

Intel

Im wondering who I should go to/ who I should ring.?

Tiriel

just in lecture.. we were told that this year is the first year they won't be sending out exam cards in the post.. and I'm in 1st yr of Masters.. so had no idea how things worked in UCD.. so just went off and printed it out.. there wasn't any notice up about it though in our dept or anything I don't think.. :rolleyes:

Tiriel

Intel wrote:

Im wondering who I should go to/ who I should ring.?

best bet I'd say go into the admin building and explain.. they'll have to give you something or send u in the right direction at least! UCD number is 01-7167777 just in case u need it.. ask for the extension u need then

uberwolf

pop into admin. People forget their exam cards all the time, they can figure out your number if needs be. Just don't forget your stu card!!

OfflerCrocGod

I can't believe it I am totally unable to get the past papers! Who was the idiot who came up with the genius idea of takeing down the database just before the exams I can't do any study without those papers. I have 6 exams in a row!!!!! I cannot believe this. Totally mad. Oh well thanks for your kind offers of help people

Tiriel

are they not available in the library? yikes that sounds scary offler sorry.. best of luck in exams

uberwolf

offler - are you in 4th comp sci?

Haruspex

Offler, as Cork_girl says, I'm sure hard copies must exist in the Library. I can't believe that the electronic versions are the only ones out there. Going on my NUI Galway experience we had large bound volumes of exam papers divided into years in the main library. Just about managed to get mine yesterday from SIS before the system went offline. Could they not have done this post-exams?
Best of luck anyway!

Intel

I went to the exams office and a nice lady issued me with one. I was ready to give someone a piece of my mind but she was just so nice about it, i couldnt

*Crisis over* Begin study. Thanks for help Cork girl and Uberwolf

Intel :cool:

OfflerCrocGod

uberwolf wrote:

offler - are you in 4th comp sci?

Yep.

OfflerCrocGod

Cork_girl wrote:

are they not available in the library? yikes that sounds scary offler sorry.. best of luck in exams

I don't know....it takes me 2 hours to get into UCD and I can't really do any study there inside the library because most of my notes come from the web so I need to be at home in front of a computer, do they let you borrow them? - I doubt it. I can't understand why they would choose now to take down the bloody database, it's like they planned it to cause maximum problems.

uberwolf

I may have teh 4th comp sci past papers on my archived pendrive stuff in my office. I'll be back there this afternoon and check. Obviuosly won't include the ones I sat in the summer - but it'll be the majority of them.

OfflerCrocGod

uberwolf wrote:

I may have teh 4th comp sci past papers on my archived pendrive stuff in my office. I'll be back there this afternoon and check. Obviuosly won't include the ones I sat in the summer - but it'll be the majority of them.

If you do have them it would be brilliant!

Hairy Homer

The SIS site is down for a week for a scheduled upgrade. The week before exams start. Good timing guys!!!!!

If you need an exam number for an exam starting at 9:30 on Monday (as I did) ring the admin office, but be quick because it closes at 2:30 today (Friday) That's in two hours time.

uberwolf

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

If you do have them it would be brilliant!

pm me your gmail address I'll get back to you later

Em, ok I'm not from UCD but I happened to be passing by...

What I do to access college pages which can only be accessed from with in college is change the proxies. I have a seperate Mozilla downloaded - you say you can only access it from within college? Then this might work.

At home, open this page : http://www.ucd.ie/computing/support/posters/internetie.pdf

Go through it piece by piece, temporarily changing the settings so that you're going off the UCD proxies. Then attempt to access the exam papers. It works for me accessing certain Trinity pages at home, and might work for yourself also.

If not, best of luck getting your papers.

OfflerCrocGod

Na Ace it doesn't seem to work I'm surprised Trinity lets you away with doing that, oh well thanks for the help anyway

Syth

I'm in UCD now and I can follow the link you posted. If you PM me the exam numbers I'll see if I can get them.

Tiriel

sorry syth it's a bit trickier than that! read the thread.. good intentions though! hope ur not in trouble too once you've read it!!

Syth

Ah yes I see now... Sorry.

Time to fire off a letter to Computer services.

Tiriel

Syth wrote:

Ah yes I see now... Sorry.

Time to fire off a letter to Computer services.

yep!!!! that's the spirit!

uberwolf

OfflerCrocGod wrote:

Na Ace it doesn't seem to work I'm surprised Trinity lets you away with doing that, oh well thanks for the help anyway

it did work a couple of years ago. But it was a bit messier than described.

OfflerCrocGod

Thanks Syth, I'm phoning around and I can't seem to get anyone to answer oh well I'll keep trying I'm not the only one in trouble some of my friends are trying to get notes and papers. God what a shambles.

Syth

Just got an email back from Computer Services. (Man that was suprisingingly quick.)

This is what it said:

Hi Rory,

The SIS system is down from the 9th to the 14th of December. Regarding your examination number, once you
bring your student card to the exam the exam number will be issued to you there.

If you have any other queries please contact SIS on 716 1713

Looks like it might have been planned downtime. I'll ask them that.

uberwolf

Syth wrote:

Looks like it might have been planned downtime. I'll ask them that.

it was in fairness. Advertised on teh SIS site for the last fortnight. The reason you got a quick response is prob related to the length of time it'll take them to do teh work. Sitting around doing nothin...

Syth

uberwolf wrote:

it was in fairness. Advertised on teh SIS site for the last fortnight. The reason you got a quick response is prob related to the length of time it'll take them to do teh work. Sitting around doing nothin...

It's still a terrible time to do it and their website (http://ucd.ie/itucd) doesn't mention it.

Red Alert

Yes, ever noticed that the only system that NEVER goes down is the OPAC/TALIS mainframe that they have in the Library - and guess why's the reason? It's 'cos Computer Services don't run that one - hence the only time it's ever down is for database maintainance and it's usually not even as long as the advetised amount of time. Thank god Comp Services don't run it!

henry828

Red Alert wrote:

Yes, ever noticed that the only system that NEVER goes down is the OPAC/TALIS mainframe... guess why's the reason? It's 'cos Computer Services don't run that one....

sorry red alert.... comp serv DON'T take care of sis... sis is run by msu - a different dept to cs

Prolly should check your facts b4 posting unfounded statements!

Bri

Hang on hang on!

I've never heard anything about exam cards needing to be printed and I've exams this christmas. This is obviously some stupid new moneysaving thing.

Where are/were these cards? Under your SIS a/c?

*confused*

rob1891

computing services suck anyway :P

I've just had a student ask me for grinds in a third year course, didn't realise the exam is in 10 friggin days!! Of course, I can't remember anything from third year, the notes aren't enough of a reminder and 10-day-away-study consists of learning-off-the-most-likely-exam-questions which I can't do without the papers :mad:

If you have time, email past.papers@ucd.ie and politely rant at them and then email the SU to find out what they are doing about it.

don't expect any results, hope everything is back on the 14th.

Syth

According to computer services the SIS is managed by Admin, not Computer services. So they aren't the ones in charge/to blame.

Bri, you have to print off your exam card from the SIS student web, it won't be posted out. Same for your exam timetable. However the site is down until tuesday. Hope you don't have an exam between now and then. (Of course you'd have to have printed off your exam timetable to know when your exams are...)

[edit] I emailed our education officer about this. No responce yet. [/edit]

Bri

Syth. Thanks for the reply. That's what I gathered just wanted it clarified (it's too late to ask anyone in UCD before the weekend)

Ah well, my exam is on the 20th so I'm ok I guess.

OfflerCrocGod

rob1891 wrote:

If you have time, email past.papers@ucd.ie and politely rant at them and then email the SU to find out what they are doing about it.

don't expect any results, hope everything is back on the 14th.

I've emailed them but I don't really expect much. I expect nothing actually. I have never gotten a reply out of these......."deep breath"......people.

uberwolf

I've nothing to offer you offler I'm afraid. Those exam papers never made it onto my pen drive. Sorry. G'L

OfflerCrocGod

uberwolf wrote:

I've nothing to offer you offler I'm afraid. Those exam papers never made it onto my pen drive. Sorry. G'L

It's OK me and my friend got some photos of some of the past papers so we are working with those until the 14th Not the best but better then nothing.

Cecilia

Hey Offler,
Ring the Student Union, Im sure they can help you. They print up loads of past papers for people every year. 01-7160000 is the number for the UCD central switchboard, and then ask to be put through to the SU secretary or President or Education Officer.
Secondly, you could try and contact your Professors. They're bound to have some past papers on file on their computers, considering they're the ones who write them.
Good luck!

OfflerCrocGod

The SU....it would involve going into UCD that takes me ages, sure at thise stage I'll muddle through with what I have. My professors probably wouldn't be bothered or wouldn't read the emails I've got some photos of papers and that should tie me over. I've really lost interest anyway I just want to finish college and never go near it again, as long as I pass - I've stopped caring.

rainbow kirby

I've stopped caring.

Know the feeling...