Distance Exam Service

Late applications may be considered but can result in the application being declined. If approved, a $25 late application fee applies. Applications received less than TWO WEEKS prior to the scheduled exam will not be processed.

If you’ve already missed the deadline, please email the Distance Exams office for guidance.

Most distance exams are taken online and supervised using CoMaS. However, if a student faces serious challenges that make online writing impossible, such as technology limitations or an exam format that doesn’t work well online, we will arrange for them to write at a post-secondary institution or an exam centre with a proctor.

CoMaS invite/details are sent to students who are approved to write at a distance, one week before their exam start time. If on the 5th day before your exam start time and you have not received any details regarding your CoMaS invite, please contact OnlineExams. You can find more details about our e-proctoring tool by clicking CoMaS.

Distance students must assume that they will write on the same date as the on-campus students, however, the start time may be adjusted due to time zones, exam center availability etc.

Students within 160km of campus are not eligible for this service.

Students who wish to cancel their distance exam application can do so by emailing DistanceExams. Cancellations received more than 7 days before the scheduled exam date will be cancelled without charge. Cancellation requests received within 7 days of the scheduled exam date will have a cancellation fee of $25 applied to their account.

All date changes must be approved in writing by the Professor and submitted to the Distance Exam. You can also refer to the Registrar’s Office website for more details on deferral Defer an Exam – Registrar’s Office (carleton.ca). If you decide to apply for a deferred exam, remember to inform the distance exam team to cancel your original distance exam request. This will ensure you are not charged for the exams.

PMC Students should ensure that they have registered with the Paul Menton Centre in order to receive distance exam accommodations.  Students that do not register with the PMC prior to the distance exam application deadline may not be eligible for distance exam services.

PMC students should also note on their Distance Exam Application that they are a PMC student.

As a uOttawa student studying at Carleton University on exchange, you may be wondering how to pay your fees. It’s important to note that the distance exam fee will be added to your Carleton student account at the end of the term. We recommend that you regularly check your account balance to ensure that you are aware of any fees you may owe. If you have any further questions or concerns about paying your fees, you can contact Student Accounts at student_accounts@carleton.ca.

Students should contact Distance Exams with any further questions.

Please note, if you no longer intend to take an exam via distance service, no longer need this service, or have dropped the course, you must email Distance Exams to cancel your application. Failure to notify will result in the full distance exam service fee being charged to your student account.