Dear Learners,

Your assignment page is now enabled with the submit button, You can now start submitting your assignment for week 1.

Note: Incase if you are seeing the message "You are not eligible for this program" suddenly (and were previously able to access the course content), you can try changing browsers along with the below steps.

Troubleshooting steps for Login:
1. Use google chrome
2. Clear cache of the browser
3. Restart the computer
4. Go to https://app.onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in and continue using as usual.
- Make sure you log in only with one google account - the one being used for the Online Degree programme. If you log in with another google account at any point in time after clearing cache, you will need to repeat the steps from 1.
5. It should work now. If any error comes, refresh and try again. If it still doesn't work after 3 attempts of refreshing, Let us know.

You can post your queries on the discussion forum of the course and for any issues write to us at support@onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in

Thanks.
IITM online degree team

Dear Learners,

Warm greetings from IIT Madras Online Degree Team!!

Receipts are now available for the Application fee of Rs.3000 that you paid to take the November 22nd Qualifier exam.

Steps to access the fee receipt :
1) Check your course dashboard for the tab "Submitted Forms" and click on it
2) You will see two options : View Submitted Application and View Receipt. Click on "View Receipt"

If you are not able to access the fee receipt or identify any errors in it, please drop a mail to support@onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in

Warm Regards,

Team @iitmbsconlinedegree
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Dear Learners,


Please note that the deadline for assignment 2 and 3 are extended for Graded Assignment.

Kindly make use of the same.



Thanks and regards,

Team @iitmbsconlinedegree
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Dear Students,

This is a gentle reminder for the week 3 graded assignment submission deadline on Monday, 2 Nov 2020. This is your last chance to improve your average score to become eligible for the qualifier exam.

Please follow the guidelines below to confirm that your assignment is submitted.


HOW TO CHECK IF YOUR ASSIGNMENT IS SUBMITTED

Click on “Scores” tab of any course - you will see the list of graded assignments in it. Click on any of the assignments and it will take you to the graded assignment to be submitted.

Whenever you are submitting answers in a Graded Assignment, check the “Submitted date and time” that appears at the top of the Assignment page. It should reflect the date and time at which you submitted the answers. If it does not, kindly refresh and submit again.

The answers submitted must be available for viewing even if the Graded assignment page is refreshed. So please submit the answers and refresh the page and ensure this is visible and answers are correct as you had submitted.


Tips for submission:
a. As you work out the answers for questions - please keep submitting. You can anyway submit the assignment multiple times. So even if maybe you have not solved 2 questions out of 10, but have done 8 say 3 days before the deadline, submit the 8 questions. Atleast marks for that will be gotten.
b. Avoid last minute submission very close to the deadline. The portal will take finite time to scale up and cater to requests. You may have system or network issues at that time and all effort put in might go a waste. Try to do it atleast an hour or so before is a strong recommendation from our side.

@iitmbsconlinedegree Team
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𝕮𝖔𝖓𝖌𝖗𝖆𝖙𝖚𝖑𝖆𝖙𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖘 𝖙𝖔 𝖊𝖛𝖊𝖗𝖞𝖔𝖓𝖊 𝖜𝖍𝖔 𝖒𝖆𝖉𝖊 𝖎𝖙 𝖙𝖔 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝕼𝖚𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖋𝖎𝖊𝖗𝖘!

Dear students, We are awarding marks to everyone for question 14 in graded assignment. This is done because the first option in the question stating "30% people are taller than you" is not correct. Week 3 Graded solutions are available in the portal.


NOTE: Week 3 Numerical summaries spreadsheet is uploaded in the portal in "Common data- Datasets" section. Please refrain from sending access requests for any sheets to Professor. We will upload the common datasets in the portal.

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Dear Candidate,

Greetings from IITM Online Degree Program!!

Hall Ticket for the Nov 22 Qualifier exam is now available in your course portal under the "My Current courses" section.

We request you to login to the portal using your registered email id and download the Hall ticket.

Click the link to access the course portal bit.ly/IITM_OnlineDegreeCourse_Portal

You have to bring a print out of the hall ticket (colour or black & white) along with a govt. issued photo id card to the exam centre.

Kindly note that any change request of the exam center will not be entertained anymore

Please do write to us if you encounter any difficulties.

All the best for your exam !!!!

Thank you.
Warm Regards
Support Team
IITM Online Degree Project

Dear Learner,

Based on feedback from the learners about the practice test conducted on 11 and 12 November, we have decided to increase the duration of the final Qualifier exam to be conducted on 22 November 2020 by half hour.

Hence the duration of the exam will be 3.5hours instead of 3hrs.
Exam timings will be 9am-12:30pm and 2:30pm-6pm.

There is no time cutoff for any particular subject and subjects can be attempted in any order. The entire time of 3.5hrs can be used to attempt any question of any subject.

Hall tickets will be the same as generated and shared with you - it will not be regenerated to reflect this change in timing.

Hope this helps you all in doing better in the qualifier exam. Good luck!

NOTE: Candidates will be allowed to bring normal wired 3.5 mm jack earphones or headphones with or without a mic. Bluetooth, wireless or any other variety won't be permitted.

Thanks,
IITM online degree team.
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Dear Candidate,

Greetings from IITM Online Degree Program!!

1. The Hall Ticket must be presented for verification along with one original photo identification (not photocopy or scanned copy). Examples of acceptable photo identification documents are School ID, College ID, Employee ID, Driving License, Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID. Printed copy of the hall ticket and original photo id card should be brought to the exam centre. Hall Ticket and id card copies on the phone will not be permitted.

2. This Hall Ticket is valid only if the candidate's photograph and signature images are legible. To ensure this, print the Hall Ticket on A4 sized paper using a laser printer, preferably a colour photo printer. (Hall Ticket is Mandatory)

3. Please report to the examination venue before 2 hours of examination.

4 . The total duration of the examination is 210 minutes. Candidates will be permitted to leave the examination hall only after 2 hours of exam commencement, on a need basis. Based on feedback from the learners about the practice test conducted on 11 and 12 November, we have decided to increase the duration of the final Qualifier exam to be conducted on 22 November 2020 by half hour.

Hence the duration of the exam will be 3.5hours instead of 3hrs.
Exam timings will be 9am-12:30pm and 2:30pm-6pm

5. MANDATORY - HALL TICKETS HAVE TO BE RETURNED TO THE INVIGILATOR BEFORE LEAVING THE EXAM HALL. NO PAPER CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF THE EXAM HALL.

7. It is mandatory that you press the SUBMIT button on the computer after you have completed the exam. Read and confirm that all questions in all sections have been answered.

8. Please bring your own headset (3.5mm Jack) for answering audio type questions during the exam. Headsets will not be provided at the exam centre.

9. You should bring your own pen/pencil; it would not be given at the examination centre.

10. Please DO NOT bring any type of calculator for use in the exam. On-screen calculator will be available during the exam. Candidates are advised to familiarize themselves with this virtual Scientific calculator well ahead of the exam. Link: bit.ly/3nHa0gR

11. Please follow all the COVID-19 related guidelines which are available in the Hall Ticket.

12. Candidates must hand-over the Hall Ticket with [duly filled and signed COVID-19 Self Declaration (Undertaking)] to the Invigilator. If any candidate misses to hand-over the Hall Ticket to the Invigilator, action (which also includes disqualification from the exam) can be taken against her/him.

Please do write to us if you encounter any difficulties.

All the best for your exam !!!

Best of luck!!
IITM Online Degree Project team

All the Best everyone for tomorrow's qualifier.🔥

omeone who is new to these subjects.

7. Can you release the question papers and solutions?
Yes, these will be released the coming week.

8. The Maths and Stats paper were lengthy:
While setting every paper, we estimate the time required carefully by solving and we add ample margins. As in any exam, there are all levels of students writing this exam too, and their perception of difficulty varies. Some have commented that Maths was lengthy and Stats was not. Some others have commented that Stats was lengthy and Maths was not. Few others have commented that both were lengthy and few others said both were very easy.

9. The students were kept in the dark about the difficulty level of questions for the qualifier:
We would like to reiterate that the difficulty level of the qualifier questions is the same as that of graded assignment questions. If you were presented questions from the graded assignment to be solved in 3.5hrs without ever having seen the questions before, you would have faced the same challenge. It is the time pressure in which you attempt these questions that gives you the perception of a greater or a lower difficulty level.

10. Consider graded assignments as eligibility for the qualifier:
We are unable to consider the graded assignments because it was unproctored and more than a week to 2 weeks time was provided, which could have been used for collaborative learning and solving of the same. The qualifier exam is a proctored exam with the primary intention of qualifying candidates who will be able to handle the pressure and intensity of courses in the coming months. The quizzes will be of the same level as the qualifier with much lesser time to prepare. Diluting the difficulty level or lowering the cut-off is not the solution, instead the students have to raise themselves up to the likely challenges ahead, fully accepting the fact that this is a course from IITM.

11. Comments on course structure, content support team etc:
There have been numerous positive comments on the structure and the content support. There have been criticisms as well. Be assured that we will look into all aspects very carefully and a dedicated team is constantly striving to provide a better experience to all learners. All your feedback will be looked into and suitable action, wherever necessary, will be taken.

We hope we can be on this journey together supporting each other in building the first successful large-scale, high-quality online degree offering. Let us keep the criticism constructive so that we may work on it - both ways. Feedback channels are always open though we have to see what is feasible to implement.

Results of this qualifier exam will be made available inside your candidate dashboard on 7 December 2020. You will be notified via emails and sms regarding this. The form for the next qualifier exam as well as registration form for foundational level courses will also open on Dec 7 2020.


Thanks,
IITM online degree team.

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Dear Learner,

Greetings from IIT Madras!!

Thanks for your interest in the Online Degree Program.

We are keen to understand your feedback on the IITM Online Degree Qualifier Process. It will be great if you can share your feedback and your experience of the IITM Online Degree Qualifier Process.

Please fill the following google form and share your feedback - bit.ly/2ViP5EG

Best regards,
IITM Online Degree Team

Team
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Dear learner

This is to notify you that the question paper answered by you and the solution key to it are now available at the link bit.ly/2JzErH2

The responses given by you during the exam are also available as another pdf inside the same link.

The following have been incorporated while giving marks:

English:

Question 8 of Question Paper 2 & Question 10 of Question Paper 3 have been found to be ambiguous and therefore it has been decided to award full marks to anyone who has attempted each of the two questions.

Maths: Question Paper 2
Question 87: 2 marks have been awarded to candidates who entered the answer as 8 for this question assuming it to be the distance.

Question 90: Candidates who entered the value as -1.6 also are being awarded 2 marks for this question.

CT and Statistics: No changes.

The final results will be available on 7 December inside your login, with registration to foundational courses/next qualifier exam in April 2021 becoming available the same day.

The score that you calculate based on your responses will be normalised across the 3 question papers and the normalised score (which will be equal to or greater than the raw score) will be used to determine your qualification to the Foundational level of the BSc programme.

Please contact us at support@onlinedegree.iitm.ac.in if you have any questions.

Regards,
IIT Madras Online Degree Team

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