NMIMS Student Zone Portal, Login, and Exam Guide

Policy

2 hrs and 30 minutes (150 minutes) for PG, Diploma, Bachelors and Professional Diploma program
2 hrs (120 minutes) for Certificate and Advance Certificate program
If a student doesn’t submit the exam as per the duration mentioned, on completion of exam duration system will auto-submit the exam
Students can access the exam link via the portal or via email which will be sent one hour before the exam slot. The student should not forward this email to anyone else as it will be unique to every student
Exam link will be live as per the slot booked and not before that, so for the 10 am slot link will be live at 10 am and not before that, same goes for the 5 pm slot

Exam Policy:

Students are not allowed to move away from the system before submission of examination for any reason
The exam link will be active for 30 minutes from the time of commencement of the exam for every slot and no student will be able to access the linked post for 30 minutes. For a 10 am slot student will not be allowed to join post 10:30 am and for the 5 pm slot student will not be allowed to join post 5:30 pm
Blank paper is allowed for calculation, student has to show this to the proctor before the start of the exam
There should be no other person in the room when the student is appearing for the exam
Students are not allowed to talk/chat with anyone during the exam (in person, over the phone or via any web application). Only in case of any issues student is allowed to speak to the Mettl/NMIMS support team
You are requested not to indulge in unfair means like copying from chits, using scientific calculators (Apart from the online calculators specified by University), using other electronic devices is not allowed. Escalation Matrix

METTL:
Email- [email protected]
Phone number: 8047190917

Contact when:

You are not able to “launch test” on Mettl screen
You are facing technical issues during the exam on Mettl platform

NMIMS:
Email- [email protected]
Phone number: 18001025136

Contact when:

Not able to access exam link using Student portal
For any reason not able to appear for exams
Got disconnected and later not able to join the exam (says link is de-activated)
Mettl was not able to resolve the issue and you were not able to appear for exams

NMIMS JUNE EXAM 2021

This examination is conducted online via Mettl platform (NMIMS’s official assessment partner) and will be remotely proctored.
There would few basic requirements that need to be fulfilled to start the online test and would demand your mandatory adherence
Please ensure the webcam and microphone of your system (laptop/computer) is connected and functional, which can be also tested using a system compatibility test.

Login To Student Portal:

As you login to the student zone, you will find your upcoming exams displayed on top of your dashboard . Click on Start exam, this will go live on the day of exam as per the time slot you have booked

Start Your Exam

Click on the ‘Start Exam’ button to start your exam. You will also see link to access Compatibility and Demo exam (this is optional), you can directly click on “Start exam”

As you click on the exam start button, you will be directed to the Mettl platform (NMIMS exam partner). Click on ‘Launch Test’ to begin with your exam

Test launch process for recommended browsers

Launch Test in Google Chrome and Firefox browser

Test launched in Mozilla Firefox– Clicking Launch Test would open a new window for camera and microphone permission post checking the browser setting.

Test launched in Google Chrome– Clicking Launch Test would open a new window requesting to download the necessary extension post checking the browser setting..

Start test on Chrome and Firefox browser

Checking browser setting page will appear once the you would click on Launch Test tab

Sharing your screen for the examination

Google Chrome– To share your screen on Google Chrome, you need to install an extension. Click on Click Here (highlighted on the above image) to download the extension.

Mozilla Firefox– No extension is required.

Manual installation of the Mettl Extension on Chrome

The browser tries to automatically install the required extension and if it fails to do so, you need to manually add the extension via copying the link by directly clicking on the COPY tab available as shown in the screenshot and paste it in a new tab.

Refer the next slide to follow up on the steps of how to add the extension on the browser.

Adding Mettl extension on Google Chrome

Link to add the Mettl Extension for Google Chrome -: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hkjemkcbndldepdbnbdnibeppofoooio

Once the link is opened in the new tab the candidate must add the extension in chrome and click on the Add to Chrome and Add extension button as shown in the snapshot above

Permission to share the screen

Refresh the page from where the link was copied. A pop-up would be displayed as shown in the above screenshot. Now you need to give permission to share your test screen. The SHARE tab on the pop-up is greyed out at first, click on the mini screen appearing in the pop-up window to activate the SHARE tab.

Click on the drop-down option on the pop-up appearing from the URL bar and select the ENTIRE SCREEN option in order to share the entire test window while attempting the assessment.

Permission to share camera and microphone on Chrome

After sharing the screen, you would have to grant access to your audio and microphone by allowing the permissions to Mettl platform.

For this step, please make sure that your system’s local camera and microphone devices are not being used/occupied by any other software (e.g skype,You cam etc). Please exit/logout of all such applications before starting the system check or the final test.

Proceed to the next step

Post giving camera and microphone permissions, your test would start loading and a few test instructions would be displayed to you in a flow.

Kindly read the instructions carefully to avoid any interruption during the exam and then click on the NEXT tab.

A few mandatory checks

Once the required checks have been ensured, from this point onwards the user experience of the platform is same in both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. Further steps would include assessment and section instructions for better purview refer the next slides.

Steps post mandatory checks

Post giving camera and microphone permissions, your test would start loading and a few test instructions would be displayed to you.

Kindly read the instructions carefully to avoid any interruption during the exam and then click on the NEXT tab.

Assessment instructions

In the first screenshot, the test details and the assessment-specific instructions would be visible under THINGS TO REMEMBER.
In order to view the section-wise details of the assessment click on the VIEW SECTION WISE DETAILS option which will give the basic information on the assessment design.

Section Wise details

The Section wise Details specify the number of sections on the assessment and question distribution across sections After going through all the assessment and section instructions thoroughly, kindly click on PROCEED tab to start the test.

Step 1: Capture an image of your face

Capture an image of your face by sitting in an upright position in front of the camera and click on CAPTURE YOUR FACE tab. A white border line is provided for your convenience

Recapture your face

If you are satisfied with the captured image, click on the NEXT tab to proceed to the next step.

• Else, if you are not satisfied with the captured image, it is blurred or unclear, you may click on RECAPTURE YOUR FACE tab to proceed further.

Step 2: Capture an image of your ID Card

Capture an image of your any College ID card/Government ID card by clicking on CAPTURE YOUR ID CARD tab. A white border line is provided for your convenience.

Recapture your ID Card

If you are satisfied with the captured image, click on SUBMIT tab.

• Else, if you are not satisfied with the captured image, it is blurred or the details on it are unclear, you may click on RECAPTURE YOUR ID CARD tab

Start your test

Post getting successfully authorized you would land on the page as shown in the above snapshot and would get the choice of selecting the section from which you would like to start the test with.

Check the radio button against the section name and click on START TEST tab to start with the questions of the selected section.

Your test is proctored!

A consent would be taken from you before you start attempting the questions informing you that your complete test would be monitored, and any activity of the candidate or the candidate’s screen will be logged. The permission window would be in form of a pop-up.