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ODE

ODE Testing Center

Four Cubicle workstation desks and chairs in the group testing room.

Image description: The group testing room with cubicle workstation desks and chairs provides a quiet, distraction-reduced environment.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ ODE Testing Center

  • Aber Hall Room 116

  • Autumn & Spring Semester: 8 am - 5 pm, Monday through Friday.  

    During Finals Week: 8 am - 6 pm, Monday through Thursday. 8 am - 5 pm on Friday. 

    Summer: 9 am - 4 pm, varied. 

    If exams are scheduled before or after our testing hours, Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ contact faculty to discuss alternative arrangements.

  • Students must book exams and quizzes at least five (5) business days in advance.

    Final exams must be booked by the Monday before the first day of finals week.

    Drop-in testing is not available.

  • Eligible Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ can book online through the ODE online portal Accommodate. Faculty will be asked to approve exams (view How to approve Ñý¼§Ö±²¥' booking requests section.)

  • ODE understands the academic rigors and safety measures that faculty undertake in administrating their exams. We take test security seriously. We will report to faculty when we observe a student using any unauthorized materials or resources during an exam. We also stop an exam at any time if academic dishonesty is witnessed.

    • 15 seats in the reduced distraction testing rooms

    • 6 private testing rooms

  • No cell phones, food, or beverages in the testing facilities

    We are committed to ensuring an appropriate testing environment for all Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ who use our testing facilities. Odors and sounds from food and beverages can be distracting to others. Thus, the testing facilities do not allow any food or beverages except water. 

ODE Portal - how to approve Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ booking requests

When your Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ schedule an exam via the ODE portal Accommodate, you will receive an email from the ODE Testing Center. This email will include a link for you to log in to the portal. Please check your Junk Email folder as the notices may go to the junk folder. 

  • Select Faculty on the and log in with your NetID and password.
  • Click Courses and ODE Testing Center Requests on the left side.   
  • Select the current semester.
  • Select the current course/section.
  • Select ODE Testing Requests and select which student/request you want to approve.
  • The bottom section will require you to add the following information:
    - Time given in class (in minutes) – Based on the number you put in this field, the portal will automatically add extended test time for your student.
    - Additional Directions – List any materials the student is permitted to use during the exam (e.g., calculator, page of notes, data pack).
  • Attach Exam.
  • Select delivery and return method. The image below reads, "How will you deliver the exam to the ODE Testing Center?" "How / where would you like the exam returned?" "Location of Exam Return (If ODE will return was selected)- Please include building and room number." 
    Accommodate faculty section asks instructors on how they deliver exams to ODE and where the exam must be returned.    
  • Click Submit.

Exam delivery & return

Faculty can deliver exams to the ODE Testing Center by:

  • Through the ODE portal
  • Email: ode.testing@mso.umt.edu
  • Fax: 406-243-5330
  • Drop off at the testing center during our hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • Have your Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ deliver to the testing center on the exam day

The ODE Testing Center returns exams to faculty by: 

  • Scan and email the exam to faculty for faster delivery. 
  • Delivery within 24 hours after the exam was administered. We deliver exams twice daily: one mid-morning and one afternoon.
  • Faculty's pick up - faculty can pick up administered exams at the testing center during our office hours: 8 am to 5 pm.
  • Student's delivery - student, who took the exam, returns the exam in a sealed envelope.