Note: The following procedure uses the Spanish Placement Exam as an example, but the steps in the procedure are the same for all language exams. Click here for Which Placement Exams are available online?
Navigate to the Placement Exams section under Student Services in MySlice:
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Click: Take Placement Exams
Take Placement Exams link will direct you to Blackboard. Enter your NetId (ex: jsmoe) and password, click: Login
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Under My Courses, click: Placement Exams
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From the menu on the left, select the Language you want to take (instruction example will be Spanish)
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NOTE: The Spanish and Italian Exams have an audio component. You must have speakers or headphones available BEFORE taking these exams.
NOTE: Each Language has a survey and exam component. The survey is taken before the exam. The questions have no point value to them; they are required to identify your language background.
Click on the Language Placement Survey link (instruction example is Spanish Placement Survey)
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Click: Begin
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Answer the two survey questions, click: Save and Submit
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Confirm Survey submission, click: OK

To take the exam component click on the same Language button on the left (instruction example will be Spanish)
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Click on the Language Placement Exam link (instruction example is Spanish Placement Survey)
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NOTE: Make sure to READ and follow all instructions
Click: Begin
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After answering ALL questions, click: Save and Submit:

A warning will be displayed if there are any unanswered questions.