User Guide on Creating a Guest Account for Accessing OLEX in a Student View

If teachers want to access OLEX (HKU Online Examination System) in a student view, please create a student guest account under the My eLearning tab of HKU Portal by following the steps below:

  1. Click “Grant access To Guest” icon next to the corresponding Moodle course in which you would like to see the OLEX course exam page as a student.   
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  2. Enter your non-HKU email address under Part A – Add User-based Guest Account. Select the radio button “Student” next to “Guest’s role”.
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    If the indicated email address has NOT been registered as a User-based Guest Account in any Moodle course, you will be prompted to fill in the guest account information – email address, first name, last name and Moodle account password.  The Moodle account password MUST include at least 8 characters with at least 1 digit(s) and 1 lower case letter(s), 1 upper case letter(s) and 1 non-alphanumeric character(s).
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  3. After you finish step 2, your guest account will be created in 2 hours. You can check your guest account status under Grant access to Guest page in My eLearning tab.
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  4. After your guest account is created, you can access OLEX as a student in 12 hours after the Moodle account data is synchronized with OLEX.
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Use alternative way for printing

Due to the current high demand on web printing services, it is strongly recommended that you use the following one of the alternative ways to submit print job:

  1. Install “PaperCut Follow You Print” on your Windows deviceor MacOS deviceto submit new print jobs.
  2. Use public PCs at the main library and CWLC to submit new print jobs.