ALEKS Summer/Fall 2025

ALEKS Course Code for placement into Summer/Fall 2025 classes

If you intend to take the ALEKS placement exam to place in to courses for Summer/Fall 2025, and you are not visually impaired, then click on the link below to log in with your Baylor ID.  After logging in you will be redirected to the ALEKS testing site.  Be prepared to enter the course code listed below.  The exam is no cost to the student. Baylor covers the cost of taking the ALEKS exam.

ALEKS testing site (see step-by-step instructions below) 
Course Code for Summer/Fall 2025: TCMVW-99C9X

IMPORTANT: The ALEKS placement test is designed to be completed by the student without any outside assistance. The following are prohibited:

• using a calculator of any kind (other than when ALEKS provides one)
• obtaining help from another person
• accessing resources from the internet, books, notes, etc.

It is a violation of the Baylor Honor Code to access any of these resources during the ALEKS exam.

STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE THE ALEKS EXAM

1. You must have a valid Baylor student ID (e.g., Jane_Doe@baylor.edu) to begin.
2. Write down or copy the course code below. Then click the link to go to the ALEKS testing site.
   
   ALEKS testing site
   
   Course Code for this term: TCMVW-99C9X
   
   Respondus monitoring password: BAYLORMATH1 (not case sensitive, the last digit is a one)
    
3. You will log in to the ALEKS testing site using your Baylor ID and password. When you log in to the ALEKS testing site, you will receive 5 attempts at the exam. (If you need additional attempts, you can can get 5 more attempts using a different code. Contact math@baylor.edu to receive the course code for the extra 5 attempts.)
4. This and all future ALEKS attempts will be electronically proctored (see below). The password for the Respondus proctoring is BAYLORMATH1 (not case sensitive, the last digit is a one).

5. Don't worry if you don't do as well as you wanted on the first assessment! Although ALL ASSESSMENTS count, the main purposes of the first time are:

   • To become familiar with the ALEKS interface, type of questions asked, length of the exam, and time limit.
   • ALEKS is also getting to know you and your skillset, so do not access any unauthorized resources such as books, notes, calculator, person, etc. Using outside help will only hurt your chances of being successful.
   • If you feel you could score higher, ALEKS will provide you an individualized study plan. Studying 6-8 hours in ALEKS is proven to substantially increase your ALEKS placement score.
   • Your computer’s browser will be locked in the sense that you will not be able to access any browser windows other than the ALEKS exam while the exam is underway.
6. After your assessment is complete, there is a 24 hour "cooling off" period, and then you are eligible for the next assessment.
7. You must be at a computer equipped with a web cam for all assessments. You will be asked to verify your identity into the webcam by presenting a valid ID. Despite what the system says, you may present your driver's license as an acceptable form of ID. You will be video recorded throughout the duration of your exam. You must stay in the view of the camera at all times or your results will be invalidated. If you access any unauthorized resource (calculator, technology, books, notes, person, etc.) this constitutes a violation of Baylor’s Honor Code. Your results on the ALEKS exam will be flagged and you will be referred to the Honor Council. It is your responsibility to know and abide by the Baylor Honor Code at all times. See the Honor Code.
8. Baylor reserves the right---for any reason---to require you to re-take your ALEKS exam in person in the Department of Mathematics before placing you in a mathematics course. If there are any discrepancies in the webcam video recording of you taking the exam (e.g., you are out of sight of the camera, you are accessing unauthorized resources, etc.), we will require you to re-take ALEKS in person.
9. The time limit on the exam is 2 hours. Any unanswered questions after 2 hours are treated as blank and will count in the calculation of your score.
10. You will be presented with your score.
    • Baylor math department does not accept screenshots of scores! Scores submit automatically and roll into Baylor's system every 24 - 48 hrs .
    • If you achieved the qualifying score for the class you are trying to get into, you are done.
    • If you did not, then you will need to spend 3 hours in the Learning Modules and wait 24 hours before retaking the ALEKS assessment.
    • If you do not qualify on that attempt, you will need to spend 5 hours in the Learning Modules and wait 24 hours before retaking the ALEKS assessment.
    • If you do not qualify on that attempt, you will need to spend 5 hours in the Learning Modules and wait 24 hours before retaking the ALEKS assessment.
    • If you do not qualify on that attempt, you will need to spend 5 hours in the Learning Modules and wait 24 hours before retaking the ALEKS assessment. This was the 5^th and final ALEKS attempt.