Policies and Procedures: World Mathematical Olympiad (WMO)

The WMO Canada qualifying competitions will be held online in 2021. Specifically, Provincial Semi-Finals, Provincial Finals, and Canadian National Finals will be proctored by professionally trained live proctors via the video conferencing tool, Microsoft Teams. The following rules and regulations must be upheld to maintain the fairness and integrity of the competition. By participating in WMO, you hereby agree to abide by all rules and regulations stated below.

Participants

• WMO papers are designed for students from grade 3 to grade 6 split into two levels:

1. WMO Level 1: grade 3 and grade 4.

1. WMO Level 2: grade 5 and grade 6.

• All participants must register according to their grade level or above. No participant is allowed to write a competition that is lower than their grade level.

• All participants must register online to participate in the competition by May 14th, 2021. Any late registrations will not be accepted.

Date

• Round 1: WMO Provincial Semi-Finals for Level 1 and Level 2 will be held online on May 21st, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EST.

• Round 2: WMO Provincial Finals for Level 1 and Level 2 will be held online on May 28th, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EST.

• Round 3: WMO Canadian National Finals for Level 1 and Level 2 will be held online on June 4th, 2021 at 12:00 p.m. EST.

Format

• The format of the competition is online. No paper copy of the competition will be distributed.

• The learning management system, Brightspace, will be used to administer the competition online.

• The video conferencing tool, Microsoft Teams, will be used to proctor the competition live.

• All participants will be added to the WMO Level 1 or Level 2 course on Brightspace and on Microsoft Teams Classroom on May 18th, 2021.

• Every effort has been made to ensure the online competition process is as smooth, fair, and secure as possible. However, we do not guarantee continuous, uninterrupted access to the online competition and we take no responsibility for technical issues beyond our control.

• No competition may be submitted outside of the scheduled live proctoring sessions for any reason.

Format of Each Competition

• Each of the Provincial Semi-Finals and Provincial Finals are multiple-choice with four choices for each question. The Canadian National Finals contain both multiple-choice and final answer questions.

• Provincial Semi-Finals: 15 questions at 1 point each and 5 questions at 2 points each in 60 minutes.

• Provincial Finals: 15 questions at 1 point each and 5 questions at 2 points each in 60 minutes.

• Canadian National Finals: 10 multiple-choice questions at 2 points each and 10 final answer questions at 3 points each in 90 minutes.

Devices and Applications

All participants must have the following devices and applications to participate in the contest.

• A high-speed internet connection

• A laptop or a desktop computer (no phones and no tablets)

• A web camera and a microphone

• A Microsoft Teams application

Competition Rules

As online proctoring involves a new set of challenges, specific rules have been put in place to maintain the integrity of the virtual competition and provide a fair place for all students to compete equally. If a proctor notices any violations of the competition rules, they must immediately report it and disqualify any participant who infringes the rules. Senior proctors will be attending each virtual session to reinforce the rules. It is important that each contestant reads these rules carefully and understands the implications.

• All participants must be proctored in a virtual meeting during the competition.

• All participants are to join the live proctoring session 10 minutes before the competition is scheduled to begin to avoid technical difficulties that delay the start of the competition.

• All participants must find a quiet place where they can complete this competition without interruptions. This is essential, as students will be required to remain unmuted and background noise will not only interfere with the student’s concentration, but will also lead to distractions for other participants. No parents, guardians, or siblings are allowed to be in the same room as the participant during the competition. If a participant faces technical difficulties, they may ask their parents or guardians to come and help resolve the technical issue.

• No participant may begin the competition until they are told to do so by a proctor. Each contest round is password protected.

• All participants must have their camera and microphone on during the competition otherwise they are disqualified.

• All proctored contests will be recorded to ensure transparency with proctoring the contests and to provide a fair level of competition.

• Strict silence must be observed at all times during the competition.

• No participant may leave the virtual meeting at any time during the competition. If a participant is disconnected from the virtual meeting, they need to inform the proctor as soon as possible by sending an email to info@wmocanada.com. They have 10 minutes to log back into Microsoft Teams and to continue the competition. No additional time to write the competition will be provided to the participant if they are disconnected. If the participant does not rejoin the virtual meeting within 10 minutes or inform the proctor of any issues, their work will be automatically submitted on their behalf and they will not be able to continue the competition.

• No calculators or unauthorised electronic devices (including mobile phones) are allowed during the competition.

• All participants will have only one attempt to complete the competition.

• All participants must answer all questions online. No participant will be awarded marks for any answers that were not submitted in the online competition.

• All participants must submit their competition online when time is up. No participant may leave the virtual meeting at the end of the competition until the proctor has confirmed their submission of the online competition has been received.

• Each question in the competition has been verified by experienced trainers, thus no further explanation will be given.

• No hints or explanations of the questions will be provided to participants.

Scoring System

• Provincial Semi-Finals and Provincial Finals: The correct answers to problems 1 to 15 will be awarded 1 point each. The correct answers to problems 16 to 20 will be awarded 2 points each. The total number of marks is 25 points. You will not be penalized for any incorrect answers.

• Canadian National Finals: The correct answers to problems 1 to 10 will be awarded 2 points each. The correct answers to problems 11 to 20 will be awarded 3 points each. The total number of marks is 50 points. You will not be penalized for any incorrect answers.

• No participant will be penalized for any incorrect answers. The organizer reserves the right to call for a re-sit in the event of malpractice and to differentiate between those outstanding students.

• Contestants who are disqualified from the competition will not be recognized and will be forfeited of any right to re-sit this year.

• A participant’s overall competition score is the average of their scores on the three competitions.

• A student will receive 0% on any competition that they did not write to ensure fairness when the final average is calculated.

Results and Certifications

• The competition will be automatically marked by the online platform, Brightspace.

• The results and the full solution for each competition will be available in the online course by the following dates:

• Provincial Semi-Finals: May 24th, 2021

• Provincial Finals: May 31st, 2021

• Canadian National Finals: June 7th, 2021

• The overall competition score of each participant will be released on June 14th.

Cancellation and Refund Policies

• Parents may cancel their child’s registration for the competition at any time, however, please note that refunds will not be provided.

Privacy Policy

• For information about our privacy policy, please visit our website: https://spiritofmath.com/legal/privacy-policy

Copyright

• No part of the online course and online competition may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, or any other means, without written permission from the producer.

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