Evaluation is a critical question: what should be evaluated and how? With which goal? The predominating orientation of the Bologna reform is to prepare students for the job market in a knowledge economy, which materialises in two lines of action. The first one is related to the goal: students must be ready to integrate the job market right away. The second consists in equipping students to provide them with concrete tools for lifelong professional development. This is particularly important due to digital disruption and changing occupations. To certify students, institutions apply given assessment norms to guarantee the issued diploma’s quality. For instance, before the pandemic, an exam could be taken online only if the physical location meets the required standards. The present study documents the variation in the exam design of a Bachelor programme that is made available in two modalities. Authors – the pedagogical advisor and the director of the programme – take the opportunity of insights gained through different exam sessions between January 2020 and January 2022 to set directions for open and resource-rich oriented exams in the future. Student authentication and authorship checking appear to be key variables in open assessment.