Mark scores with regular marking process

Let’s see how the markers of Math 101 mid-term exam can mark scores when the exam uses the regular marking process.

1.   After the Math 101 mid-term exam completes, the assigned markers can sign into MaivenPoint Online Services and go to Examena to mark the scores for the assigned candidates and/or questions.

2.   On the Exam page, search for the exam or use the Status filter to find the exam for marking.

3.   Click Marking progress to enter the page to mark scores.

*Note: The system automatically marks questions of the Choice (single answer & multiple answers), Fill-in-the-blank, True/False, Matching, Categorisation, and Hot spot types. You can also edit the score manually, if required.

4.   By default, the All columns view is selected with all columns displayed in the table. You can click the view name and click Manage views in the drop-down list to access the Manage views window.

a.   Click Create view on the left pane.

b.   Enter a name for the custom view, choose whether to set it as the default view, and click Save.

c.   On the right pane, select the columns that you want to display in the table and arrange them in desired order.

d.   Click Save to save the view settings.

5.   You can flag all candidates or selected candidates if required. After clicking Flag candidate and then Flag selected candidates/Flag all candidates, select a flag colour and click Save to flag the candidates with the selected flag colour.

Click the flag next to a candidate name to view the flag history for the candidate, including the flag added to this candidate responses.

6.   With questions assigned, you can mark score for uncompleted questions across all candidates under the Question view.

a.   Select the Only show uncompleted questions option to update the view.

b.   Click Mark score next to an uncompleted question.

c.   Mark the score for the candidate one by one.

d.   You can add one or multiple comments for candidates and staff if required. Then, you can edit or delete the comments you added. The comment changes can all be viewed in the marking history.

e.   Click Close after marking completes.

If similarity check is enabled for the exam, the Similarity score column is visible in the table. When candidate responses of Essay or File upload questions are submitted, the View details link is clickable, and you’ll be brought to the Similarity checking page where you can view the similarity scores of candidate responses.

If the optional question setting is turned on for a section of the exam paper, you can view two different icons in the upper-left corner of the question indexes to see whether each question score is counted in the final score.

7.   With candidates assigned, you can mark score for uncompleted candidates across all questions under the Candidate view.

a.   You can select the Only show uncompleted candidates option to update the view.

b.   Click Mark score next to an uncompleted candidate.

c.   Mark the score for the question one by one.

d.   You can add comment for candidates and staff if required. Then, you can edit or delete the comments you added. The comment changes can all be viewed in the marking history.

e.   You can flag the candidate response which needs further discussion by clicking the flag button to the left of the question index and selecting a flag colour. When there is no doubt about the candidate response, you can clear flag from the candidate response.

f.    If the exam has additional score, marking guide, and/or appendix and reference file configured, click Marking instruction to view details.

g.   Click Close after marking completes.

If similarity check is enabled for the exam, the Similarity score column is visible and shows the similarity scores of each candidate’s Essay responses.

•    If there is only one Essay or File upload question, the similarity score of each candidate response to the question will be displayed. Click the score link to view the corresponding Turnitin similarity report.

•    If there are multiple Essay or File upload questions, the overall similarity score of each candidate at exam paper level will be displayed as well as the View details link after candidate responses are submitted. Click the score link to view the corresponding Turnitin similarity report, or click the View details link to access the Similarity checking page where you can view the overall similarity score of each candidate at exam paper level and similarity scores of candidate responses at question level.

8.   On the Similarity checking page, you can view the similarity score of each candidate response to Essay questions. Clicking the score link allows you to view the Turnitin similarity report.

If the similarity checking failed, you can view the reason by clicking the information icon to the right.

The content of each question can be viewed by clicking the View question content to the right of the question index.

9.   You can also export responses for specific candidates/questions or all submitted candidates/questions to mark scores in the Excel file. The scores marked in the Excel file can be imported back to Examena. You can follow the steps below:

a.   Click Export responses > Export responses for all.

b.   Locate the downloaded .zip file and extract it.

c.   Find and open the file named in the format of Candidate_Responses_School-Discipline-CourseCode-Semester_ExamName.xlsx. You can mark scores in this file and add comments or provide feedback to candidates as well.

d.   The comments added by staff can be viewed in the file named in the format of Comments_ExamName_DateAndTime.docx.

e.   You can view the files uploaded by candidates by clicking the file name links in the Candidate response column. The files can also be found in the extracted folder.

f.    The marking scheme of questions, marking guide, appendix and reference file can be viewed in the PDF file that named in the format of CourseCode – CourseName – Semester – ExamName.pdf. The attached files in marking scheme, marking guide, appendix and reference file fields can also be found in the extracted folder.

g.   After viewing the candidate responses, mark score and add your comments in the columns that are highlighted.

h.   When you complete marking in the file, save changes to the file and close it.

i.    Go back to the Marking progress page, click Import response scores to import your given scores and comments to Examena.

*Note: This is only available for the following question types: Choice – single answer, Choice – multiple answers, Essay, File upload, Fill-in-the-blank, Sub-question, True/False, Ordering, Secured Excel, WordDoc assignment, and Multiple drop-down.

10. After all candidate responses have scores marked, you can click Confirm scores to confirm the scores are correct. The confirmed scores cannot be edited anymore.

Mark scores with double-blind marking process

Let’s see how the markers of Math 101 mid-term exam can mark scores when the exam uses the double-blind marking process.

1.   After the Math 101 mid-term exam completes, the assigned markers can sign into MaivenPoint Online Services and go to Examena to mark the scores for the assigned candidates and/or questions.

2.   On the Exam page, search for the exam or use the Status filter to find the exam for marking.

3.   Click Marking progress to enter the page to mark scores.

*Note: The system automatically marks questions of the Choice (single answer & multiple answers), Fill-in-the-blank, True/False, Matching, Categorisation, and Hot spot types. You can also edit the score manually, if required.

4.   By default, the All columns view is selected with all columns displayed in the table. You can click the view name and click Manage views in the drop-down list to access the Manage views window.

a.   Click Create view on the left pane.

a.   Enter a name for the custom view, choose whether to set it as the default view, and click Save.

b.   On the right pane, select the columns that you want to display in the table and arrange them in desired order.

c.   Click Save to save the view settings.

5.   You can flag all candidates or selected candidates if required. After clicking Flag candidate and then Flag selected candidates/Flag all candidates, select a flag colour and click Save to flag the candidates with the selected flag colour.

Click the flag next to a candidate name to view the flag history for the candidate, including the flag added to this candidate responses.

6.   With questions assigned, you can mark score for uncompleted questions across all candidates under the Question view.

a.   Select the Only show uncompleted questions option to update the view.

b.   Click Mark score next to an uncompleted question.

c.   Mark the score for the candidate one by one.

d.   You can add one or multiple comments for candidates and staff if required. Then, you can edit or delete the comments you added. The comment changes can all be viewed in the marking history.

e.   Click Close after marking completes.

If similarity check is enabled for the exam, the Similarity score column is visible in the table. When candidate responses of Essay or File upload questions are submitted, the View details link is clickable, and you’ll be brought to the Similarity checking page where you can view the similarity scores of candidate responses.

If the optional question setting is turned on for a section of the exam paper, you can view two different icons in the upper-left corner of the question indexes to see whether each question score is counted in the final score.

7.   With candidates assigned, you can mark score for uncompleted candidates across all questions under the Candidate view.

a.   You can select the Only show uncompleted candidates option to update the view.

b.   Click Mark score next to an uncompleted candidate.

c.   Mark the score for the question one by one.

d.   You can add comment for candidates and staff if required. Then, you can edit or delete the comments you added. The comment changes can all be viewed in the marking history.

e.   You can flag the candidate response which needs further discussion by clicking the flag button to the left of the question index and selecting a flag colour. When there is no doubt about the candidate response, you can clear flag from the candidate response.

f.    If the exam has additional score, marking guide, and/or appendix and reference file configured, click Marking instruction to view details.

g.   Click Close after marking completes.

If similarity check is enabled for the exam, the Similarity score column is visible and shows the similarity scores of each candidate’s Essay or File upload responses.

•    If there is only one Essay or File upload question, the similarity score of each candidate response to the question will be displayed. Click the score link to view the corresponding Turnitin similarity report.

•    If there are multiple Essay or File upload questions, the overall similarity score and the View details link is clickable after candidate responses are submitted. You can click the overall similarity score link to view the corresponding Turnitin similarity report, and click the View details link to access the Similarity checking page where you can view the overall similarity scores of candidates and similarity scores of candidate responses.

8.   On the Similarity checking page, you can view the overall similarity score of each candidate and the similarity score of each candidate response to Essay or File upload questions. Clicking the score link allows you to view the Turnitin similarity report.

If the similarity checking failed, you can view the reason by clicking the information icon to the right.

The content of each question can be viewed by clicking the View question content to the right of the question index.

9.   You can also export responses for specific candidates/questions or all submitted candidates/questions to mark scores in the file. You can follow the steps below:

a.   Click Export responses > Export responses for all.

a.   Locate the downloaded .zip file and extract it.

b.   Find and open the file named in the format of Candidate_Responses_School-Discipline-CourseCode-Semester_ExamName_DateTime.xlsx.

c.   You can view the files uploaded by candidates by clicking the file name links in the Candidate response column. The files can also be found in the extracted folder.

d.   After viewing the candidate responses, mark score and add your comments in the columns that are highlighted.

e.   When you complete marking in the file, save changes to the file and close it.

f.    Go back to the Marking progress page, click Import response scores to import your given scores and comments to Examena.

*Note: This is only available for the following question types: Choice – single answer, Choice – multiple answers, Essay, File upload, Fill-in-the-blank, Sub-question, True/False, Ordering, Secured Excel, WordDoc assignment, and Multiple drop-down.

10. After all candidate responses have scores marked, you can click Complete marking to confirm the scores.

11. If there is any disagreement about the scores, the supervisor will return the scores to you for adjustment. You can perform one of the following actions:

•    Edit the scores and click Complete marking again

•    Click Escalate to supervisor if you insist on the given scores.

Mark scores with rubrics

If the assigned question has rubric configured, markers can mark scores for criteria in the rubric and the given score of the candidate response will be calculated automatically.

Let’s see how the markers of World History mid-term exam can mark scores with rubrics.

1.   After the World History mid-term exam completes, the assigned markers can sign into MaivenPoint Online Services and go to Examena to mark the scores for the assigned candidates and/or questions.

2.   On the Exam page, search for the exam or use the Status filter to find the exam for marking.

3.   Click Marking progress to enter the page to mark scores.

4.   Click Mark score to the right of a candidate or question to mark score for candidate responses.

5.   In the Mark score section on the right, you can mark a score for each criterion after checking the description of the specific expectations and qualities at each performance level.

6.   Alternatively, you can click Mark in rubric matrix to access the rubric matrix window. Enter a score for each criterion. The question score and the given score for this question can be viewed at the bottom of the window.