Invigilating a paper test in the Invigilate screen

IMPORTANT: Use the Feedback button on the Invigilate screen to help us prioritise the continued development of this area of Surpass.

IMPORTANT: For more information on how to set up a Paper and Onscreen test, read Creating a Paper and Onscreen test with the Test Wizard.

You can upload candidates’ responses on paper tests containing only Multiple Choice and Multiple Response items in the Invigilate screen. For paper tests containing other question types, you can upload the mark awarded for each response. This allows paper scripts to go through the administrative workflow along with computer test scripts. You can set up a test to be taken on paper in the Invigilate screen.

This article explains how to upload a CSV of responses for paper tests, including how to set tests to be taken on paper.

1. Go to the Invigilate screen

To view the Invigilate screen, go to Test Administration > Invigilate.

TIP: For more information about the Invigilate screen, read About the Invigilate screen.

2. Select a test

Choose the test you want to upload the responses or marks for in the Invigilate grid. Use Shift to select multiple tests.

3. Select Take on Paper

IMPORTANT: The Take on Paper setting is only available for tests at the Ready or Scheduled (locked) states.

Select Take on Paper to control whether the test is to be taken on paper.

Select OK to confirm you want the selected test to be taken on paper.

4. Select Upload Responses

When you confirm that the test is to be taken on paper, the test’s status changes from Ready to Awaiting Response Upload in the Invigilate grid.

When the candidate has finished their test, select Upload Responses to open the Upload Responses dialog.

There are two upload types. Multiple choice responses allows you to upload responses for tests containing only Multiple Choice and Multiple Response items. Question numbers and marks allows you to upload the mark awarded for each response in a test. Choose an upload type in the Upload Responses dialog.

Select Download Sample CSV to download a sample CSV file.

5. Fill out spreadsheet

Uploading Multiple Choice responses

You can upload candidates’ responses on paper tests in the Invigilate screen.

TIP: Enter multiple candidates’ keycodes on separate rows to upload responses for more than one candidate.

Refer to the following table for information on each column.

Column	Description
Keycode	The keycode the candidate used to enter the test.
Question Number	The number of the question in the test. NOTE: Introduction Pages and Information Pages are excluded from the question count.
Response	The candidate’s selected answer option (for example, `A, B, C, D`). NOTE: Multiple responses must be separated using a pipe symbol (for example, `A\|B\|C\|D`).
Completion Date	The date on which the candidate submitted the test.

Uploading question numbers and marks

You can upload candidates’ marks for paper tests in the Invigilate screen.

TIP: Enter multiple candidates’ keycodes on separate rows to upload responses for more than one candidate.

Refer to the following table for information on each column.

Column	Description
Keycode	The keycode the candidate used to enter the test.
Question Number	The number of the question in the test. NOTE: Introduction Pages and Information Pages are excluded from the question count.
Mark	The mark the candidate was awarded for the question.
Completion Date	The date on which the candidate submitted the test.

6. Upload responses

Select Browse to search for your spreadsheet.

Select Upload to upload the file.

When the file is uploaded, the paper scripts go through the administrative workflow along with computer test scripts.