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Marking responses in SecureMarker

WARNING: You must use the Surpass Viewer to view or mark Flash test content in SecureMarker. For more information, read Installing the Surpass Viewer.

NOTE: You must have the Marking > Examiner permission to mark candidate responses in SecureMarker.

In SecureMarker, you can assign marks to and interact with candidate responses. This includes adding annotations, submitting responses as control items, and escalating scripts for further attention. You can mark responses in the Marking screen.

This article explains how to mark a response in the Marking screen of SecureMarker, including how to download mark schemes and annotate responses.

1. Go to the Marking screen

To view the Marking screen, select Marking on the navigation bar.

NOTE: For more information about Marking, read About the Marking screen in SecureMarker.

2. Choose an item

Select an item or item group to mark in the Items grid.

3. Select Mark

Select Mark to open the Mark Quota screen.

NOTE: If Mark is disabled, there may be no responses left to mark for the item or item group.

4. Mark the response

You can view responses, assign marks, and download mark schemes in the Mark Quota screen. You can also submit responses as control items and escalate responses for further attention. For more information, read Submitting a response as a control item in the Marking screen and Escalating a response in the Marking screen.

You can view basic details about the selected response in the Mark Quota screen:

Exam – Displays the name of the exam.
Item – Displays the name of the item.
Response ID – Displays the response’s ID number.

You can view the number of responses you have marked and the number of responses left to mark in your quota. A hyphen (-) indicates an unlimited quota. For more information, read Setting quotas for examiners in SecureMarker.

Downloading mark schemes

Select Download Mark Scheme to download a mark scheme attached to the item. Mark schemes are uploaded to items in Surpass. For more information, read Uploading a mark scheme to an item.

Annotating responses

Select Annotations to enable annotation tools.

If annotation tools are set up on the parent test form in Surpass, you can mark up candidates’ scripts. For more information, read Configuring a test form for SecureMarker.

The toolbar contains the following tools:

Button	Description
Cursor	Allows you to select item content. Also allows you to move annotation components.
Highlight Line	Allows you to draw a semi-transparent horizontal line across response content.
Highlight Colour	Allows you to change the colour of the highlight.
Tick	Allows you to leave a stamped tick mark on the item content.
Symbols	Allows you to place a stamped symbol on the item content.
Comments	Allows you to add a text box overlaying the item.
Eraser	Allows you to erase annotations.

The toolbar can be dragged around the screen.

Marking responses with Marked Learning Outcomes

If an item has Marked Learning Outcomes, you must add a score for each Learning Outcome in the Marking Panel. Each Learning Outcome’s maximum mark is displayed next to the entry field. The item’s mark is automatically calculated from the sum of all Learning Outcome scoring values. For more information about Marked Learning Outcomes, read ‘Setting up Marked Learning Outcomes’ in Using tags in items.

5. Submit marks

To assign a mark to a response, enter a value in the Mark field and select Submit. The next response to mark automatically populates on the Mark Quota screen.

Viewing control item feedback

If you are marking a control item, you can view feedback added to the control item when it was created. Select Continue in the Control Item Feedback dialog to submit the response. For more information, read Creating control items in SecureMarker.