About the Quality Control screen in SecureMarker

Displays the DM Tolerance for the item or item group. For more information, read ‘About the Item Details panel’ later in this article.

Displays the number of unique responses for the item or item group. A unique response is a group of identical candidate responses that can be marked at the same time.

Changes some of the default item settings when new responses come into SecureMarker. You can change the default for the following settings at exam level:

• Marking Type – Choose whether items are single marked, double marked, or blind double marked (double and double blind marking functionality is not available by default. If you would like this functionality, contact your Surpass Account Manager).
• Annotations – Controls the behaviour of annotations during marking. For more information, read ‘About the Item Details panel’ later in this article.
• CIs Required – Defines the minimum number of control items required for items and item groups. 
• Control item settings – Allows you to apply settings to configure how you use control items to check the quality of marking for an exam. For more information, read About control item settings in SecureMarker.

Changes the review mode for control items created for all items in the exam.

• Manual − Requires a second examiner to approve a control item before it can be shown to examiners during marking.
• Auto − Automatically approves all new control items when they are created.

Releases all items and item groups in an exam for marking by examiners. For more information, read Releasing an exam for marking in SecureMarker.

Allows you to upload score mapping rules for the exam to map raw marks to scores on a scale. This allows you to apply marking criteria to items. For more information, read Setting up mapping rules and marking criteria in SecureMarker.

Provides access to additional exam-level settings.

• Decimal Marks − Turn on to allow examiners to enter marks with a decimal point. If you turn this setting off, you must make sure existing control items do not have a decimal mark assigned.
• Marking Restriction − Turn on to restrict examiners to mark only one responses per candidate script.

• Feedback − Turn on to enable control item creators to add feedback that will be presented to examiners when they mark the control item.
• Moderate Comments − Force users to add a comment when they change a mark during moderation. This setting is enabled by default.

Allows you to view the item or item group. This displays a preview of the item as it appears in delivery. For more information, read ‘Viewing items’ later in this article.

Allows you to create or review control items for the item or item group. For more information, read Creating control items in SecureMarker.

Allows you to view and manage existing control items for the selected item or item group. For more information, read Managing control items in SecureMarker.

Allows you to download the mark scheme for the selected item. The mark scheme opens in the appropriate application for the file type.

Allows you to change the control item settings for the item or item group. Any changes you make to the Examiner Competency Settings will affect live marking. For more information, read About control item settings in SecureMarker.

Allows you to release the item or item group for marking.

Allows you to stop examiners from being able to mark the item or item group.

Allows you to define the marking criteria for an item or item group when mapping rules have been defined for the exam. For more information, read Setting up mapping rules and marking criteria in SecureMarker.

Displays the DM Tolerance for the item or item group. This is the maximum allowed discrepancy between both markers, when an item is configured for double or blind double marking, before their marks are considered out of tolerance. If both markers are out of tolerance, the response is sent for adjudication. For more information on the adjudication process, read Adjudication.

Displays the CI Tolerance for the item or item group. This is the number of marks away from the agreed control item mark that an examiner can be before their mark is considered out of tolerance.

Enter the number of marks appropriate for the CI Tolerance for the selected item or item group. Enter a number in the entry field or use the Up () and Down () arrows to change the value.

Displays the annotation type for the selected item.

• Off − Prevents examiners from annotating a response. Examiners can only enter the number of marks.
• Explicit Mark − Allows an examiner to annotate a response and enter the number of marks.
• Derived Mark − Allows an examiner to annotate a response and calculates the number of marks from the number of tick () annotations added.

Displays the marking type for the selected item. This can be Automatic (computer marked) or Manual (human marked).

You can choose to manually mark items that were marked automatically. To change the marking type, select the drop-down menu and choose Manual.

Displays the minimum number of control items required for the item or item group. You can enter a number in the entry field or use the up () or down () arrows to change the value. For more information, read Creating control items in SecureMarker.

Displays the number of control items that are currently awaiting approval. For more information, read Creating control items in SecureMarker.

If the item is configured for double or blind double marking and the item has marked learning outcomes, select Learning Outcomes to assign a tolerance to each individual learning outcome. This works in conjunction with the item’s DM Tolerance. If both markers mark one learning outcome out of tolerance, the response is sent for adjudication. For more information on the adjudication process, read Adjudication.