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Creating control items in SecureMarker

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

IMPORTANT: You can only create control items for an item or exam that has been released for marking. For more information, read Releasing an exam for marking in SecureMarker.

NOTE: You must have the Quality Control > Create Control Items permission to create control items in the Quality Control screen.

Control items in SecureMarker are pre-marked items that have been approved by senior examiners and are used to test whether examiners are marking within accepted tolerances. You can create control items for each item or item group in an exam from the Quality Control screen or the Marking screen.

This article explains how to create control items in the Quality Control screen of SecureMarker. For more information on how to create control items in the Marking screen, read Submitting a response as a control item in the Marking screen.

1. Go to the Quality Control screen

To view the Quality Control screen, select Quality Control on the top navigation bar.

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

2. Select a qualification and exam

3. Select an item

Select an item or item group in the Items grid that you want to create control items for.

4. Select Create CIs

Select Create CIs.

5. Find a response to mark

NOTE: In the Create / Review Control Items screen, you might need to review control items if CI Review Mode is set to Manual. For more information, read Reviewing control items in SecureMarker.

In the Create / Review Control Items screen, you can view responses to find a suitable response to create as a control item.

You can view the following information for the selected item or item group:

Exam – Displays the name of the exam.
Item – Displays the name of the item of item group.
Response ID – Displays the visible response’s unique ID number.
CIs required – Displays the number of control items recommended for the item or item group.
CIs created – Displays the number of control items already created and approved for the item or item group.
CIs marked and ready for review – Displays the number of control items created and awaiting approval for the item or item group.

Mark the response or select Skip to view the next response. For more information on marking, read Marking responses in SecureMarker.

6. Mark the response

In the Create / Review Control Items screen, you can mark responses and submit them as control items. For more information on how to mark a response, read Marking responses in SecureMarker.

Adding examiner feedback

You may also need to add Examiner Feedback. This text displays to examiners after they have marked a control item and can be used to guide examiners.

NOTE: You can only add examiner feedback if it is enabled for the exam. If enabled, you must add examiner feedback before you can submit a response as a control item. For more information, read About control item settings in SecureMarker.

Type feedback into the text entry field when marking a response.

You can use the following text formatting options to customise the appearance of text in the feedback. Read the following table for information on each formatting option.

Icon	Setting	Description
	Font size	Determines the size of your text.
	Bold (`Control` + `B`)	Makes text darker.
	Italics (`Control` + `I`)	Makes text slant to the right.
	Underline (`Control` + `U`)	Adds a horizontal line below the text.
	Align left	Aligns text along the left margin.
	Centre	Aligns text in the middle of the content area.
	Align right	Aligns text along the right margin.
	Justify	Adjusts word spacing to fill the length of your text area.
	Bulleted list	Starts a bulletpoint list at the cursor’s position.
	Link	Adds links to examiner feedback. For more information, read Adding links to the SecureMarker home screen.
	Unlink	Removes links from examiner feedback. For more information, read Adding links to the SecureMarker home screen.

7. Submit the control item

After you have marked the response, select Submit to confirm the mark.