Quality Control > Managing control items in SecureMarker

Managing 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.

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

This article explains how you can manage control items in the Quality Control screen of SecureMarker, including how to view examiner feedback added to control items.

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

Select the Qualification/Exam menu on the navigation bar.

3. Choose an item

In the Items grid, select the item or item group that contains the control items you want to manage.

4. Select Manage CIs

Select Manage CIs to open the Manage Control Items screen.

5. Choose a control item

Choose a control item to manage in the Control Items grid of the Manage Control Items screen.

The Control Items grid displays all existing control items for the selected item or item group. Refer to the following table for more information on each column in the Control Items grid.

Column	Description
Response ID	Displays the response’s unique ID code.
Marker	Displays the name of the examiner.
Date Marked	Displays the date on which the response was marked.
Reviewer	Displays the name of the user who reviewed the control item. For more information, read Reviewing control items in SecureMarker.
Date Reviewed	Displays the date on which the control item was reviewed.
Presented	Displays the number of times the control item has been presented to an examiner during marking.
Failed – Out of Tolerance	Displays the number of times the control item has been marked out of tolerance as a percentage.
Passed – Not Exact	Displays the number of times as a percentage the control item has been marked within tolerance but not awarded the exact mark.
Mean Mark	Displays the average mark awarded to the control item.
Mark Awarded	Displays the agreed mark for the control item.
Feedback	Displays examiner feedback attached to the control item.

You can navigate through pages of data using the Page menu. Use the Rows entry field to define how many rows are displayed in the Escalated Responses grid. Select Refresh to update the number of rows.

The CI Tolerance, Min CIs Required, and CIs Created fields display the tolerance set for the control item, the minimum number of control items required for the item or item group, and the number control items that have been created for the item or item group, respectively.

Select Download CSV to export the Control Items data to a spreadsheet.

Filtering control items

Select the expander () on a column header to open a filter menu. Columns with filters applied are indicated by the filter icon: . You can combine filters across multiple columns.

Viewing the Mark Distribution Graph

NOTE: You must have the Quality Control > Manage CIs Mark Distribution permission to view the Mark Distribution Graph in the Quality Control screen.

In the Manage Control Items screen, you can view statistical information about control items. This allows you to compare the distribution of marks awarded to control items. You might want to monitor the mark distribution graph to determine if an examiner is marking too harshly.

Select a control item in the Control Items grid and select Mark Distribution Graph.

In the Mark Distribution dialog, you can view the number of control items created for the item or item group, and the average mark awarded to the control item.

Refer to the following table for more information on the available data in the mark distribution graph.

Field	Description
Number of CIs	Displays the number of control items created for the item or item group.
Average CI Mark	Displays the average mark awarded to the control.
Median CI Mark	Displays the middle mark awarded to a control item when arranged in ascending order.
Mode CI Mark	Displays the most commonly awarded mark for the control item.
CI Mark Standard Deviation	Displays the number used to determine how far marks are spread out from the average mark. A low standard deviation means that most of the numbers are close to the average. A high standard deviation means that the numbers are more spread out.
CI Mark Variance	Displays the mark variance. A high variance indicates that marks are very spread out from the average mark.

6. Select View CI

Select View CI to open the Manage Control Items screen.

7. Manage the control item

The View Control Items screen displays the control item. In this screen, you can view responses, download mark schemes, and read examiner feedback.

Select Previous and Next to navigate each control item.

Viewing examiner feedback

Select the Examiner Feedback dialog to view examiner feedback added to the control item. You can add examiner feedback when creating control items. For more information, read ‘Adding examiner feedback’ in Creating control items in SecureMarker.

Select Edit in the Examiner Feedback dialog to edit the feedback. For more information on how to add feedback, read ‘Adding examiner feedback’ in Creating control items in SecureMarker.

Select General Comments to view comments added to the control item by the examiner.

Select Annotations to view annotations added to the control item by the examiner.

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.