Quality Control > Releasing a test for marking in SecureMarker

Releasing a test for marking in SecureMarker

NOTE: You must have the Quality Control > Release For Item Mass Marking permission to release a test for marking in the Quality Control screen.

SecureMarker includes several quality control features that ensure scripts are marked fairly within accepted tolerances. When you have configured your test’s quality control settings in the Quality Control screen, you can release the test for marking.

This article explains how to release a test for marking in the Quality Control screen of SecureMarker, including how to stop an examiner from marking.

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 subject and test

Select the Subject/Test menu on the navigation bar.

3. Select Release Test For Marking

IMPORTANT: Before you can release a test for marking, you must ensure that your quality control settings are configured in the Quality Control screen. For more information, read About the Quality Control screen in SecureMarker.

Select Release Test For Marking to release all items and item groups in the test for marking. For more information about test-level actions in the Quality Control screen, read ‘About test-level actions’ in About the Quality Control Screen in SecureMarker.

Releasing items for marking

Select Release Item for Marking to release a specific item or item group for marking. For more information, read ‘About item-level actions’ in About the Quality Control Screen in SecureMarker.

4. Confirm release

Select OK in the Release All Items dialog to confirm you want to release the test for marking.

When a test has been released for marking, all items and item groups in the test appear as Released () in the Status column of the Items grid.

When a specific item or item group has been released for marking, they appear as Released () in the Status column of the Items grid.

Stopping marking

NOTE: You must have the Quality Control > Resume Marking permission to stop and resume marking in the Quality Control screen.

You can stop marking for released tests and items in the Quality Control screen. Select Stop Marking to stop marking for all items and item groups in a test.

Select OK in the Recall All Items dialog to confirm you want to stop marking for all items and item groups in a test.

To suspend marking for a specific item or item group in a test, select Stop Marking.

When marking has been stopped for tests and specific items, they appear as Stopped () in the Status column of the Items grid.