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Surpass SecureMarker Articles

Introduction

  • Surpass SecureMarker Basics
    • What is Surpass SecureMarker?
    • Using SecureMarker for end-to-end on-screen marking
    • Setting up a new SecureMarker user account
    • Logging in to SecureMarker
    • About the SecureMarker home screen
    • Adding links to the SecureMarker home screen
    • About Personal Profile options in SecureMarker
    • Logging out of SecureMarker
  • Surpass SecureMarker Changelog

System Administration

  • Roles
    • About the Roles screen in SecureMarker
    • Creating a role in SecureMarker
    • Editing a role in SecureMarker
    • Deleting a role in SecureMarker
  • Users
    • About the Users screen in SecureMarker
    • Creating a user in SecureMarker
    • Editing a user in SecureMarker
    • Deleting a user in SecureMarker
  • Site Settings
    • About Site Settings options

Marking Setup

  • Examiners
    • About the Examiners screen in SecureMarker
    • Assigning users to a test in SecureMarker
    • Putting users in training mode in SecureMarker
  • Item Groups
    • About the Item Groups screen in SecureMarker
    • Creating an item group in SecureMarker
    • Editing an item group in SecureMarker
    • Deleting an item group in SecureMarker
  • Quality Control
    • About the Quality Control screen in SecureMarker
    • Setting up double marking in SecureMarker
    • About control item settings in SecureMarker
    • Creating control items in SecureMarker
    • Reviewing control items in SecureMarker
    • Managing control items in SecureMarker
    • Discarding control items in SecureMarker
    • Revoking control items in SecureMarker
    • Setting up mapping rules and marking criteria in SecureMarker
    • Releasing a test for marking in SecureMarker
  • Quotas
    • About the Quotas screen in SecureMarker
    • Setting quotas for examiners in SecureMarker
    • Reviewing marked responses in the Quotas screen
    • Reviewing marked control items in the Quotas screen
    • Reviewing escalated responses in the Quotas screen

Marking and Post-Marking

  • Marking
    • About the Marking screen in SecureMarker
    • Marking responses in SecureMarker
    • Submitting a response as a control item in the Marking screen of SecureMarker
    • Viewing marking reports in SecureMarker
    • Viewing unmarked item reports in SecureMarker
    • Viewing marking managers reports in SecureMarker
    • Escalating a response in the Marking screen of SecureMarker
  • Escalations
    • Reviewing escalated responses in the Escalations screen
    • About the Escalations screen in SecureMarker
  • Adjudication
    • About the Adjudication screen in SecureMarker
    • Adjudicating responses in SecureMarker
  • Script Review
    • About the Script Review screen in SecureMarker
    • Reviewing a script in SecureMarker
    • Moderating a script in SecureMarker
    • Sending completed scripts from SecureMarker to Surpass
    • Exporting scripts from SecureMarker to a spreadsheet
Breadcrumbs Surpass SecureMarker Basics > Setting up a new SecureMarker user account

Setting up a new SecureMarker user account

In order to access SecureMarker, you must have a valid user account. This user account is associated with a unique password, which can be reset by answering a security question only you know the answer to.

When a user account has been set up for you by another SecureMarker user, you will receive an activation email to the address associated with the new account.

This article explains how to set up a new SecureMarker user account, including setting your password.

NOTE: To learn how to create a new user account, read Creating a user in SecureMarker.
In this article

1. Open the email from Surpass

Surpass automatically sends an email to you when your user account is created. The email is from noreply@surpass.com and the subject line is Your new SecureMarker® account.

The email contains information about your username and contains a link that takes you to the Change Password screen.

2. Open SecureMarker

To set up your new account, navigate to your SecureMarker URL.

EXAMPLE: https://{your Surpass instance}.surpass.com/SecureMarker

3. Log in

Enter the Username and Password detailed in your email.

4. Change your password

The New Password screen requires you to set up a password for your new account. Enter your new password in both New password and Re-enter password fields. Both passwords must be identical.

Passwords must contain the following items:

  • A minimum of 8 characters
  • A maximum of 25 characters
  • One upper-case character
  • One lower-case character
  • One number
  • One special character ('!,.?-;:@£$%)

You can use the checkbox next to the corresponding password field to show or hide your password.

Select Submit. You are logged in to SecureMarker immediately. For more information about the SecureMarker home page, read About the SecureMarker home screen.

Further reading

To learn more about getting started in SecureMarker, read the following articles:

  • Logging in to SecureMarker
  • About the SecureMarker home screen
  • Logging out of SecureMarker

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