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This area as an overview depicts the grading status of the exam. For example if marking has not yet been finished, you can click ‘complete your grading’ and be directed to the Marking view. You can click on student IDs and be directed to the Candidate in focus view. You can also search by typing student IDs into the search box.

The Grading Overview has a default filtering tabs of 'Flagged candidates' next to 'All Candidates'. This area will reflect if any student has been ‘flagged’. You can flag a student in the Grading Overview by clicking the 'flag' icon on the left.

To check if there's any marking incomplete, use the tab in Grading Overview called 'Incomplete marking' which (if appearing) will show you marking still required.

You are able to navigate to any student by using the drop-down (to see a list of all students) or by using the ‘up/down’ arrow button on the right, which will move to the next student:

There follows information in Grade depicting total marks for the indivudal student selected.

Each student’s candidate in focus area will show all exam questions answered and marking status:

You are able to navigate to students and questions.

To move between students, use the search/drop-down (showing a list of all students) or by using the ‘next’ blue arrow button on the right, which will move to the next student:

Please note: if you are moving between students, the question currently viewed will automatically show for the next student i.e. if viewing Student X Question 1, and you press the blue 'next' button you'll be viewing Student Y Question 1. Important Note: if the next student has not answered the current question, the marking flow will divert to the next available question. This can occur for exams using

To navigate using questions, use the search/drop-down (showing a list of all questions) or by using the next arrow button on the right, which will move to the next question:

Moving between questions in this way will remain on the specific student selected.

This area provides an overview or data table of questions within the exam. You can view all questions, toogle to view manually marked questions or use the 'plus' button to make your own question list:

By applying filters you can create a list purposeful to your review, for example:

All questions will appear in a table showing various information such as name, number, type weight and maximum marks.

• Click the question name to be directed to the marking view of that question.
• Search for a question using the Search box - note the search will use the question title.
• Order the questions in alphabetical order by clicking on Question Name.

Graders can marks on automatically calculated questions while marking an exam by clicking the override option. The marks entry box will then become editable. You can type the new mark answer into the box and press 'apply'. For audit trail purposes, any overridden marks will be logged. You can revert to the auto mark by selecting ‘use calculated’.

You can use this option if a student has given an alternative answer that you are happy to award them marks for. 

Important note: maximum marks are defined at the time of question authoring. It is not possible to override marks to be of a higher value than already outlined maximum marks.

Override is only applicable to the individual student and question you are grading at the time. There is no functionality to override in bulk.

For Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) you are able to (otherwise known as the 'answer key') after the exam. For example, if an error has been made when selecting the correct answer during the authoring of the question. Note that this is function not currently available for any other question types.

To change the correct answer of an MCQ, click on 'options' within Grade. Under Settings, click ‘Edit answer keys (MCQ)’. A settings screen will show, you will be able to select the MCQ you wish to edit from a drop-down, and be able to select one alternative. The current answer will be depicted as a selected radio button. To choose a new correct answer, click the radio button next to the alternative option and press update.

Important note: editing answer keys for the MCQ will update the auto marking for all students who have answered this question in the exam. It will also update the correct answer in the Question Set itself, so the MCQ answer is correct for future use.

Should an exam question have an error within it, and should be removed from the exam results, the to zero. Note this is possible for both auto marked and manually marked questions.

To remove the weighting of a question, click on 'Options' within Grade. Under 'Settings' click ‘Question weights’. A settings screen will show, and you will see all exams within the exam in a list. Automatically all questions will be weighted at 100%, meaning all correct answers receive their awarded marks. To remove the question weighting from the exam, overtype 100 with a zero in overridden weight and press 'update'.

Editing a question weight affects all students' attempts for the test. This will ensure that all answers to that question are discarded and the results are not marked/factored into the total score. It does not affect the question itself or the question set, so if there is an error in the question and you plan to use it again in future you will need to update the question separately.

Important note: editing question weights is only available for exams where the final total score matches across all students. If for example, an exam uses Candidate Selected Questions or Random Pulling, removing the weighting of a question could potentially impact marks for only a subset of students. Further information about features such as Candidate Selected Questions or Random Pulling, and implications of question weight edits can be found within our Content Creation Features webpage.

Most commonly used with manually marked essay questions, markers are able to add annotations onto submissions. These annotations, or comments, are associated with a specific text entry on the submission and can either be: 

• Written to be shared with students 
• Written to be shared with co graders or moderators 

To create an Annotation, click the left mouse button, hold it down and move the mouse across the text you want highlighted, then click 'Annotate'.

An annotation box will pop out:

• Choose if students or co-markers should view this annotation, use the drop-down arrow next to candidate 
• To enter your comment, type into the text box 
• To save, press save 

Important note: annotations are for the individual student’s submission to the specific text area selected.

Most commonly used with manually marked essay questions, markers are able to add 'Page Notes' onto submissions. Page Notes are comments which are not associated with specific text from the submission but are to be a more generalised comment about the question submission overall. These can be:

• Written to be shared with students 
• Written to be shared with co graders or moderators 

To add a page note, click the page icon to the right of the submission text. 

A page notes box will pop out:

• To choose if students or co-markers should view this, use the drop-down arrow next to candidate
• To enter your comment, type into the text box 
• To save, press save 

Important note: page notes are for the individual student’s submission to the question. 

Please see our section on this webpage titled 'How to Navigate Inspera Grade'.

Inspera also provide their own guidance:

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• at both test and student level.
• Inspera Help Center guidance on  and 

Graders can be added either before or after students take the test. You can add one or multiple graders depending on who needs to do the marking. To add a colleague as a Grader so that they can mark questions in a test they must have already accessed Inspera on a previous occasion.

If the marker has not yet accessed Inspera, ask them to click the link to the Inspera test in Canvas (note that they must be enrolled on the Canvas course with either the Teacher or the Teaching Assistant role). When a colleague clicks the link to the Inspera test they will automatically be added as a 'Contributor' with all of the available roles, including 'Grader'.

Alternatively, if a colleague has previously accessed Inspera, you can manually add them as a Grader by searching for their name or University username. Inspera have guidance on how to to a test. You might want to do this before marking begins, so that you can assign marking without needing to wait for the marker(s) to click the link to the Inspera test in Canvas.

Once all of the markers have been added to the test as Graders, and any contributors who do not need to mark have had the Grader role removed, you can choose how to assign the marking:

• If one member of staff is marking all questions from all students, no further steps are needed to assign the marking.
• If each Grader is marking the work of different students, you should check out our Grading Committees webpage.
• If each Grader is marking the answers to different questions, the best option currently is to agree with the other markers who are marking each question.

There are a few options available to edit auto-marking. These include: marking override, edit answer key (for MCQs only) and to edit question weighting. For details, check out the 'How to review auto-marking in Inspera' section of this page.

Yes, within the Inspera Grade area you can view ‘incomplete marking’. 

How to access the Incomplete Marking area:

1. On the relevant Grade area, from the workspaces on the left go to ‘Grading Overview’
2. This as default should show all candidate (students) with final marks
3. Next to all candidates, select ‘incomplete marking':
   
4. This should show student IDs with some form of marking which is incomplete.

Inspera enable two versions of Excel raw mark data pulls. 

• One which shows Candidate IDs, question answers (correct/incorrect) and total score. This is the most commonly used download called 'Marks and Explanations as Excel file'.
• Another which shows answer criteria (which should only be used if using criteron marking).

To gain raw marks go to Options and select either 'Marks and Explanations as Excel file' or 'Marks and Criteria as Excel file'. 

Only if you are using criteria marking, would you select 'Marks and Criteria as Excel file'.

Once you have confirmed the final grades in the Inspera Grade area, the numerical marks are sent to the Canvas Gradebook. You’ll need to make this visible to students in the same way you would for any Canvas Assignment. Initially all marks will be shown in the Gradebook with the crossed-out eye icon.

The date of the assignment availability would also need to be altered. The Digital Exams Team set up the availability on Canvas to match the exam duration (with any extra time included). The ‘available until’ date would therefore need altered to allow students to access feedback until a specific date. 

Please note that the Gradebook will likely reflect marks as a proportion. The Digital Exams Team set up exams with the points in the Canvas assignment set as 100 as standard.  

Finally, please ensure the Grades area on Canvas is accessible for students. If it is hidden, they won’t be able to see their grades in the Gradebook.

For more information please see our dedicated website on marking using rubrics/criterion.