Mark candidate responses

The Marking screen is the place where Markers mark questions, this could be for standardisation, the main marking phase or sampling. It may also be used to monitor marking.

There are several ways to access the Marking screen:

• From the My Marking Taskboard by selecting the Mark More!, Select! or Sample! buttons
• From the Scoring Details or Responses screens by selecting the Review Scores button next to a question.
• From the Marker Progress expandable section within the Marker Profile.

This screen displays the following items:

Let’s look at some of these in more detail.

Print scores

The Print scores button allows you to print a summary of all scores assigned to the response. Once selected, a popup displays with the score breakdown. Select the Print button to print this summary.

Marker scores

From here you can view the scores Markers assigned to the response and whether they were in or out of tolerance. Markers with higher permission will have access to invalidate scores.

You can view a summary of the score by hovering over a cell.

Invalidate a score

1. Select the Invalidate Score icon in the Actions column.
   
2. Enter a reason why you are invalidating the score, then select the Ok button to confirm.
   

Scores by a specific Marker

This section displays the scores for a specific Marker according to what you have selected in the Marker Scores section.

To view the scores for a specific Marker:

1. In the Marker Scores expandable section, select the View Score link next to the Marker’s scores you wish to see in more detail.
   
2. View the Marker’s scores in the Score by [Marker name] expandable section.
   

Benchmark scores

Benchmark scores give you an understanding of what responses of a particular score look like. For example, what a response with a score of 2/10 or 7/10 look like. A score is similar when it is within 10% of the question’s available score (above or below) the selected score.

To access benchmark scores:

1. Scroll down and select the Benchmark Scores expandable section.
2. Enter a score in the Find benchmark scripts with scores similar to field, then select the Search button.
   

   Tip

   The name of this section changes to reflect the specific Marker being reviewed.

3. You can select the Previous or Next buttons to view other scripts with similar scores (if applicable).

Marking rubric

This section displays any marking instructions or rubrics the Author created when designing the question.