Published on: 15/06/2023 · Last updated on: 08/10/2024
Adding marks to an exam in Inspera
You can review the video guide which shows you how to navigate the marking workspace in Inspera.
Please note there can be a delay between the close of a test and the appearance of some student submissions for Graders. In particular, if there are candidates with extra time, their submissions will not be visible or downloadable until the end time plus their extra time. e.g. if an exam finishes at 2pm and a student has 2 hours extra time, their submission will not be registered until 4pm.
This is not a cause for concern, please remain patient until all candidate submissions come through.
For manually marked questions (Essay, Text area, Upload assignment, Programming, Math(s) working) you can move between candidates or navigate between questions to enter your marks. It is possible to record your marking comments as notes. Private notes are visible only to you (though keep in mind that any marking comments or notes you enter in Inspera should be suitable for reading by students in the case of requests to receive exam feedback or appeals processes)
For auto-marked questions (Multiple Choice, Multiple Response, Text Entry, Numeric Entry, Inline Choice, True / False, Matching / Pairing, Composite) you can review the answers. It is possible to override calculated marks should you need to.
It is also possible to correct the answer key in Multiple Choice (not Multiple Response) questions. This is described in the Inspera Help Centre page.
The video below shows how to mark manually in Inspera (e.g. Essay questions).
In addition to adding marks, Graders can also add Annotations and Page Notes to scripts and student answers which may be useful for sharing with moderators, or to refer back to should students request feedback on their results after an exam. Please note that these Annotations and Page Notes can be kept private to the Grader only, or shared with co-graders (e.g. internal/external moderators) as desired. The video below details how to add Annotations and Page Notes to student answers:
Once the marks have been entered and checked, marks must be Confirmed (usually by the Unit Convener) to trigger mark transfer to SAMIS.
Mixed marking (Combination of auto-marked and manually marked questions)
If you have, for instance, a set of automatically marked Multiple Choice questions and a manually marked Essay question, you may wish to download the scripts to view them offline as shown in the video above. You may choose to combine marks downloaded by csv with your offline manual marks.
Note if you wish to transfer your grades to SAMIS via Inspera, you will need to enter marks for any manually marked question (e.g. Assignment upload questions) into Inspera first. Make sure you have input any offline marks before you Confirm grades in Inspera (otherwise this could result in an incomplete mark set being transferred to SAMIS).
Multiple Markers
The setup used at Bath is such that marking is shared between graders. There is no private marks which require consolidation before confirming. Each grader can set or overwrite marks. Exams have been set up so that one grader can confirm grades. The Unit Convenor can confirm the grades once all markers have completed marking. This passes marks to SAMIS.
Ouriginal Originality Checking
Ouriginal is integrated with Inspera, and reports will appear in the Grader interface for Essay and document upload question types, via an Ouriginal score above the student’s response in the Grading interface. Clicking on the score will open an Ouriginal report for that response. Please see the video below for an overview of Ouriginal in Inspera: (Note that it uses the old name of Urkund, but functionality remains the same).
Moderation in Inspera (internal / external)
Inspera can support an online moderation workflow allowing Graders to flag candidates, and to share Annotations and Page Notes (see video above) on student answers with internal and external moderators who share the Grader role in Inspera. These co-graders can then reply to Annotations and Page Notes. These Grader comments can all be printed/downloaded from Inspera on a candidate-by-candidate basis.
Please also note that there is no requirement to complete moderation online. If you prefer to mark in Inspera and follow usual offline moderation procedures, you can do so.
The video below shows how to flag candidates, and how to reply to Annotations and Page Notes:
The video below shows how to download/print comments recorded by graders, for moderation records or for reference in the case of individual feedback requests.
Guidance for External Moderators detailing the steps to login to Inspera, to find scripts requiring moderation and respond to Annotations and Page Notes on the scripts can be found in the video below:
Generating a student mark sheet overview from the download of Marks from Inspera by a single CSV file can be done using Excel as demonstrated in the video below:
Feedback
In most instances, you will not need to provide feedback to students, but please liaise with your School or Department for local guidance on feedback and moderation procedures. The default test settings mean that Page Notes and Annotations will not be visible to students. You may wish to refer to private notes or notes shared with moderators / externals as a basis for providing individual feedback to students on request. Follow the guidance provided (see Moderation tab) for adding Page Notes and Annotations, and Downloading / Printing comments to extract a record of individual comments.