5. Marker Responses

Staff who mark exam scripts may wish to add comments that would be visible to other markers and external examiners[1]. MMS refers to these comments as Marker responses, and these can take the form for typed responses and uploaded files. Staff are also able to bulk upload marker response files.

The roles that can add marker responses and marks are:

  • Director of Teaching
  • Exams Officer
  • Head of Department
  • Head of School
  • Lecturer
  • Marker (Exam)
  • Module Administrator
  • Module Coordinator
  • Unit Administrator
This chapter of the guide will cover:

[1] Please consult your school policy on expected responses from markers.

 

5.1 Adding Marker responses

To add typed marker responses:

  1. Access the Online Exam tool for a module by clicking the Online Exam link under the module title on the Modules page in MMS , or in the My Modules portlet on the Academic Activities workspace in MySaint.
  2. The Online Exam tool overview has a table listing all students expected to do the exam and their submissions.
  3. Select the student ID from the table to access the overview for the selected student
  4. Locate the Staff Notes section in the top right
  5. Select the Click to enter note button and a text field will appear.
  6. If required, resize the text field by dragging the bottom right corner of the text field into a new position.
  7. Click into the text box and type the marker response.
  8. Select the Submit note button to save or the Close without submitted button to close without submitted the comment.
  9. Once the typed note has been saved the username of the marker will appear in the Staff Notes section. Click on the username to view the note.

 

To upload a response file for a single student:

  1. Access the Online Exam tool for a module by clicking the Online Exam link under the module title on the Modules page in MMS , or in the My Modules portlet on the Academic Activities workspace in MySaint.
  2. The Online Exam tool overview has a table listing all students expected to do the exam and their submissions.
  3. Select the student ID to access the overview for the selected student
  4. Locate the Staff Files section in the top right
  5. Either:
    1. Click the browse button and select the required file OR
    2. Drag a file from your desktop into the grey box
  6. Once the file has been uploaded it will appear in the Staff Files section, click the link to download the file.

 

To bulk upload response files:

  1. Prepare the response files and ensure they are named so that the student ID appears at the end of the filename, before the extension. For example: Example_file_000000001.docx
  2. Access the Online Exam tool for a module by clicking the Online Exam link under the module title on the Modules page in MMS , or in the My Modules portlet on the Academic Activities workspace in MySaint.
  3. Scroll down to the Bulk upload of staff files section.
  4. Either:
    1. Click the Browse button to open a dialogue window and select the files for upload, OR
    2. Drag the files into the grey box.
  5. Once the files have been uploaded they will appear in the Bulk upload of staff files section for you to review.
  6. Select the Overview link from the navigation panel on the left to refresh the page, the response files will now appear in the main table.

 

 

5.2    View Marker Responses

There are two mechanisms for which to view marker responses: on the Online Exam overview or via the student exam overview.

 

To view marker responses on the Online Exam overview page:

  1. Access the Online Exam tool for a module by clicking the Online Exam link under the module title on the Modules page in MMS , or in the My Modules portlet on the Academic Activities workspace in MySaint.
  2. Scroll down the table to locate the student
  3. The marker responses will appear in the Staff Notes and Files column
  4. Click on a file name to download a file or click on the user name of the note author to open the note.

 

To view marker responses on the student exam overview:

  1. Access the Online Exam tool for a module by clicking the Online Exam link under the module title on the Modules page in MMS , or in the My Modules portlet on the Academic Activities workspace in MySaint.
  2. The Online Exam tool overview has a table listing all students expected to do the exam and their submissions.
  3. Scroll down the table to locate the student
  4. Select the student id from the table to open the overview for the selected student
  5. To download the uploaded files select the links in the Staff files section
  6. To view the notes select the username of the note author in the Staff Notes section.

 

5.3    Delete Marker Responses

Staff can only delete responses that they have entered, and this can be done from the student exam overview page.

To delete a response:

  1. Access the Online Exam tool for a module by clicking the Online Exam link under the module title on the Modules page in MMS , or in the My Modules portlet on the Academic Activities workspace in MySaint.
  2. Scroll down the table to locate the student
  3. Select the student id from the table to open the overview for the selected student
  4. To delete an uploaded file, locate the file in the Staff files section and click the X to the right of the file name
  5. To delete a typed note, locate the note in the Staff Notes section and click the X to the right of the note.

 

 

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