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The written guidance outlined on this page covers marking on the platform. Before you get started, please see Overviewsection for general information on the platform and Manager role.
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Assessment types in AssessmentUCL
To find Find out more about the types of assessments that are delivered on AssessmentUCL and their main features, please click here.
How does the assessment or flow type impact the marking options?
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Start and end date of marking period
General information (including the assignment)
The Marking tool (to mark papers)
The Marking Overview (to review the marks you have entered and to submit these as final)
Participant list (candidate/student information)
Offline marking options (to download papers).
The Marking tool
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Note: this guidance refers to the legacy marking tool. If you are using the new marking tool, see the New Marker Journey Guidance. |
Step 1: Select the green button 'Open the marking tool':
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Colour of annotation– click on the appropriate colour to change the colour of your annotation.
Formatting of annotation – you have the option to use a standard highlighting (as shown above), as well as the option to strikethrough or underline a section.
Sharing annotation - you have the option to share an annotation with the student (participant) and/or markers (co-assessors) by selecting the relevant option in the drop down button. To share annotations in bulk, please view this section. You must share actively share your annotations if you require students to receive your feedback.
Delete annotation
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Colour of stamp – click on the appropriate colour to change the colour of your annotation.
Stamp symbol – you have the option to choose a variety of symbols for your stamps. Click on the icons available to change the symbol of the annotation.
Sharing annotation - you have the option to share with the participant (student) and/or co-assessors (markers) by selecting the relevant option in the drop down button . To share annotations in bulk, please view this section. You must share actively share your annotations if you require students to receive your feedback.
Delete annotation
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Colour of drawing – click on the appropriate colour to change the colour of your annotation.
Sharing annotation - you have the option to share with the participant (student) and/or co-assessors (markers) by selecting the relevant option in the drop down button . To share annotations in bulk, please view this section. You must share actively share your annotations if you require students to receive your feedback.
Delete annotation
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IMPORTANT: The sharing of feedback elements (comments, annotations and rubrics) should be set up in advance in collaboration with the teaching administrator (Manager). The Manager can apply the default sharing options for feedback before marking begins (i.e. if feedback is to be shared with students and/or co-markers). This setting cannot be applied retrospectively so it is important to have this set up in advance, which will limit the need for markers to manually share their feedback.
1. Sharing annotations (in bulk)
Step 1: Click the Annotation button, which will bring up the annotation summary, and click the blue pencil icon:
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Step 2: Once you have clicked the blue pencil icon, a checkbox will appear next to the pencil icon. Tick this checkbox to select all annotations (or only the annotations you want to share):
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Two options for sharing marks:
Sharing marks with other markers (open marking)
1. Sharing marks with students
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'Show final grades' has been enabled by the Manager (administrator) who set up the assessment - steps here.
Marks must be submitted by markers and, if your assessment is set up with Reviewer approval, marks must be submitted by Reviewers (i.e. module leads or lead markers) too - steps here.
Without these two steps, students will not be able to see their marks on the platform.
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2. Sharing marks with other markers (open marking)
Marks are not automatically shared among co-markers (assessors); until this enhancement has been implemented, workarounds are needed.
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A submission can be marked in the following ways (depending on the assessment type):
(Click the relevant marking method to go to the relevant step-by-step instructions)
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Video Guidance
Click here to view video guidance on how to use WISEflow's marking tool to mark a PDF upload submission (coursework, take home paper etc) online.
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Step 3: You will be directed to a page with a list of assessments you are assigned to as a marker.Click the assessment you wish to mark (see Open an Select a module assessment on AssessmentUCL for more details).
Step 4: To begin marking a submission, click Open the marking tool:
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Method 2: Marking online (online exam - FLOWmulti)
Video Guidance
Click here to view video guidance video on how to mark an online exam (MCQ exam etc).
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Step 3: You will be directed to a page with a list of assessments you are assigned to as a marker. Click the assessment you wish to mark (see Open an Select a module assessment on AssessmentUCL for more details).
Step 4: To begin marking students' answers, click Open the marking tool:
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Step 3: You will be directed to a page with a list of assessments you are assigned to as a marker. Click the assessment you wish to mark (see Open an Select a module assessment on AssessmentUCL for more details).
Step 4: To begin marking a submission, click Open the marking tool:
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Step 5: In the marking tool, you be directed to the first submission to mark. In the marking tool, you can:
enter a summary comment (to provide overall feedback) - see section here.
as well as:
see an overview of the marking tool and options - see section here.
mark via rubric (if one has been set up) - see section here.
Step 6: Once you have marked the first submission, navigate to the next submission by clicking the Assessment tab (the dark grey tab which is labelled by module code and title), a list of your students to mark will appear in a drop down menu. See this section here for more info on how to access this tab.
Step 7: Once you have completed your feedback and entered your mark, you must submit your mark as final. Please see section here.
After this step, your marking is now complete.
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Step 3: You will be directed to a page with a list of assessments you are assigned to as a marker. Click the assessment you wish to mark (see Open an Select a module assessment on AssessmentUCL for more details).
Step 4: To download student submissions for offline marking, see this section here, or follow the steps below:
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Marking a PDF upload submission (FLOWassign)
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Timings:
00:00 - Intro
03:35 - Assessment overview page
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11:34 - Move to next submission
12:08 - Submit marks
14:14 - Viewing summary of comments/annotations
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Timings:
00:00 - Intro
00:56 - Marking tab overview
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11:34 - Move to next submission
12:08 - Submit marks
14:14 - Viewing summary of comments
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Timings:
00:00 - Intro to online exams (FLOWmulti)
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Marking tool: Overview
When you open the marking tool from the flow page you will see the student's submission and the marking options available to you.
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Here is a quick overview of the functions in the marking tool:
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As of October 2022, a separate mark history is recorded on AssessmentUCL which will show both marker's initial marks and then the final agreed upon mark. Markers can also add a comment documenting reasons for mark changes. The External Examiner will see the marking is agreed but can look into the mark history and at any comments left to find out more. |
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Written Guidance: Marker agreement
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