There are two ways of marking supported by online examination system: automatic marking and manual marking.
What is automatic marking and manual marking?
Automatic Marking
Automatic marking is a way of marking, that is to say, the online examination system will do the marking work for users, which will save much time for users.
Manual Marking
Manual marking is a marking way that users have to do marking work by themselves.
How do automatic marking and manual marking work?
Automatic Marking
In online examination system, like Online Exam Maker, users are able to import questions in batches as well as add questions one by one. For objective questions, like multiple choice questions, users can add answers beforehand to the questions.
And then after the papers are handed in by the candidates, the system will mark the paper automatically. Instant feedback can also be set by candidates.
For subjective questions like essay questions, “Auto grade by keywords” can be set up therefore the system will do the marking work automatically after the paper is handed in.
Manual Marking
For subjective questions anual marking is also supported by Online Exam Maker. There are two kinds of manual marking offered by Online Exam Maker. The administrators can do the marking work by paper. Sub administrators can also be set by administrators to help with the marking work.
The administrators can mark the papers by themselves. And the marking order would be the order of the papers handed in; papers will be marked one by one.
To reduce the burden of administrators and to improve the work efficiency, sub administrators can be added to grade questions. Administrators can add one or more sub administrators to grade a question.
That is the difference between automatic marking and manual marking of online examination system. If you are interested in it, why don’t you have a try of Online Exam Maker? Free trials are available at present.