Support > How to Use Marker's Black Box

To mark an item, do the following:

• Open a marking template.
• Enter new details about the assignment, for example, the essay title if it could be different for each student.
• Open an Excel file that contains the list of students on the course (optional).
• Select the student name or ID from the pull down list or enter the student's name and/or ID manually.
• For each criterion, mark according to the scale 0 to 5, where
  0 is Inadequate, missing or non-submission (equivalent to a Fail)
  1 is Pass/Fail (equivalent to a Borderline Pass/Fail)
  2 is Room for Improvement (equivalent to a Third Class mark)
  3 is Satisfactory (equivalent to a Lower Second Class mark)
  4 is Very Good (equivalent to an Upper Second Class mark)
  5 is Excellent (equivalent to a First Class mark)
• When marking, a remark is randomly chosen from the remark bank . If this is an appropriate remark and you wish to keep it you can lock the remark (so that if you select any mark again for this criterion the selected remark will not change), but if you do not intend to review the remarks at this stage then there is no need to lock the remark (remarks can be reviewed at a later stage).
• If you wish to change the remark, select "Try Again!" or select "View all remarks for this mark" and select the remark you prefer (you can edit remarks here too).
• At any time a remark is displayed it can be edited and saved or saved as a new remark, which is a good way of building up the remark bank. Selecting "No comment" means that no remark will appear for this criterion.
• During marking it may be that a common grammatical error has been identified in the student's work and you wish to comment on it. Select "View Grammatical Remarks" and a list of common errors is displayed. This list can be used for all templates. Just click on the label of the comment you wish to use. It is easy to create new comments by selecting a blank label, supplying a label and a remark, and selecting save. If there a large number of remarks and it is not easy to locate a specific remark, use the search function and any remark containing that word or phrase will be underlined.
• Similarly, it is possible to create and use a list of General remarks that apply to all templates.
• Assignment-specific remarks are those that are common remarks for this specific item of coursework.
• Once marked, note the overall mark calculated and amend individual criterion marks if the calculated mark does not agree with your overall assessment (this application is, of course, a marker's assistant and it should be the marker not the application that drives the marking!).
• Use the text box labelled "Use the space below to make your concluding comments" to do just that (optional).
• Select "Preview and Create". A new window appears that lists the written feedback you have created. There are three text boxes. The first displays all remarks created by marking each criterion. The second text box lists the Grammatical, General, and Assignment-specific remarks . The third text box displays the marker's concluding comments. All text here can be edited (but note if you cancel this window any edits will be lost).
• To create the report in rtf format (Rich Text File) select "Create the Feedback Report". The report will be opened in your word processor from where is can be saved and printed.
• When you return to the marking grid, select "Reset the Marking Grid for the Next Student" and begin marking the next item.

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