EX_AM ( Question paper production –Marking and Assessor management

application)

Introducing EX_AM Portal• Many still rely on spreadsheets and emails as their

management tools leading to many hours wasted today in the education sector

• EX-AM ‘Portal’ is a single application designed to help awarding bodies manage the examination processdecreasing duplication, increasing productivity and saving valuable resources

• It allows users to store questions, create question papers, carry out marking allocation, standardisation, moderation and online paper marking

• It allows the management of external resources, allowing unlimited question analysis, region analysis, marker analysis, all easily accessible from one central location

Navigation• Navigation menu is designed to reflect Microsoft

platforms as standard

• This ensures new users are familiar with the system from the first time they login

• The menu options are customised to each user role ensuring each user can access the relevant areas

• A simple click on any heading will open the sub-menu which is clear to interpret

Dashboard• The Dashboard is the main screen for all

administrators

• Its made up of a series of measures detailing at a glance the various stages of capacity and paper marking allocation

• It also provides an overview of all user roles in the system

• It shows the number of distinct user hits by last 24 hours, last 30 days and last 7 days

• You can access the Standardisation Variance tab providing top-level RAG status of each series that has completed standardisation

Question Paper Creation• Commissioning Questions & Paper

Creation Tasks

• Question Creation with Tracking

• Anonymous Question Review Process

• Question Bank

• Reallocate Incomplete Questions

• Question Paper & Mark Scheme Creation

• Question History Tracking

• Select items to create paper

• Standard functionality

• Ability to send to external print company

• Can be exported to Word for proofing and shared with external print companies

Paper Production & Print

Assessor Management & Marking Allocation

• Marking allocation is a workflow process within EX_AM Portal where assessors log capacity and planners allocate papers

• Assessors set their marking capacity, capabilities and preferences

• Planners match marking requirements with skill level and availability

• Allocation team allocate current number of assessors according to their capacity settings and the number of candidate entries on each unit

Standardisation• The standardisation process ensures

marking schemes are correctly administered to predetermined guidelines

• Approach is to take a small batch of examination booklets and issue for marking

• Marking teams mark the booklets then use EX_AM Portal to enter their marks

• The marking teams discuss the marks

• The system then calculates a red, amber, green (RAG) variance between the agreed mark and the mark given by the assessor

• This process is repeated and once completed, variance reports are available to analyse how the assessors are performing

Administration & Reports• The reports module allows administrators to

access out-the-box reports:

• Assessor Variance - provides RAG variance for each marking team on each unit

• Resource Planner - allows administrators to see who the Assessment Authors and Scrutineers are for each of the unit learning outcomes

• Usage – details the usage of the EX_AM Portal and details the Assessor’s name and number of hits per page

• User Profile Changes – allows administrators to see when assessors make changes to their profile eg. Contact numbers

Access, support & Forum• User friendly jargon free Windows interface

• Can be hosted in house or externally and can be accessed through all modern browsers to allow ease of access to external users

• The system uses form based authentication and have password encryption as standard

• The application can run on https:// ensuring all users personal details are protected

• EX_AM Portal has dedicated IT support

• Additional options include news, blogs, forums and online community integration

EX_AM Portal Key Features• User profile management with key areas

accessible from the home screen; conflict management, multiple address functionality, personal detail management

• Assessor capacity management

• Paper marking allocation management and reporting

• Integrated e-mail alert functionality

• Full examination scripts, question papers and supporting file management and version control

• Assessor and Administrator Task management

• Online standardisation mark capture against set scripts

• Centralised online management system for all external resources

• Access 24/7 throughout the world due to being a web-based application

• Full performance reporting; administrator dashboard, providing up-to-date information on status of all capacity and paper allocation and standardisation result variances

• Permission controlled menu, ensuring only set users can participate in their relevant roles

• Facility to see the same screen at once, with the ability to refresh and see data inputted by other users, enabling team discussions during standardisation

In Development…• Online result entry

Markers will enter marks directly on to portal

API written to export marks into a CRM system

Reporting Analysis on marker performance

• Dashboard to show all exams entered and marked

Costs