Creating an in-person exam

With that in hand, instructors should begin by adding an Assign2 tool to their course, ensuring that the ‘Grade’ points selected matches what the eventual points total will be for the assessment. Once the tool has been added, click the tool link in the course and select In Person Exam:

Next, upload the PDF version of your exam file by drag-dropping or browsing. This file should contain all the questions and space for students to complete their answers:

Once uploaded, the PDF is opened in a preview mode that first shows the cover page for the eventual student copies:

Scrolling down, instructors will then create the question placeholders to be linked to the Assign2 grading interface. To add a question, click Add Question then drag-and-drop the blue question marker over top of the question in the underlying template, then enter the point-value for the question to match the assessment item:

Then repeat this process for every question in the assessment and once complete, scroll down and click Save.

From the dashboard page, open the left nav menu using the icon at the top left, then select Download exams:

Click Generate extra exams:

On the ‘Generate Exams’ overlay, specify a file prefix and enter the number of exams required for printing, then click Generate:

This will produce a single zip file that can be downloaded and printed in a single job, creating the specified number of copies. This operation can be performed as many times as required - eg. for students in different sections, for students completing deferred exams, etc. Using a different file prefix for these cases can be useful in keeping the various printed versions separate. Note that the printed copies generated from exam file can only be used once - the barcode printed on each exam is how the system identifies and collates scanned, completed copies and associates them with the students who have completed them):

Once printed, these exams would now be given to students in-class who will fill in their name, and student ID number on their copy and complete their assessment:

Once exams have been created and generated these counts will be added to the assessment dashboard to the right of the count of students in a course:

Scanning can be completed using standard office printer/scanners including continuous feed devices that output single PDF files. Scanning should occur at 200dpi resolution or higher and should be done on a darker setting. The resulting PDF file containing any number of individual student copies can be uploaded by opening the left nav menu via the icon at top left, then selecting Upload exams:

PDF files can be drag-dropped (or selected by browsing) through the dialog on the right. Please note: this process can be completed as many times as required based on the different scanned files. Once Upload is clicked, files are added to the files list on the left and the system begins processing them with progress tracked in the center:

Once the upload has finished scanning, the upload counts will be added to ‘Fully Scanned’ counts on the dashboard:

If students don’t correctly bubble in their Student ID, their exams can be manually associated with their student ID by clicking the link for Not Assigned:

To link unassigned exams to particular students, the completed exam is displayed in a preview window. If an exam author can be identified, select their name from the dropdown list and click Assign Exam: