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- 2. 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 process decreasing 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
- 3. 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
- 4. 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
- 5. 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
- 6. • 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
- 7. 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
- 8. 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
- 9. 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
- 10. 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
- 11. 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
- 12. 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