Navigate Inspera workspaces

Workspaces is where marking/grading takes place. There are two roles in workspaces and a number of functionalities in the workspaces menu.

Roles in marking workspaces 

• Planner: the person who created the exam will have both Planner and Grader menus in their workspaces.

• Grader: the markers assigned to complete marking will only have Grader menu in their workspaces.

Workspaces menu:

• Overview: An overview of the status of the graders' marking and the students' marks. Columns can be added or removed for easier navigation and information provided.
• Results: A detailed overview of students' results and the questions' name and status.
• Marking: The marking requiredfor each individual student's questions.
• Explanations overview (Planner only): An overview of which students have requested explanations and its status.
• Explanations: The area for providing feedback to a student's assessment before it is sent to them.
• Appeals overview (Planner only): The appeals that students have submitted and new marking is required.
• Questions: A list of all the questions, question titles, question types and marks per question.
• Candidate report (if activated during assessment creation): Generated after marking has been completed, this area allows the marker to see the final report as students would.
• Help and support (Planner only): This tab shares information about the marking capabilities as well as videos created by Inspera for assistance.
• Edit workspaces (Planner only): The Planner can edit the sections for markers and students by rearranging order or hiding them from view.
• Getting started (Grader only): This tab provides information on the marking capabilities as well as videos created by Inspera for assistance.

Navigate by questions is used when graders mark the same question for all students to enhance the marking reliability. This marking approach is applied when questions are assigned to graders so each grader will mark a certain number of questions. Refer to the Mark and feedback in Inspera guide for instruction on marking.

1. In the Grader or Planner section, click on Marking.

The first student and the response for question 1 will be displayed.

2. Enter the mark for the response

3. Select the student number from the student number drop-down menu to continue marking the same question for the next student.

Optionally, click on the up arrow or down arrow to navigate to the previous or next student respectively.

The selected student's response is displayed

Note: Marking in Inspera is anonymised to ensure impartiality is maintained.

When marking by questions, graders are able to filter the questions you are assigned/required to mark, i.e., automactic marks do not require marking.

1. Click on the All questions drop-down menu:

• All questions: Displays all questions, whether they are completely marked or not.
• Manually marked: Displays all questions that are categorised as manually marked questions such as Essay and Upload Assignment, whether they are completely marked or not.
• Automatic marks: Displays all questions that are categorised as automatically marked questions such as Multiple Choice, Drag and drop and Hotspot, whether they are completely marked or not.
• Answered questions: Displays all questions that have been answered.

2. Select Manually marked from the all questions drop-down menu.

Note: Question 1 in this sample test is an automatic mark, so it is red out.

3. Click on the question list to select the question (you are assigned) to mark; i.e., Question 38

4. When finish marking this question, you can move to mark this question for the next student by selecting the next student in the student list drop-down menu

Optionally, you can click on the up arrow or down arrow to navigate to the next students or previous students respectively. In this example, Question 10 is selected to be marked for all students.

Navigating by students is used when graders mark all questions for one student. Refer to the Mark and feedback in Inspera guide for instruction on marking.

1. In the Grader or Planner section, click on the Marking button.

The first student and the response for question 1 will be displayed.

2. Enter the mark for the response

3. Select the required question number from the question number drop-down menu.

Optionally, click on the left arrow or right arrow to navigate to the previous or next question respectively.

When marking, graders are able to filter student groups by using the student filter drop-down menu. There are three student filter criteria:

• All candidates: All students, whether marking has been completed or in progress.
• Flagged: Students who the grader has designated for follow-up or other actions.
• Incomplete marking: Students who require marking to be completed.

The function Auto Navigation enhances navigation between questions or students when marking by questions or marking by students. This function is useful when marking the manually marked questions or when graders mark their assigned questions, for example, Question 9 in the sample test.

By default, this option is not activated. Graders can activate the auto navigation and:

• Lock the question and move to the next student to mark the same question, or
• Lock the student and move to the next question to mark for the same student.

Navigate by candidate:

1. In the Grader or Planner section, click on Marking.
2. Select Go to next candidate from the AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION WHEN SETTING MARKS drop-down menu

Note: To navigate to the next candidate, press ALT + down arrown 

3. Click on the lightning bolt icon to disable automatic navigation.

Navigate by question

1. Alternatively, select Go to next question from the AUTOMATIC NAVIGATION WHEN SETTING MARKS drop-down menu.

Note: To navigate to the next question, press ALT +  arrow right

1. Click on the lightning bolt icon to disable automatic navigation.

When clicking on the Marking button, you will be presented with student response and a number of navigation tabs:

1. Student ID / question number: For example, s12345678/39 indicates that you are viewing student 12345678's response to Question 39.

2. Question: Allows the grader to see the question without viewing student response to the question.

3. Attachment: If applicable and if a student has attached a file for that question, the grader is able to see the uploaded attachment.

4. Similarity: A similarity score will be generated for a short answer or essay response.

Note: This function needs to be selected in the setting of the test/exam (in the Delivery stage) to enable the similarity score in the Grade stage.

5. Expand the student response: for better view

Collapse the response after finishing viewing/marking

6. Hide the question text: for better view of the response (especially when the question is long)

Show the question text

8. Additional options for the answer:
   1. Open in new tab: The student's answer is opened in a new tab.
   2. Help: Links to Inspera's guides regarding the Answer tab.
   3. Print comments: Allows the download of comments that the original or other markers have made to the student's answer.
   4. Print and download submission: Opens a new tab to view the student's entire assessment such as the original question and their response. It allows the ability to be printed.
   5. Print question for all candidates: Opens a new tab to view the specific question for all students. It allows the ability to be printed.