
Digital Evaluation of Answer Sheet [Definitive Guide]

Evaluation of answer sheets of the exams conducted in the traditional way is a tedious and critical task. Lot of time and energy is invested by the teachers or examiners to check every question, mark the blank pages, write the marks for each question and count their total.
There is a likelihood of showing bias by the examiners if the identity of the students is not masked properly. The assignment and distribution of answer sheets to the examiners can be cumbersome.
Also, there is always a possibility of the answer sheets getting misplaced or damaged during transport.
The only solution to all these issues is the Digital Evaluation tool named as eParikshan.
eParikshan is designed using advanced and innovative technology and can perform the work of examination controller, registrar, answer sheet evaluator such as teacher or examiners, moderators, result printing team all alone.
eParikshan has simplified the entire process of answer sheet evaluation. It includes many different features such as answer sheet scanning and storage, evaluation dashboard, analytics and reporting to measure performance.
It can manage exam pattern, student information, examiner, moderator and result.
After the brief introduction to the Digital Evaluation system, let us now understand the importance and necessity of digital evaluation and Onscreen marking of the answer sheets.
In the times of corona virus breakout, social distancing is the most beneficial way to prevent the transmission of the disease. Due to this, many educational institutes are becoming tech-savvy and conducting classes and exams virtually.
Conducting online examinations can be a tricky job. Moreover, evaluation of answer sheets can be even difficult. This has given rise to invent solutions for digital evaluation.
The Digital Evaluation tool by eParikshan can be the ultimate solution to addressing all the issues related to digital evaluation. It makes the entire process of answer sheet evaluation easier in the following ways:
Thus, we can see that there are numerous benefits of opting for Digital Evaluation system by eParikshan. Let us move on to understand exactly how the entire process of Digital Evaluation actually works:
The step by step process of Digital Evaluation of answer sheets is as below:
This entire process requires less than half of the time required to complete it manually. Now, let us see how the answers sheets are checked online in depth.
The answer sheets of subjective questions are checked remotely by the examiner. It is done in the following way:
Thus, we can see how eParikshan tool has made Digital Evaluation of digital answer sheet hassle-free and time saving.
Now that we have understood the process of Digital Evaluation, lets check out some of the advantages:
Each and every page of the answer sheet is scanned by the advanced high speed scanners. These scanners scan the answer sheet with proper masking so that identity of the candidate remains sealed.
This one of the best advantages, as the examiners or moderator doesn’t need to visit a specific central location to collect or check the papers. The scanned copies of the physical paper can be shared with people and they can check them from any remote location by logging with their credentials. This can cut down the risk and cost of physical handling and transport of the answer sheets.
An examiner needs to keep a track of the compulsory and optional questions as also marks allotted for each answer. The system considers the best of performances of the students for optional answers. The system calculates the marks as per the question paper pattern and marking scheme. It saves a lot of time consumed during manual evaluation.
The system can calculate the result and generate mark sheets instantly and even export in excel format. The manual tasks of entering the data and marks and validating them can be eliminated. The pressure of following the timeline to complete checking the entire set of answer sheets is completely reduced with the help of EParikshan tool. The results, thus generated, would be accurate and within the stipulated time.
It is mandatory for most of the institutions and universities to allow their student to issue their evaluated answer sheets. The students need to pay to get access to their checked answers sheets. In case of such requests, the institution needs to identify physical answer sheet copy, prepare a photocopy of it and issue it to the respective students. There is a significant logistical and administrative activity in this process. The eParikshan tool can eliminate all these hassles by sending the digital copyu of the evaluated answer sheets to the students through email. Hence, the entire process is simplified for the students as well as the institute to acquire the answer sheets for the future reference.
If the students are not satisfied with the results, they can request for rechecking or re-evaluation of answer sheets. EParikshan, tool for Digital Evaluation makes this task much simpler. This process can be completed sooner and can also help in generating the results quickly.
Thus, we can see that the EParikshan is indeed very advantageous for the universities, examiners as well as students. It can help save time, money and all the efforts as well.
Let us move on to understand the roles of examiner and moderator in the evaluation process and how their work is simplified with the help of eParikshan tool.
Examiners can log into the desktop or tablet to evaluate the answer sheets. This reduces the time consumed in travelling to the location where the manually written answer sheets are stored for checking.
The examiners can evaluate the answer sheets from anywhere as per their convenience. The following facilities are provided to the examiners for simplifying the evaluation process:
The examiners can refer to an online copy of the model answers and question paper if they feel the need to do so. A link is provided to the examiner to refer the required documents to speed up the evaluation process.
This feature comes handy when the examiner wants to add some remark for a particular answer written by the students.
It is a tedious process to check every page of an answer sheets which contains total 16 pages but only first 4 pages have answers written on them and mark the rest of the pages as blank. The eParikshan tool can identify those pages beforehand so that the examiners can skip them while checking.
There is a facility to assign annotations for half mark as well as No attempt mark for the particular answer. Adding annotations is easy with the digital evaluation process. There are also annotations available for marking correct or incorrect answers.
If the examiner has added the wrong annotation then it is possible to remove or erase it using the undo option.
Examiners also have the facility to delete the annotations added by mistake. Examiners can select a question and click on the delete annotation button in order to remove annotations added for a particular answer written by the student.
The digital evaluation system by ePariskshan provides an easy way for automatic calculation of the results. The result is calculated based on the examination pattern, optional questions, compulsory questions, number of questions attempted by the student, extra questions attempted by the student, model answers, etc. Manual tabulation of result and total calculation is eliminated and result processing becomes simpler.
The efforts and time invested by the examiners and moderators had certainly reduced to a great extent with the help of eParikshan tool. Let us now see how digital evaluation with eParikshan helps in generating the results.
The examination system can succeed if students, teacher and universities are satisfied with the overall process associated with evaluation. The Digital Evaluation system helps to not only make this process professional, error-free and hassle free but also complete it in record time within the stipulated number of days.
We, at Splashgain Technology Solutions Pvt. Ltd., have been working hard incessantly to provide the best softwares like eParikshan which deals with Digital Evaluation of answer sheets.
We have been working with many reputed education institutes, universities in order to simplify their subjective answer sheet evaluation process using the most advanced feautres of technology. The digital evaluation process has been successfully adopted by many universities and education institutes in order to upgrade to the new and modern ways of conducting online examinations and their evaluation using the best technology available.
This has helped them to make huge savings on administration and logistics. With all these profitable advantages and the convenience, the eParikshan tool has emerged as one of the best award winning digital evaluation tools in the country.
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