Using Remark OMR to Grade a Single Answer Key Exam

Using Remark to grade exams begins by correctly printing the blank answer sheets your students will use. Many errors occur within Remark when the blank answer sheets are not printed correctly, so please follow the steps below carefully.

1. Use this link to open a copy of the 75 Question Blank Answer Sheet..
2. Save the 75 Question Blank Answer Sheet to your computer using the save or download option in your browser.
3. Open the downloaded file in Adobe Acrobat.
   • If the file does not open in Adobe Acrobat, contact LeBow Tech for assistance.
4. From the Acrobat File menu, select Print.
5. Set the number of copies needed being sure to add 1 you will complete as your answer key.
6. Under Page Sizing & Handling, make sure the Fit option is selected.
7. Select the Print button.
8. Proceed to the copier of your choice and release the print job.

Using one of the printed, blank answer sheets, fill in the correct bubble at the corresponding numbered row for each question on your exam.

TIPS:

• Fill in the Last Name field with the word ANSWER. This will allow you to easily identify your answer key.
• The other fields (FI, MI, University ID, Subject & Course Number, Section #, or Test Version) do not need to be filled out for the answer key.
• Any writing implement will work, not just No. 2 pencils. However, the darker the color of the bubble, the better.

The answer sheet fields captured by Remark are:

• Last Name
• First Initial (FI)
• Middle Initial (MI)
• University ID
• Subject & Course Number
• Section #
• Answers 1 - 75

For a single answer key exam, place your completed answer key on top of the student answer keys.

1. Flip through the packet of answer sheets to ensure they are all aligned in the same direction. Rotate/flip any pages that are misaligned.
2. At a G Hall copier, load the answer sheet packet into the top feed of the copier, left edge first (short edge).
3. Scan your DragonCard to sign in.
4. Select Scan.
5. Select Scan tests for Remark.
6. Select Start.
7. When all of the answer sheets have been fed through, select Finish to email the scanned packet to yourself.

Once you receive the email with your attached answer packet as a PDF, save it to your computer by:

1. Select the email in Outlook with the answer packet attached.
2. Using the down arrow next to the attachment, select Save As.
3. From the Save Attachment dialogue box, browse to the location in OneDrive of your choosing.
4. Select the Save button.

1. Download and install the Windows App using the instructions for your platform from https://drexel.edu/it/help/a-z/virtual-labs/
2. Launch the Windows App
3. Click Connect in the Remark tile under Devices
4. If OneDrive does not automatically sign in

• Click the blue cloud icon in the task bar to the left of the time
• Follow the standard OneDrive sign in procedure

5. Either double click Remark Office OMR from the desktop, or type Remark Office in the Search field on the left side of the task bar and press enter

First Time Using Remark

1. Select Open from the navigation pane on the left.
2. Remark Office OMR will copy the default templates to your Documents folder in Documents\Remark Office OMR\Templates\Gravic.
3. Select the LCB Standard 75 Question Answer Sheet template.
4. Select the Open button.

Previously Used Remark

1. Select the LCB Standard 75 Question Answer Sheet template listed under Recent in the navigation pane on the left.

Now that the template is loaded, it’s time to read the student answer sheets with the answer key on top into Remark.

1. From the Data tab, select Read.
2. Select Next in the Read Image Files window.
3. Pull down the Which images would you like to process? dropdown menu.
4. Browse within your One Drive folder to the location where you saved the scanned PDF in Step 4.
5. Highlight the answer packet and select the Add Selected button.
6. Select the Read button.
7. Once all of the answer sheets have been read into Remark, check the spreadsheet for any errors or inconsistent answers.

A note on errors

• Misread or skewed data fields will be highlighted in red.
• Fields containing more than 1 answer will be highlighted in green, * If more than one answer was filled in, you can use the drop down menu to select the correct answer based what is shown in the Image Viewer on the bottom left if you so choose.

Select the Quick Grade button from the top menu bar.

Remark makes available many reports for you to review. The 3 most common reports are:

• 101 - Student Statistics - displays a grid detailing each students score overall. This report is helpful for loading grades into Blackboard.
• 105 - Student Response - displays a grid detailing how the students answered each question and if it was correct. This report may provide insight into topics or questions students struggled with on the exam.
• 150 - Student Grade - displays each students answers along with a copy of their scanned answer sheet as a separate page. This report can be handed back to each student.

Saving a report to PDF

1. Load the report you wish to save.
2. Select the Export Report button from the top menu bar.
3. Select the Export button from the Export Report window.
4. Select the location within your One Drive folder where you wish to save the report.

Saving a report to Excel

1. Load the report you wish to save.
2. From the File menu, select Export -> Export Excel.
3. Verify the report you are interested in is checked and select the Next button.
4. Select the location within your One Drive folder where you wish to save the report.

1. Click Data
2. Click Export Data…
3. Select Textual under What data format would you like to export?
4. Select Grade Results under What would you like to export in addition to the data?
5. Click Export
6. On the right click Text (*.txt) and change the field to Excel (.xlsx)
7. Browse to the location in your OneDrive where you’d like to save the data
8. Type a file name and click Save