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1. When this occurs press the green End Button B once and insert that page again After your last answer sheet has been fed through the ScanMark press the green End of Batch Button again or press Control Period on the PC keyboard to bring the scanning sequence to its conclusion NOTE If you suddenly discover an ungraded answer sheet or two lying around after pushing the End Button click Begin Scanning Sheets again and feed the errant sheet s through When you re com pletely finished with the batch please note the summary line at screen bottom indicating how many good bad and duplicate feeds occurred during the session 120 Scanton Machine Scoring Entry Archer Dennis E Bowles Charles A Chancellor James Dickerson Michae Garcia Eugene F Glenn Helen B Gray Kathleen H Howard Stacey E Huntington Susa Huston Stephen om co Oy on Fe os PR e a as Step 5 lngram Thomas bl 21 Ogden Kristi A 41 Yoder Jeremy sl 22 O Grady Shelli G2 Miniosk Gergi Jenkins Lenn T 23 Powell Jr John i Knight Rebecca 24 Raymond Cares 2 Kosterman Jason 25 Autledge Michael i4 Lee Tamara 26 Sampson Eugene lt 4 Lewis Jetrey F 2 Smith Vickie Me Cann Molk 28 St_James Lester Morgan Donald T 29 Torrence Jeremy lt 4 Muss Timothy 4 30 Winston Ernstin A 42 EJ Start feeding student sheets press Esc to stop ea l c ee Sca2. Assignment here you will not be able to rescan your Answer Sheet for that activity only student response sheets If you had to alter the original key for that assignment you must delete it completely from your gradebook and rescan the entire batch of sheets as a New Assignment Multiple Answer Keys per assignment is just too much data for us to handle right now given the memory constraints of most PCs in the classroom today Perhaps in a future version E Printing A ScanMark Record We know you ve seen the ScanMark print options throughout the Student and Class Reports section of Making the Grade so we ve included a few examples thereof for your examination below All of the information contained in these reports is stored within each class file And it will remain there with other student data to be printed whenever you wish that is until you enter and save your next Scantron assignment At that time the next activity s data will be written on top of that in the previous record and the latter will be lost forever So if you have plans to obtain hardcopy records of student performance for any scanned in assignment be sure to do so before you record the next LIER RE E AFCHEH a aa i i ji ji a PERIOD 3 a SOPHOMORE 248 ENGLISH anaapa ILLIA EII A Pik Laan LOD OF TE LE Pad Daa fi pei Alii Cae o TE Pe Pe 2 ey TF ST oe BD eS SE ahr eS EROS r TT Wace m Cee ee Dij Lad DI E71 DARE T J LERI TWL ari beeper
3. Be ec tees page but read your ScanMark User Manual to see E No exactly how that process works Unfortunately we know all too well how difficult locating such a C Yes document can be Hey has anyone seen the Scan ER Mark User Guides They were here in this drawer last year I think Therefore the feature in question can be found within Making the Grade itself in the File menu under MtG Preferences and in Printing on scanner answer sheets As seen in the screen above the program defaults to No when asked if you wish to print raw scores on student answer sheets We chose this position for two reasons The scoring process is much quieter and less disruptive if your machine is in the classroom and you will more than likely wish to use the same answer sheet again in the future Because the ScanMark usually prints raw score in the same position on each answer sheet these numbers quickly become unreadable anyway 122
4. First you must indicate the type of form used for the activity Second you must enter pertinent setup information for the assignment just as you normally would Third you must tell us precisely which portion of the Scantron Form you wish us to grade Fourth you must scan the Answer Key And fifth you must score all of your students sheets That s all there is to it Please select a Form Scantron Form F 166 Side 2 Orly Scantron Form F 4b2 Sides 1 amp 2 Cancel Step 1 Selecting the Form The list of forms above will grow over the years no doubt as new sheets are designed and as we receive feedback from teachers across the country Do be careful to differentiate among layout definitions for Side 1 Only forms Side 2 Only forms and Sides 1 and 2 forms Check the range position of items on your Answer Key before your make the above selection and all should be well Step 3 Indicating Activity Range Foam Tik Eomma Pa Hika l 2 Armari ite Gema Hetaa Uga lra LOR Aipim Fi ai Ez drar ae ia Feet Ora i Lar ILEA E Hirka fl Ee H Facto A0 Cancel Pr meat lem fe Hes Chappie Hesi by eed bhaird bir Once yov ve denoted the specific items to be scanned for this activity click the Scan Answer Key button and feed it through the machine Please note that you may leave items blank between the First and Last Questions but we will ask you to confirm the anomaly 1f we find such gaps
5. in your key The sample activity at right had five empty items 26 30 as a matter of fact therefore the screen confirms only 30 active items between Ques tions 1 and 35 The assignment was assigned a value of 120 points so each item will have an X Factor of 4 000 ADDO 6 45 5IGHMEHT 6 SM Dura e bangs Firat eee JF Did CATEG ORES j pou rr in radiy OA ed up Bat red Faj he ree Laer LITERARY OCT RITES Wht NG en PARE HT MOTIFICA TI OMS QUARTER FINAL TESTS ee ee le ee Step 2 Setting Up the Assignment You ve probably noticed the Scantron button on the assignment setup screen before and at last it comes into play Keep in mind that if you access the machine scoring option from this screen you should click that button before entering setup info in the boxes PC protocols necessitate finding and initializing the ScanMark without baggage so nothing entered here before the click will be retained This Scantron summary screen is similar to those you ve seen before with a couple of significant exceptions No tice the two numbers in the rectangles at left indicating the First Question and Last Question of the activity These two items constitute the MtG Money Saver for depend ing upon the range of scores you wish to scan at any given time you can use ALL of a student s answer sheet during the course of a year For the activity at left we re evaluating Items 1 35 The ne
6. this the ScanMark 2000 and 2500 do with aplomb not to mention genuine concern for your departmental building or dis trict hardware budgets SCANTRON CORPORATION Take a close look and judge for yourself http www scantron com 117 Mi Setting Up The Machine We re pleased to announce that setting up and connecting the ScanMark 2000 and 2500 to each of our three testing station PCs required no technical savvy whatsoever and not even one visitation to the User Manual accompanying the instrument Of course that document should be your first and primary resource for assembling the components of the ScanMark and for connecting it to your computer Based on our experience however we can offer only two additional pieces of advice SETUP SUGGESTIONS Because the ScanMark is easily carried from room to room you ll probably set it up and tear it down frequently perhaps even daily If so make doubly sure each time to secure the cable firmly to the backside of the machine Fingernails or coins from your pocket or purse just won t do so get yourself a little screwdriver and keep it handy You may connect the ScanMark to your PC s Com 1 or Com 2 port If these are normally attached to your printer and modem respectively connect it to the latter Whenever we tried to access the ScanMark through the printer port we couldn t find it with consistency Then we had to reboot both machines to make a fresh run at the process
7. File Edt Display Reports Special Boyan feet The GAADEBUUE The DAILY RECORD The SEATING CHART The SCANMARKS 2000 The NCSE Sentinel Series PARENTLINKE Voice Processing Mth MACINTOSH The PORTRAIT STUDIO The POA Connection Here they are the newest elements in Making the Grade s integrated package of teacher productivity tools the ScanMark 2000 and 2500 Optical Mark Readers OMR It has been our good fortune to work with Scantron Corporation for over ten years now starting with the 1100 1200 1300 and 2100 series and Grade Busters 1 2 3 As easy as it was to scan students multiple choice answer sheets into the Apple II the ScanMark 2000 and 2500 set unparalleled new standards for user friendliness and machine scored testing within Windows classrooms These marvelous devices are not only simpler to set up and operate than any of their predecessors they re truly plug and play they re completely portable as well They don t have to be bolted to a table in the faculty work room or welded to a cart in the media center for each weighs only 16 7 pounds and comes in its own travel case This looks so much like a bowling or ski boot bag that my students asked if we were going on a field trip recently instead of taking a scheduled monster test All of these marvelous features go for naught however if the devices don t make your job easier or save massive amounts of your precious time Simply put colleagues
8. Too much trouble here so use the modem port Once you select the ScanMark 2000 option under Window in the MtG main menu you ll see the screen f COM Please select the port to which pour at right asking where we should look for the device Scantron is attached Notice the default radio button set to the recom C OMZ mended modem port Now before you click the Next button to initialize the unit make sure that the ma A chine is plugged in A that itis turned on B and that the cable is firmly seated and connected C to the port indicated Choose Mest to initialize the unit The Scanmark 2000 tr is not responding Do you Wish bo continue waiting The above message is what you Il see if you don t really have a ScanMark 2000 attached and just wanted to see what would happen if you selected the option However if you actually do have one connected and still see this message check the following items first 1 the ScanMark power switch 2 its power cord 3 the serial cable connection on the ScanMark and 4 the serial cable connection on your PC If everything seems to be set correctly power down both machines for a few seconds and launch afresh Static electricity and gremlins have been known to stifle our best intentions before right 118 W Setting Up an Assignment There are five simple steps which must be followed to score a Scantron assignment and enter it into your gradebook
9. nning Students Answer Sheets The Control Panel of the ScanMark 2000 ScanMark Assignment Summary Screen Scantron Machine Scoring Entry Archer Dennis E 1 2 Bowles Charles A 3 Chancellor James 4 Dickerson Michae 5 Garcia Eugene F 6 Glenn Helen B T Gray Kathleen 8 Howard Stacey E 9 Huntington Susa 10 Huston Stephen Cancel Previous Ogden Kristi 31 Yoder Jeremy Al O Grady Shelli 3g Misgosk Gengshi Powell Jr John Raymond Carie 5 Rutledge Michael i4 Sampson Eugene 4 Smith Wickie A _ Ingram Thomas L 21 TY dansen Bevery H 22 _ Jenkins Lymn T 23 Knight Rebecca 24 Kosterman Jazon 25 Lee Tamara L 25 Lewis Jeffrey F 2r Me Cann Molu 28 St James Lester Morgan Donald T 29 Torrence Jeremy 8 20 Nuss Timothy 4 Winston Ensin A 4i EJ Good Feeds 1 Bad Feeds 0 Duplicates 0 Tatal 1 M Scoring the Next Assignment Here s some fantastic news Do you wish to scan additional students for Assignment 36 or The ScanMark 2000 segment of Mak enter a new assignment ing the Grade enables and encourages you to scan retake and makeup answer Old Assignment sheets for a previously entered assign ment In fact once you ve entered and saved a Scantron record within a class file you ll see the above message every time you access that program feature again Please understand that if you select Old
10. s i g REEL maib Bem an CA ARLES A Beles rane ee i a Pa N j j TA HETT T j i TTR LER s 15 n T Parf TE OT FE LEEI ee EELT TO FE s e e inn a m m m oa en a m me mn oa a m i s un m TOTEL arei Panpa Ei rm nt Trak Foams m HE fa ELF eS MIEEFEL JARDEE L CEAL ELLE Pe EE iL Pii i i D a Pe FT 2 j ey TH a LD TLE HHI TF SS aa rk a TUTAL Sc L Bee ol m Gt i uk i 1 i ie Be h in fi fie Bie i Art ao al ld se hr Tims Tarp Talal Tink Bai Tita Student Scantron Reports with Answer Key Class Scantron Analysis for Assignment 36 121 Mi Scanner Preferences mem Edt Display Reports Annotations Special Window New class Ctrl h OPEN a class Chri 0 CLOSE this class Crit SAVE class data Phrl 5 SAVE clase asz REVERT to sawed class EXPORT student data a Fage setup Print Ctrl F SELECT a print macro Mth Preferences Calculating INC Scores Including date in assignments Positioning dropped students Printing color bw reports Printing displaying seating charts Exit Ctrl Printing on scanner answer sheets Shading Gradebook and Daily Records Careful readers of this portion of the documenta tion may have noted on page 122 that Making the The Scantlark 20008 and NCSE scanners possess the ability to print raw scores number correct on student answer sheets Grade can print the number of correct items on each meee ue Meee a eo ie te
11. xt time we can focus upon Items 36 70 if we wish thereby saving valuable paper Step 4 Scanning the Answer Key Form This Damir fon Fil bbs Sache 71 6 ijapa Tite Die aie a Fe ST Apa eed H k E ALERTE y aka 1 o m l l Fay Qube 7 mi es E ey Pome cd eve Fj Fei Bie Warg bor ba bap hi ceed par Ec i crcl E Scoring an Assignment The final window in the ScanMark 2000 OMR process is a familiar old friend the Ran dom Entry Screen at least we hope you ve seen this layout before All you must do at this point is press Enter run your students answer sheets through the machine and check the screen to see what each person received Worry not we can print the number of correct items on each page butread your ScanMark User Manual to see exactly how that process works It is uncommon but distinctly possible that a sheet may jam going into the ScanMark or simply be misread in the scanning process In that case take a look at the suggestions below SCANNING TIPS 1 Be sure that the Ready Lamp A is on before feeding your Answer Key and stu dents sheets through the ScanMark If at any point the machine falls off line we recommend that you exit Making the Grade and restart both machines Remember gremlins abound 2 Occasionally a sheet will fail to pass cleanly through the ScanMark becoming locked out of the scanner If so you ll see the Ready Lamp blinking rapidly
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