PaperScorer Core Product (Legacy)

Creating a Course

If you are not using an LMS with Paperscorer, the first step is to create a course.  A course (or class) is a specific section for which you intend to give Paperscorer assessments.  To add a course:

Click the Courses tab on the left.

1. Click the Add Course tab on the left.  A window should appear with fields for the Course and Section Names.
2. Provide a Course Name and Section Name or ID
3. Click Save. Your Course should appear in the table of available courses

Adding Students to a Course ​

Once you’ve added a course, the next step is to add students to the course.  You can do this by doing the following:

1. On the Courses page, click the course to which you want to add students.  You will be taken to the Students tab for that course. Alternatively, you can click the Students tab.  
2. Click Add Students button.  A window should appear to add student information.
3. Enter the student’s First Name, Last Name, Unique Identification Number and, optionally, email address.  
4. Click Save.  The student should appear among the list of students in the class.

Importing Students with a Spreadsheet

You can also import students in bulk by completing a spreadsheet containing their information and uploading it.  To do so:

1. On the Courses page, click the course to which you want to add students.  You will be taken to the Students tab for that course. Alternatively, you can click the Students tab. 
2. Click Import Students from Spreadsheet.  A window will appear in which you can load your spreadsheet of students.  
   1. On this window, you will see a link to a Sample CSV.  click this link. A spreadsheet will download to your computer which has a column name for each piece of information required for each student. 

   2. Fill out the spreadsheet with all fields (note that email is not required)

      .  Make sure that each student is given a unique ID.

   3. Upload the spreadsheet into the Import Students from Spreadsheet window.
   4. Click Import.  Your students should be imported into your Course.

Managing Assessments

The Assessments section is where you can create Paperscorer assessments, print answer (“bubble”) sheets, print question sheets and

print answer keys.

Adding Assessments 

To add an assessment to Paperscorer:

1. Click on the Assessments tab in the left-hand navigation
2. Click the Create Assessment button.  A window should appear asking for information about your assessment.
3. Enter the Assessment Title
4. Enter the Number of Questions (you can change this later).
5. If you would like to create separate versions of the assessment in which the questions are scrambled, enter the number of versions that you want to create.
6. If you have chosen to create different versions, choose whether you want Paperscorer to Assign students to versions randomly or if you want to assign students to each version manually.
7. By default, Paperscorer will create one unique answer sheet for each student.  If you would rather print and photocopy one generic sheet on which students enter their student IDs, select On under Student ID Entry.
8. Click Next.  A page will appear that lists the number of questions that you have chosen.  On this page, you can:
9. Add or remove questions.
10. Increase or reduce the number of possible answers for each question
11. Choose the number of points that should be given if a student chooses the correct answer for a question.
12. Select the correct answer(s) for each question.
13. Make the appropriate changes to the questions so that they reflect your quiz.  
14. Select the correct answer for each question.  
15. Click Next.  A list of the students in your course should appear.  
16. ​Select all of the students for whom you wish to create answer sheets.
17. Click Save Assessment.  Your assessment should appear in the list of assessments.  To the right of the assessment, you will see a menu icon with three vertical dots.  
18. Click the menu icon to the right of the assessment name.  You will see the following options:
    1. Download Answer Sheet(s) - downloads answer sheets for you to distribute to your students for scoring.
    2. Download Answer Key - downloads a key showing the correct answer for each version of each answer sheet.
    3. Edit - allows you to edit the assessment.
    4. Copy - allows you to copy and modify the assessment to use on another assessment.
    5. Delete - removes the assessment.​​

Scanning and Scoring Answer Sheets

Once your student have taken the assessment and turned in their completed answer sheets, there are three options for you to scan and score the answer sheets:

1. Using the Paperscorer App
2. Scanning and Emailing
3. Scanning and Uploading

Using the Paperscorer App to Scan and Score

The Paperscorer App allows you to quickly scan and score completed answer sheets using your iOS or Android mobile device.  To do so:

1. Download and Install the Paperscorer app at the App Store or Google Play.
2. Open the app on your mobile device.  You will be prompted to choose a partner.
3. Click the camera icon in the lower right of your app.  You will be prompted to grant the app permission to use your camera.  Grant permission.
4. Position your device so that the entire bubble sheet (including border) is within the frame of the screen.  Hold your device steady.  Paperscorer will automatically capture the answer sheet.  It will then score the sheet and send the results to your assessment system.  Paperscorer will give you the option to score the next sheet or view scores.
5. To grade the next student, click Next.
6. To view results for scanned answered sheets, click View Scores.  

Scanning and Emailing

Scanning and emailing is one of the easiest ways to score your answer sheets.  To do so:

1. Using a standard scanner, set the scanner settings to email to scan@paperscorer.com
2. Scan your answer sheets
3. The file containing the scanned sheets should be sent to Paperscorer, where they will be scored.  You will receive an email report when scanning is completed.

Scanning and Uploading

1. Using any standard scanner, scan all of your answer sheets and set the scanner to save to PDF format.  You can also send the scanned files via email to your email.  
2. Log into your Paperscorer account
3. Click the Upload and Score tab.
4. Click Browse Files and upload the PDF that you have scanned
5. Paperscorer will start the uploading and scoring process, showing you the results.​​
6. Note that if you have linked your account to a Blackboard or Canvas course, the overall scores for your students will automatically be imported to your gradebook after scoring occurs.

Correcting Errors in Scanned Sheets

Sometimes, Paperscorer will identify errors or ambiguous markings in an answer sheet.  When this happens, Paperscorer will present an appropriate message to you and give you the option to review the answer sheet online and manually mark the area(s) that you believe the student intended.  To do this:

1. After uploading answer sheets, if there are errors, click the Correct Errors button.  A page will load in which an image of the captured answer sheet will display on the left and a web form will appear on the right.  The questions with errors will be highlighted on this web form.
2. Fill in the appropriate areas in the form on the right.  
   1. If you do not know what the student intended, you can choose to Skip the answer sheet.  In this case, you can have the student fill out a new answer sheet and upload it again.
3. Continue this process until all error sheets are corrected

Viewing Reports

Once your answer sheets have been scanned, you can view a number of different reports in Paperscorer.  To do so:

1. Click the Assessments tab.
2. If there are reports for a given assessment, you should see a View Student Results link next to the assessment name.
3. Click View Student Results for any assessment.  You will be taken to an Assessment Report.  At the top of this page will be a number of overall statistics, including the max score, the total number of students, the total number of students scored and the average score for all students.  Below the overall statistics, you will see a list of students.  
4. If scores have been recorded for a student, a bar Score Graph will display, depicting the total number of questions the student answered correctly in green, and the total number of questions the student answered incorrectly in red.  If you hold your mouse over this bar graph, more specific information will appear.
5. To see detailed responses for a student and assessment, click the menu (circle with three dots) to the right of the student name.
6. Click View Responses.
7. A detailed report of how the student answered each question will appear.