Handwritten assessment tool comparison guide

Tool

Akindi Assessments

Crowdmark Paper Assessment

Recommended use

Assessments with multiple choice questions (bubble sheet), and optional written response questions.

Assessments with written response questions, with optional multiple choice questions (bubble sheet). 

Assessment creation

• Upload .docx file or create in-tool
• Format question text
• Set question point values
• Optional: Pre-fill student name on assessment

• Upload .pdf of already formatted questions
• Identify question locations 
• Set question point values
• Optional: Pre-fill student name on assessment

Multiple versions

Yes; multiple versions in one assessment

No; separate assessments required for each version

Bubble Sheet (multiple choice responses) 

Must be included in assessment.

• Layout adjusted per assessment, from 50 to 200 questions
• Responses: A-E, A-F, or A-J
• Answer key creation by manual selection or upload

Available for use with mixed question types. Not suggested for a a standalone multiple choice assessment.

• Layout either 100 or 200 questions
• Responses: A-E
• Answer key creation by manual selection

Bubble Sheet grading options

Adjust grading per-question: 

• Partial
• Exact selection only
• Either/or 
• Bonus

Set grading for all questions: 

• Partial
• Exact selection only
• Either/or

Print settings

• Letter sized paper only

• Legal or letter sized paper
• Double sided printing

Printing and scanning on campus via Duplicating and Printing Services (DPS), 105 Bond

Order prints of bubble sheet in-application. Download question sheets and submit to DPS using the standard Exam Duplicating process.

Only pages with answers (handwritten and bubble sheet) are returned for scanning. 

Scans of sheets automatically matched to assessment.

Learn more at Akindi On Paper assessments: Printing and scanning

Download document from application and submit to the custom Crowdmark Printing & Scanning at TMU form.

Add DPS account to your Crowdmark course to facilitate scanning; scans of sheets manually uploaded to assessment by DPS.

Learn more at Crowdmark Instructor Guide: Administered assessment

Printing and scanning independently

Use any scanner, and save files directly to your device. Upload the scanned file to the assessment in the tool.

Note: Email is not a secure method of transmission for scans of assessments; do not email from a scanner to your device. If you do not have a secure method to upload your scans, leverage the on-campus scanning service. 

Grading and feedback

• Grade by question
• Multiple synchronous graders
• Optional: Hide student name while grading
• Save feedback (comment and score) for re-use across grading

Results

Available online in the tool, including the scanned bubblesheets.

Optional: Graded assessment can be digitally distributed to the learner.

Edits to multiple choice answer key after completion

Yes; automatically re-grades all students

Syncing grades to Brightspace

Yes; select an existing grade item or create a new grade item through sync.

Multiple versions of the same assessment are synced to one grade item.

Yes; create a new grade item through sync.

If there are different versions of the assessment, each will be synced to a separate Brightscape Grade Item.