"Marking the exam would take two to three weeks of pretty intensive work," said Dr Rob Harrison, Reader in Computational Data Modelling, "And with student numbers continuing to rise, it was becoming increasingly difficult to maintain consistency and accuracy in the marking. It was just not sustainable."
To address this situation, the Department decided to move to a multiple-choice exam format, and a great deal of work went into devising appropriate and challenging questions. As it was anticipated that the new format would lend itself to some sort of automatic marking, Dr Harrison duly set about finding a suitable machine to handle this task.
The first step for Kendata was to design a standard answer sheet for students to use in the exam, and this was accomplished very quickly.
Once the exam was over, the papers were sent to Kendata where they were scanned and processed using automated systems and the company's in-house developed ScanAnPro forms-processing software. The Kendata scanning bureau service saved an enormous amount of staff time.
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