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Auto-Marker Software for Teachers

What this program can do.

1. Exams (tests) marking tool

This program helps teachers to mark tests with multiple choices questions.
It gives teachers an interface to feed questions for the test.

Fig 1. The interface outlook

Fig 2.The interface showing other main functions The program shuffles the questions so that every student will have their own order of questions.
It also shuffles the choices so that every student's question has its own order of choices.
Definitely, an auto-marking program will help teachers to limit miscalculations of students' total mark at the same time helping teachers to save a lot of time as they don't have to mark students' papers themselves without forgetting that it is environmental friendly as it will limit the use of paper.
The program will also show to teachers the statistics of students results which will enable the teacher to see which part of the test students did well or failed. In this way the teacher will know which content of the lesson to review.

2. Teaching facility

• Teachers can use this program to teach during classes as it can share the teacher's computer screen to all students to let them see what the teacher is doing, and the teacher can choose a student's computer screen to see what they are doing.
• It also has a chat room that can be used as a teacher-students interaction tool during class.


• The teacher can use the "reveal Answers"checkbox to hide/show answers to students if the test is used just as didactic tool.

  Fig 3. Reveal Answers ON	Fig 4. Reveal Answers OFF

3. File sharing

The teacher can send files or folders to students and students can as well send files to the teacher.When the teacher sends a file or folder to students, it goes exactly in the same directory as the teacher's computer. If the student's computer does not have such directory it will be created where the program runs at the students working disc.

Detailed Introduction.

• The auto-marking system comprises: a server computer used by the examiner giving the test; and client computers used by the examinees taking the test.

• Actions performed on the server will include registering teachers and the tests will be created in their corresponding subjects.

• To create a test, the examiner will be presented an interface with a possibility to edit questions, add a test, merge tests, put tests online, check submissions and make a text file if need be.

• The actions performed on the client-side computer include an interface where questions and multiple choices are shuffled and presented to the examinee to choose the right ones and results will be presented and sent to the server either on submit or on due time set by the examiner

Other Special Functions

On test creation interface, the examiner will be presented an interface where to edit questions, add a test, merge tests, put the test online, if needed, check submissions and make a text file in case of constraints.

• The examiner will also be able to set the test code, duration, customize his institution logo picture, passing mark and questions weight.

• This system is designed to function with all data available only on local connection (If you need such privacy). It will be available on internet only if the examiner wants so. Sensible data such as answers to questions and weight marks for questions and passwords are encrypted.

Fig 5. Possible student's setup.


• This system comprises a possibility to use one ,two or three cameras; camera one being the one normally incorporated on the screen, the two others may be placed according to the examiner requirements. The cameras will record the examination process and the videos will be copied on the local computer so that the examiner may inquire them for authentication

Special Features

• For students:-On start-button clicked, the timer will start to count down the remaining time and the examinee will be presented the first reshuffled question and cameras if need be, will start recording the process.

• Controlling-The test will be ended if the examinee submits or if the allocated time read by the timer reaches an end, then the score will be automatically counted while the videos are being saved to the client memory.

• Knowledge Monitoring- This system will produce statistics to allow the teacher to recognize which part of the subject has been more difficult for students in order to help them review that content.

• Multiple Formats:- Picture files (.jpg and .png),audio files(au,mp3) and video files(.gif,.avi,.flv,.mov, .mpg) can be used in this system if the examiner has the need of them to accompany the content of the question. This functionality will also be useful in case special characters that are not available in this system are needed to make a question content.