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The whole exam, from the first draft to the feedback

Marqua is not just an answer sheet. It helps you write the exam, print a different version for each student, grade it with a scanner or phone and give each student back their sheet with the reason behind every answer.

01

Set up your courses

  • Courses and sectionsOrganize your groups by subject, term and section, and archive them when you finish without losing their history.
  • The class list, pasted from ExcelCopy the official list and paste it. Before importing you see which students are new, which change and which are missing.
  • Roll call from your phonePresent or absent with a tap; late or excused with a long press. No more copying the list out neatly afterwards.
  • Attendance pointsYou set the rule for each course and the points are added as one more column of the grades.
  • Several schoolsIf you teach at more than one school, each course carries that school's letterhead and logo.
02

Write the questions

  • The question types you useSingle choice, multiple correct answers, numeric with tolerance, open-ended with a rubric, and survey. One exam can mix them all.
  • Multiple correct answers, scored your wayAll or nothing, a deduction for each mistake, or proportional scoring. You decide what getting part of it right is worth.
  • Numeric answers that grade themselvesThe student writes the number by hand in a box. Marqua accepts the margin of error you set and can require significant figures.
  • Formulas and figuresWrite formulas as in LaTeX and add graphs, even as answer options. They look just as good on paper, while grading and in the feedback.
  • One prompt for several questionsA reading, a case or a problem with parts (a), (b) and (c), printed only once.
  • Feedback written in advanceWrite why each option is right or wrong. The student will read it in their feedback, so you will not have to explain it one by one.
  • AI assistantIt proposes new questions, improves the ones you have or builds a problem with parts. You see every change highlighted before accepting it.
  • Form or textWrite with a guided form or in text mode, with autocomplete. If something is wrong, the warning takes you straight to the field.
03

A different version for each student

That makes copying hard: a classmate's letter or number is no use on another copy, and you do not have to prepare several versions by hand.

  • Shuffled questions and optionsEach copy has a different order. Whatever must stay put, stays put.
  • Different data on each copyThe mass, the angle or the interest rate change from one student to another, within the ranges you set. Marqua calculates the correct answer for each copy.
  • Data that belongs togetherA province with its area and population, or a sentence with its options: each copy gets a complete row of your table, never mixed data.
  • Check the versions before printingA table with the data and the answer of each copy, to rule out an absurd combination before it reaches the classroom.
  • Units under controlIf a formula gives meters where you expected meters per second, Marqua warns you.
  • Always reproducibleYou can reprint exactly the same copies whenever you need to.
04

Your question bank

  • Reuse what you already wroteSave questions with tags and search them by keyword.
  • You know where you used each oneEach question shows which exams it appeared in, so you avoid repeating it for the same section.
  • The history of each questionHow it performed on each exam and what adjustments it received. So you know which to keep and which to rewrite.
  • Printable catalogReview your bank on paper, rubrics included.
05

Design the paper

  • Your school's formatLetter, legal or A4; one or two columns per section; options in a row or a column; the font size you like.
  • Boxes that are easy to markYou choose the shape of the box and how it is marked: with an X, with a check mark or by filling it in.
  • Every sentence, your wayThe instructions and texts the student reads can be rewritten, removed or restored to their original version.
  • Even copies for photocopyingAll copies with the same number of pages, double-sided too.
  • A preview of the real paperYou see any copy exactly as it will print, with zoom, before using a single sheet.
06

Print without surprises

  • A check before printingMarqua checks that nothing is missing and nothing runs off the page. If it finds a problem, it tells you before you print.
  • Anonymous or named copiesHand out copies without names and identify them later, or print each one with its student's name.
  • An answer sheet for your usual examIf your exam is already in Word, print only an answer sheet and photocopy it. The student ID is marked on the sheet itself.
  • Another section, another versionDuplicate the exam for another section with a new order, or fix a typo in a later version without invalidating what is already printed.
07

Scan and identify

  • Scanner or phoneUpload the PDF from the office scanner, from apps like CamScanner or Google Drive, or phone photos.
  • Crooked or upside-down sheetsMarqua recognizes every page even if it arrives rotated, so you do not have to sort the pile.
  • Whose copy is itBy the student ID the student marks or, on anonymous copies, by the handwritten name, with help from AI and your confirmation.
  • Nothing gets mixed upIf you upload sheets from another exam or another version by mistake, Marqua rejects them instead of grading them.
  • You know what is missingA table shows you which pages arrived, which are missing and which are duplicated.
08

Grade and review

  • Automatic grades, no zeros by mistakeWhat reads clearly is graded automatically. Anything doubtful never becomes a zero: it waits for your review.
  • You see what Marqua sawEach box appears cropped from the scanned sheet and one tap changes the decision. So no grade comes from a mark nobody saw.
  • Spot odd marks at a glanceAll the boxes of the exam, sorted from emptiest to fullest, to see the borderline cases at a glance.
  • Handwritten answersThe AI reads numbers and written work several times and proposes a score. Numeric answers are graded automatically only if all readings agree; on open-ended answers, you have the last word.
  • Fast review with the keyboardMove from one pending answer to the next, zoom in on the student's handwriting and confirm the clear ones in bulk.
09

Adjust after the exam is printed

  • Fix the answer keyIf a correct answer was wrong in the key, you change it and Marqua recalculates every grade. No need to reprint.
  • Void a flawed questionGive everyone credit for it or spread its weight over the rest, and explain to the student why.
  • Fine-tune the rubric by looking at real answersBefore applying a change you see how many grades go up or down. Every adjustment is recorded with its reason.
10

Give back and learn from the exam

  • Feedback for each studentA PDF with their scanned sheet and the points in the margin, the correct answer, the reason and the rubric applied. If someone disputes a grade, the explanation is already on their sheet, and the student sees where they went wrong.
  • Transparency for any grade disputeThe feedback says which rubric was used for grading and explains any later adjustment.
  • Analysis of each questionDifficulty, discrimination, distractors nobody picks and the exam's reliability, explained in plain words. You catch the badly worded question before the next exam.
11

Take the grades wherever you need them

  • CSV for Excel or the school officeThe grades, with attendance if you use it, ready to open in a spreadsheet.
  • Moodle formatsExport grades as the CSV the Moodle gradebook accepts, and questions as GIFT and Moodle XML. If you use Moodle, tell us how it goes in the early-access version.
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Your data and your devices

  • Data stays on your computerSheets are read in your browser or in the desktop app, not on a server.
  • Automatic backupsMarqua keeps copies of your project and you can restore any of them.
  • Sync with your Google DriveWork on more than one computer from the browser, with your own cloud.
  • You choose the AIA cloud AI or one that runs on your own computer. Before each use, Marqua tells you what leaves your computer and where it goes.
  • Windows, macOS, Linux or the browserThe same program and the same paper on all of them.

Example exams

These are the four examples that come with Marqua to get started, printed just as a student receives them. Tap a page to see it full size.

Physics 1 · First midterm

Formulas with units, numeric answers with different data on each copy, problems with parts, “choose three of these four” and an open-ended question with a rubric.

Math · Equations, sequences and functions

Equations, interest and sequences with different values on each copy, options in a row and a parabola problem with parts and a rubric.

Spanish Language Arts · Reading comprehension and writing

A reading passage with several questions, a different sentence to analyze on each copy and an essay graded with a five-criterion rubric.

Social Studies · Dominican History and Geography

A primary source, data tables, a different province on each copy, two-column questions and an open-ended question with a rubric.

The same question, two students

This is how question 5 of the physics exam comes out in two copies. The wording is the same, but the data changes, and with it the answer. Marqua grades each copy with its own key.

5. An object travels 400 m at constant velocity and takes 15 s to do it. What is its average speed, in m/s?

Copy 1 · answer: 27 m/s

5. An object travels 400 m at constant velocity and takes 25 s to do it. What is its average speed, in m/s?

Copy 2 · answer: 16 m/s

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