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This article is for faculty who need to troubleshoot issues with Scantron. 

Common Causes for Exam Sheet Rejection

  • Student

    A student filled in more than one answer for a question.

  • Instructor

    The instructor filled in more than one answer for a question on answer key(s).

  • Instructor

    The instructor failed to fill in

    page

    pages 1,2, or 3 correctly.

  • There is more than one bubble filled in for a column on any type of sheet.

Common Causes for Error Message During Report Building Phase

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  • Student

    The student did not fill in the test version number when there are 2

    ,

    or more

    ,

    versions.

    • These exam sheets may be graded incorrectly using another version of the exam.

     
    Viewing
    •  Viewing the emailed reports should indicate which exam caused this error. You may need to re-grade this exam. 

Paper “Skew”/Jam Errors

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If an exam sheet jams

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or you are given a “page skew” error, grab the sheet

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and gently pull the paper away from the rollers with a slight side-to-side motion.

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This sheet will have to be re-scanned.

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Common Causes for Failed Delivery of Exam Results 

  • NetID is bubbled

    -

    in incorrectly.

  • NetID belongs to someone else (i.e. TA scanning exam for Professor, and Professors NetID is entered).

  • NetID is invalid or does not exist. 

Error Message During Emailing Phase:

Your report files are stored in a folder named “RemarkTemp” that you can access via the desktop folder shortcut shown below. Double-click to open the folder. At this point you have two options:

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  1. Email these reports to yourself using Outlook.  

or

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  1. Move the files to your thumb

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  1. drive. 

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