Once you have successfully added your Crowdmark activity to Moodle and synced your student roster, the heavy lifting is done! From this point forward, you will be working directly inside the Crowdmark platform to build, deliver, and grade your assessments.
Crowdmark’s interface is designed to be intuitive and flexible. To help you get the most out of their tools, we have curated the most helpful guides directly from the official Crowdmark Help Center. Whether you are running an in-person paper exam or an online assignment, the resources below will walk you through exactly what you need to know.
1. Choosing Your Assessment Type
When you first launch your assessment, Crowdmark will ask you to choose a format.
- Administered (In-Person): Choose this for paper exams that students will write in a classroom. You will print a booklet, administer the test, and scan the pages back into Crowdmark for grading.
- Assigned (Online): Choose this for homework, take-home exams, or remote tests. Students will log in, view the questions, and upload their own files or type their answers directly into the system.
2. Creating Questions & Formatting
Crowdmark makes it easy to build your assessments, offering multiple-choice questions, text entries, and file uploads. You can also format your text with bolding, lists, and even mathematical equations.
- Adding questions to your assignment
- Formatting text with Markdown and LaTeX (Note: These formatting rules apply to both your question setup and your grading feedback!)
3. Printing, Scanning, and Matching (In-Person Exams Only)
If you are running an Administered paper exam, Crowdmark uses a unique QR-code system to keep everyone’s pages perfectly organized.
4. The Grading Interface & Feedback Tools
This is where Crowdmark really shines. The grading dashboard is built for speed and consistency, especially if you are working with a team of TAs.
- Navigating the grading tools (Learn how to use stamps, freehand drawing, and point deductions).
- Using the Comment Library (A massive time-saver: learn how to save your most common feedback and share it with your grading team).
5. The Student Perspective
It is always helpful to know what your students are seeing. When an assessment is ready, direct your students to click the Crowdmark link located inside your Moodle course.
Need help with the Moodle side of things? If you are having trouble syncing your students or pushing your final grades back into your Moodle Gradebook, head back to our local Moodle Answers tutorials:
- [Adding a Crowdmark Assessment to Moodle]
- [Syncing Your Roster and Grading Team]
- [Syncing Crowdmark Grades to the Moodle Gradebook]