Once grading is completed and released by the instructor, revisit the Crowdmark link in Moodle or click the link in your email notification. You will see your scored assessment, including any stamps, highlights, or text comments left by the graders.
Crowdmark
Student Submission of Crowdmark Assignment
Submitting for Different Question Types
Text Questions
Type your response directly into the text box. The box supports Markdown for formatting text, links, and images.
PDF/Image Uploads
Write your answers on paper, keeping each question separate. Use your phone or other device to capture an image of your assignment submission. Save your work as a PDF, JPG, or PNG. Drag and drop the files into the designated upload area for each specific question.
Tips
If you are using phones such as iPhone that use different features to create and capture photos in high definition formats, you may need to save the image as a PDF, JPG, or PNG rather than tranferring the original file which will not be compatible with Crowdmark.
There are free tools that students can download, such as Adobe Scan, that will help format your image correctly and allow straightening, cropping and rotation before saving it.
Rotating and Formatting Pages
Before clicking the final submit button, review your uploaded image thumbnails. If a page is sideways or upside down, click the magnifying glass icon on the page thumbnail, then click the Rotate page button to orient it correctly
Accessing Crowdmark Assignments
Click the Crowdmark assignment link in your Moodle course. You will be routed directly to your assessment page without needing a separate login. Accessing this link via a web browser (desktop or mobile) is preferred over using the Moodle app, as the process of submitting to Crowdmark via the app may not work at all.
Adding a Crowdmark Assessment to Moodle
Connecting Crowdmark to your Moodle course allows you to seamlessly sync your student roster and push final grades directly into your Moodle Gradebook. Setting up this connection correctly from the start prevents the most common grading sync errors.
Here is how to add a Crowdmark assessment to your course page and configure the grading settings.
(more…)Adding Team member (graders etc) in Crowdmark
Your course may have TA’s or markers that help facilitate your assessments. Crowdmark allows you to add a team of members into Crowdmark to help you with marking. The following instructions will provide you with the best ways of adding team members such as TA’s to your Crowdmark assessments.
Managing Bulk Student Accommodations in Crowdmark
With updates to the interface and functionality, Crowdmark has introduced a streamlined way to manage accessibility and student accommodations. Instead of manually editing individual settings for every student with an accommodation requirement, instructors can now apply time multipliers and deadline extensions to students in the course, in bulk.
1. Accessing the Accommodations Dashboard
Accommodations are managed at the Roster level within a specific assessment.
- Launch your Crowdmark assessment from Moodle.
- In the top navigation menu, click on Students.
- You will see your synced Moodle roster. Notice the new Accommodations column.
2. Applying Accommodations in Bulk
This is the most efficient way to handle “Time and a Half” (1.5x) or “Double Time” (2.0x) for a group of students.
- Select Students: Use the checkboxes on the left side of the roster to select all students who require the same accommodation.
- Open Bulk Actions: Once students are selected, a floating “Bulk Actions” bar will appear at the bottom of the screen. Click Manage Accommodations.
- Set the Multiplier: In the pop-up window, you can set:
- Time Multiplier: (e.g., enter
1.5for 150% time). Crowdmark will automatically calculate the new individual time limit based on your assessment’s original duration. - Fixed Extension: (e.g., add exactly
30 minutes).
- Time Multiplier: (e.g., enter
- Apply: Click Save Changes.
3. Setting Individual “Late Windows”
For students who have accommodations related to submission windows rather than timed duration:
- In the same Manage Accommodations window, you can toggle “Exempt from Late Penalties.”
- This ensures that even if a student submits after the global Moodle deadline, Crowdmark will not flag the submission as late or apply any pre-configured point deductions.
4. Verifying Accommodations
Once applied, a yellow clock icon will appear next to the student’s name in the roster.
- Hover over the icon to see the specific math: e.g., “Original: 60m → Accommodated: 90m.”
- Student View: When the student begins the assessment, their countdown timer will automatically reflect their specific accommodated time. They do not need to do anything to “activate” it.
Best Practices for U of L Instructors
- Sync First: Always ensure you have clicked Sync Roster from Moodle before setting accommodations to ensure all students are present.
- The “ALC” Tag: If you have many students, you can use the Moodle “Groups” feature to group ALC students together. When you sync to Crowdmark, you can filter by that group to make selecting them for bulk accommodations even faster.
- Timed vs. Assigned: Remember that multipliers only apply to Timed Assessments. For standard “Assigned” homework with no timer, use the Individual Deadline override instead.
Syncing Crowdmark Grades to the Moodle Gradebook
Note: This tutorial completes the local Moodle-specific documentation series. It should be published as the final step in the Crowdmark workflow, guiding instructors on how to push their completed evaluations back to the Moodle Gradebook.
Once your grading team has finished evaluating all submissions in Crowdmark, the final step is to push those scores directly into your Moodle Gradebook. Because you set up the connection using Moodle’s External Tool, this process requires just a few clicks.
Before you begin, ensure that grading is 100% complete in Crowdmark. Pushing grades multiple times is possible, but it is best practice to perform a final sync once all evaluations are complete.
1. Exporting Grades from Crowdmark
You must initiate the grade sync from inside the Crowdmark interface, not from Moodle.
1.Navigate to the Results panel:
Open your assessment in Crowdmark. In the left-hand sidebar menu, click on Results.
2.Click Export to LMS:LTI 1.3 Integration feature.
In the upper right corner of the Results page, click the Export to LMS button. (If your roster was not synced properly initially, this button might prompt you to sync your roster first).
3.Confirm the Export:
A confirmation window will appear showing how many grades are about to be sent to Moodle. Click Export grades to confirm. Crowdmark will display a success message once the transmission is complete.
[Screenshot placeholder: The Crowdmark Results page with a highlighted box around the ‘Export to LMS’ button]
Troubleshooting Tip: If a student’s grade fails to export, verify that they have an active account in your Moodle course and that their Moodle email matches their Crowdmark email exactly. If they were manually added to Crowdmark with a personal email, their grade will not sync.
2. Verifying the Sync in Moodle
After Crowdmark confirms the export, you should immediately check your Moodle Gradebook to ensure the numbers transferred correctly.
1.Open the Moodle Gradebook:
Return to your Moodle course page. In the main course navigation menu, click on Grades to open the Grader report.
2.Locate the Assessment Column:
Find the column matching the name of your Crowdmark activity.
3.Verify the Scores:The Maximum Grade check.
Check that the student scores appear correctly and that the column total matches your expectations.
[Screenshot placeholder: The Moodle Grader report showing the populated Crowdmark grade column]
⚠️ The 100-Point Sync Error
If you notice that a student who scored 30/40 in Crowdmark appears as 30/100 (or 75/100) in Moodle, there is a mismatch between the assessment totals.
How to fix it:
- In Moodle, turn on Edit mode.
- Click the three dots next to your Crowdmark activity link and select Edit settings.
- Expand the Grade section and change the Maximum grade to match the Crowdmark total (e.g., 40).
- Save the changes. The Gradebook will automatically recalculate the correct point values.
Using Crowdmark: Instructor Workflows
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:
Administered or Assigned Assessments
There are two types of assessments available in Crowdmark. Administered and Assigned.
There are two types of assessments available in Crowdmark. Administered and Assigned. You will want to choose an Assigned assessment. The link below describes the difference between the two.
https://crowdmark.com/help/choosing-an-assessment-type/ (more…)
Crowdmark’s New Grading Interface (Fall/Winter 2025)
Crowdmark introduced a new interface back in the summer of 2023, but they have updated it again in October of 2025. All the same functions and features, but to give you more canvas space when grading, some features have been combined or appear in different menus.