PSS Download Scripts
Ensure you download the exam scripts as PDF files before any marking takes place. These scripts include LSE candidate numbers for anonymisation, allowing them to be sent directly to the First Marker to support marking of hybrid scripts.
Digiexam Access
Digiexam access instructions are issued by the LSE Exams team. Log into Digiexam using your LSE credentials.
Step 1: Navigate to the exam summary
The LSE Exams team will end the exam, at this point it passes into the ‘Graded’ tab of the Digiexam web interface.
PSS selects the relevant exam from the list by clicking on the blue link. Note: check the Exam ID corresponds to the correct sitting of the exam.
The next page displays a summary of the exam with automatic grading rules applied. At this point, the student identities have not been anonymised.
Step 2: Download PDF Exam Scripts
Click the “Print or download” button, this will take you to the print results page.
On the "Print Results" page:
Ensure that all students and all 20 questions are selected. You can confirm this by checking that the option to “Deselect all” is visible next to each selection, which indicates that everything has been successfully selected. Please do not click "Deselect all."
Check the following boxes under each section:
Print settings
Name settings
Show Student code
Exam
Check all boxes
Questions
Question title
Question shown to students
Answering alternatives
Show if alternative is correct
Students' Answers
Answer
Please refer to the screenshot below for visual guidance:
Ensure that only the "Show Student Code" option is selected under the Name Settings. Selecting any other option under the Name Settings will reveal student identities and compromise the anonymisation of the scripts intended for marking.
Select the Preview button at the bottom of the print results page.
On the preview page, select the “Download PDF as multiple files” option located at the top. This will generate and download a separate PDF file for each student, ensuring individual scripts are created for every student.
Step 3: Save and store the scripts
Store the downloaded PDF files in a secure and easily accessible location. The filenames include LSE candidate numbers (referred to as Student Code by Digiexam), which will help maintain anonymity and make it easy to locate specific student scripts during later stages.
PSS Download grades spreadsheet
Download the grades spreadsheet to keep a record of students, their marks with automatic grading, and their Digiexam anonymised identifiers. This spreadsheet can also be used by PSS when releasing grades to students, as it allows them to match the anonymised identifier to the corresponding LSE student candidate number.
Step 1: Anonymise candidates
On the exam summary page, click the “Anonymise exam” button. This will hide students' personal details and replace their names with Digiexam’s anonymised identifiers such as Student 1, Student 2, etc.
Step 2: Download grading spreadsheet
Click the down arrow next to ‘Download grades spreadsheet’ and select the option: Indicate unanswered questions with “-”. Save the spreadsheet as something identifiable like ‘IR203 All Candidate Details'.
Click ‘Download grades spreadsheet’
In the downloaded spreadsheet, Under the First Name column, each student’s name is accompanied by their assigned identifier.
This grading spreadsheet reveals student identities. Ensure it is stored securely and access is restricted to authorised personnel only. It should not be shared with the First Marker.
Instead of downloading new files for hybrid scripts, PSS can simply use the first batch of exam scripts already downloaded. These files already have the LSE candidate number appended to their filenames, making it easy to identify and share individual scripts with the First Marker.
Once outside Digiexam, these hybrid scripts can be treated as paper exams and follow local offline marking process.
Using the previously downloaded grading spreadsheet, PSS can identify students with LON status by locating their assigned anonymised Digiexam identifier (e.g., Student 1, Student 2). The grading spreadsheet lists each student's name alongside their identifier, allowing you to cross-reference and determine which students have an LON.
Using the Digiexam anonymised identifier for students with LON status ensures that anonymity is preserved throughout the process. If required for marking, these identifiers may be shared with the marker to facilitate the grading of students with LON.
Students with LONs who have completed hybrid scripts can be marked either online using the Digiexam identifier or offline using LSE candidate number.
PSS Share Exam with First Marker on Digiexam
The exam must be shared with the First Marker only after anonymisation has been turned on.
Step 1: Ensure anonymisation is turned on
If you have already turned anonymity on during the previous step, the “Anonymise exam” button will appear as “Remove anonymisation” and does not need to be pressed again.
If the exam is not anonymised, click the “Anonymise exam” button on the main exam summary page. This will hide students' personal details and replace their names with Digiexam anonymous identifiers such as Student 1, Student 2, etc.
Step 2: Sharing exam
On the exam summary page, click the “Share grading work...” button.
PSS enters the email address of the Teacher that is acting as First Marker
Ensure all of the questions and students are selected and select the option to ‘Share grading work'. This shares the anonymised marking with the First Marker.
First Marker Process
Digiexam Access
Digiexam access instructions are issued by the LSE Exams team. Log into Digiexam using your LSE credentials.
Step 1: Download Anonymised Grade Spreadsheet v1
In the ‘Graded’ tab, the First Marker selects the relevant exam from the list by clicking on the blue link. Note: check the Exam ID corresponds to the correct sitting of the exam.
The next page displays a summary of the exam with automatic grading rules applied.
Click the down arrow next to ‘Download grades spreadsheet’ and select the option: “Indicate unanswered questions with “-”
Click ‘Download grades spreadsheet’. This will download an anonymised grade spreadsheet with automatic ‘right minus wrong’ grading rules applied. Save the file as ‘Anonymised Grade spreadsheet v1’. Note: students in this spreadsheet are referred to using Digiexam’s anonymous identifiers: 'Student 1', 'Student 2' etc. and not LSE candidate number.
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‘Anonymised Grade spreadsheet v1’ acts as a reference point when troubleshooting any issues during subsequent marking steps. We recommend the First Marker makes a copy of this spreadsheet and saves it in a secure location for later reference.
Step 2: Review Answers to Questions with One Correct Answer
First Marker uses conditional formatting to highlight scores of '0' in questions with one correct answer in ‘Grade spreadsheet v1’.
First Marker returns to the Digiexam exam summary and clicks option ‘Continue grading’.
In the grading page, First Marker identifies questions with one correct answer by selecting the relevant student in the right panel of Digiexam.
The student’s response loads in the left panel of the screen, Digiexam indicates whether answers provided by the student were correct or incorrect.
First Marker refers to the student’s answer and either updates the ‘Points’ field from ‘0' to ‘2’ if the student has selected one correct AND one incorrect answer or leaves the score at '0’ if the scoring rule has been correctly applied. The captures below show the two possible outcomes.
Step 3: Saving Overwritten Marks on Digiexam
Once the First Marker has finished overwriting marks, please ensure that the "Save and close" button located in the top panel of the grading page in Digiexam is clicked to confirm and save the changes. Note: this will close the grading view and return to the exam summary.
Please ensure you manually click the "Save" button in the top panel of the grading page in Digiexam, even if the automatic save notification appears. If work is not manually saved, it will automatically be lost when PSS removes anonymisation.
Step 4: Download Anonymised Grade Spreadsheet v2
First Marker follows instructions in Step 1 to download the anonymised grade spreadsheet again, this time it contains any overwritten marks to questions with one correct answer. Click ‘Download grades spreadsheet’ and save as ‘Anonymised Grade spreadsheet v2’
Step 5: Update Answers to Questions with Three Correct Answers
First Marker updates all answers to questions with 3 correct answers on the v2 grades spreadsheet from '1.3' or '2.6' to '1' or '2' respectively, this can be done using find and replace on Excel. The spreadsheet now contains all the correct marks.
When using find and replace, ensure you copy the exact number directly from the cell This ensures the replacement is accurate, as Excel will only replace the number if it matches exactly, including all decimals.
Note that the marking to questions with three correct answers is not updated on Digiexam.
Step 6: Updating Final Grades
First marker will need to calculate the final grade and percentage mark on the spreadsheet. Add a new column to the grading spreadsheet called "New Final Grade."
Using an appropriate formula sum the marks across the individual columns for each student to give the total score. This can be done by using =SUM (cell of first question:cell of last question)
After calculating the final grade for each student, add another column called "Percentage". You will need to apply the appropriate formula to convert the final grade into a percentage.
This is the end of the first marking process and the final spreadsheet can now be saved and shared with PSS.
Note, from Step 4 'Download Anonymised Grade Spreadsheet v2' onwards, the marks in the offline grading spreadsheet will diverge from what is displayed in Digiexam. It is therefore important not to refer to the automatic grading as displayed in Digiexam as part of grade release.
PSS Reveal Identities for Anonymised Grade spreadsheet v2
PSS perform a VLOOKUP in Excel to cross-reference the spreadsheet containing the corrected marks and final grades ('Anonymised Grade Spreadsheet v2') provided by the marker with the student identities from the spreadsheet downloaded during the step ‘PSS downloads grades spreadsheet’ labelled ‘IR203 All Candidate Details'.
PSS can use a combination of student identifiers and candidate number to match each student with the appropriate marks per question, overall mark and email address as required. The marking is now ready to be reconciled with any offline or paper marking and used for release of marks.