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New way of marking exams

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  • #2
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    Yep. Another cost-saving measure.


  • #3
    spurious
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    The one plus is that candidates must use blue or black pen for it to be picked up by the scanner, or so I heard. Begone red, green and pink biros.


  • #4
    sryanbruen
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    spurious wrote: »
    The one plus is that candidates must use blue or black pen for it to be picked up by the scanner, or so I heard. Begone red, green and pink biros.

    Yeah I was told to only use black pen.

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  • #5
    jeonahr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭jeonahr


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    Yeah I was told to only use black pen.

    You're actually supposed to use pen for all exams. Not that anyone actually follows that rule.


  • #6
    sryanbruen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,738 ✭✭✭✭sryanbruen


    jeonahr wrote: »
    You're actually supposed to use pen for all exams. Not that anyone actually follows that rule.

    'Em I do use "pen" for all exams..... :confused:

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  • #7
    jeonahr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 249 ✭✭jeonahr


    sryanbruen wrote: »
    'Em I do use "pen" for all exams..... :confused:

    Haha oops :P
    At least in my year no one uses pen for "all" their exams. Especially not maths.


  • #8
    mtoutlemonde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭mtoutlemonde


    spurious wrote: »
    The one plus is that candidates must use blue or black pen for it to be picked up by the scanner, or so I heard. Begone red, green and pink biros.

    And the pencil which a lot of students use for the aural. I can see this causing a lot of stress to students about this in the morning.


  • #9
    John_2187
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47 ✭John_2187


    Does the new way mean if the electronic can't read my writing then I get less marks? I have okay writing but there's a lot of scribbles and mistakes


  • #10
    spurious
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Education Moderators Posts: 27,316 CMod ✭✭✭✭spurious


    John_2187 wrote: »
    Does the new way mean if the electronic can't read my writing then I get less marks? I have okay writing but there's a lot of scribbles and mistakes

    The current way of marking means if your writing can't be read, you can't get marks. It will be the same with the new system. As I understand it, correctors will correct scanned images of pages - the pages won't be put through an OCR system.


  • #11
    mtoutlemonde
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,140 ✭✭✭mtoutlemonde


    John_2187 wrote: »
    Does the new way mean if the electronic can't read my writing then I get less marks? I have okay writing but there's a lot of scribbles and mistakes

    If your writing can't be read, the examiner flags it and the original is checked.


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