FullMarks Walk-Through Tutorial

FullMarks is a tool to support educators ....

by allowing them to work together to ...

by allowing them to work together to ...

Quickly and easily.

Create an account.

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Click on “Sign up now”

Create an account.

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Complete form and submit

Create an account.

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Click Log In

Welcome to FullMarksYour details

Navigation

Click on your name to change any of your details

Use the 5 navigation tabs to move around the site

Access and share questions

Quickly and easily.

Click on “Browse Questions”

It is free and questions are openly licensed.

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Click on the topic to see all the questions✔

Browsing gives you a list of topics that questions can be associated with and you can select topics, or see subtopics, to see the list of associated

questions

✔ Click on the topic arrow to see all subtopics

✔Click on Find Questions in the subnavigation to do a more

targeted search


Enter information about the questions you are looking for

and click on submit✔

For example, searching for the keyword “mathematics” returns a list of questions that have mathematics as a keyword

Access and share questionsBut ...

You probably want to search by curriculum standards or topics

FullMarks supports multiple parallel standards to cater for different organisations, curriculum standards etc.

You have to choose which standards/topics you want to use

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You need to change your details so click on your name


Standards/Topics are question metadata so you

need to specify which organisation's metadata you

want to use and save✔

A set of South African curriculum standards is maintained by the Shuttleworth Foundation organisational account on FullMarks so if

you are a South African educator this is a good place to start

You can change it later


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Return to Questions

Select Topics option added✔


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Select Topics window lists topics/standards you can

select to add to your search

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A search for author “britz” returns a list of questions

Selecting view on a question brings up the question detail

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Each item in the bank has:● Reference material if applicable● Question● Answer● Topics/Curriculum Standards● Keywords● Mark allocation● Time allocation

These are the things that will make the items useful to you and allow us to analyse results


For a question you can:● Communicate with the author● Rate it – tell other people if it is a good

question● Verify the answer – sometimes even good

questions have a mistake in the memo everybody makes mistakes so lets help each other by checking answers

● Use it in a test● Make your own version (derive a copy) –

sometimes you want to make a minor change to a question, change the context or the numbers

● Leave a comment – give everyone feedback about how you used this question

Your feedback can trigger discussion amongst educators, improved sorting of questions, and better quality assurance – please provide

feedback!


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You can contribute your own questions to the bank as well, click on the Questions navigation tab and then click on Contribute

Questions in the subnavigation

Choose Add Question

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Just fill in the simple form for creating a question, you can enter Reference Material like a poem or extract from a resource, include

the Question and the Marks allocation


Specify the question format, provide the answer, any keywords, the relevant topics and a learner response time.

Click save and you have a draft question.


You have to Finalise a question before it will be available for others to see.

Create tests from questions

Quickly and easily.


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Find a question you would like to include in a test ....

And click on Add to test

Give your test a name and click on Submit


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Then click on Tests to see your test list

You can add another test, download the test or memo PDF files

Click on the test title to see the test details


Test details include all Topics covered by the included questions, total marks and total time allocation.

Click on Add Questions to add more questions to your test


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Notice the test name at the top, you are specifically searching for questions to add to this test

Just click on Add to test and the question will automatically be added


The questions are added and the link changes to Remove from test – quick and easy!

You can change the search criteria or click on the test name to go back to the test details

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Now you have made a test in a couple of painless minutes and you can download the question paper and memo.

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Please rate some questions and check some answers – it'll make FullMarks better for everyone!

Please rate some questions and check some answers – it'll make FullMarks better for everyone!

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Create class lists

Quickly and easily.

Create class listsIf you are creating tests then you probably want to use them for a

class you teach

FullMarks provides the functionality to create class lists so that you can capture marks and evaluate learner and class performance.

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Just click on the Class lists navigation tab and then Add Class List

BTW – you can use Import Learners to import a CSV file from your favourite spreadsheet

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Create class lists

Give your class a name ....✔

Create class lists

And add your learners/students/pupils!

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Create scoresheets

Quickly and easily.

Create scoresheets

Actually capturing the results of a test requires a scoresheet for a particular class and test.

You can use a test for multiple classes just make multiple scoresheets

Create scoresheets

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Click on the Tests navigation tab and then on Marks in the subnavigation

Create scoresheets

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You don't have any scoresheets yet so all you see is the Add

Scoresheet button – click on it

✔And then choose the test and

class(es) that need scoresheet(s)

Create scoresheets

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You now have a scoresheet, just select a learner to enter their

marks

Create scoresheets

Capture the learner's mark for each question and click Save

Repeat for all learners

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You now have a completed scoresheet

Analyse learner's performance

Quickly and easily.


Now that the learner's results are captured you can use some high level reports that are included in FullMarks to help with identifying particular areas in which individual learners or classes need more

support.


For example, click on Learner Performance per Topic

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Click on Reports on the navigation tabs to

see a list of reports


Then choose a test and click on Generate

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Choose a class for which to generate a

report

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Now you have a list of topics tested and the average mark that each learners gets for questions that include that topic.

What's the point?

● Catalogue your questions ● Share your resources with your colleagues● Help underresourced educators● Browse questions for ideas● Quickly adapt questions● Discuss questions online to learn more and capture

learnings for other educators to see● Save time setting tests● Analyse learners performance, especially if you have

large classes

Accept our 5step challenge

Upload a question

Rate a question

Verify an answer

Comment on a question

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