What is Crowdmark?
Crowdmark is an online, collaborative marking system designed for page-at-a-time grading. Pages in an assignment or test can be graded by markers and reviewed by instructors concurrently.
Crowdmark offers online, manual grading to instructors and their teaching assistants, and a paperless way to distribute, collect, grade, and return feedback online.
Follow the steps below to get started with and access Crowdmark.
Getting started with Crowdmark
Before you begin, you need to first create your course in Crowdmark.
1. Setup assessment
Generate and print exam booklets with features like multiple choice, or create assignment questions and distribute them to students.
2. Upload completed work
Scan and upload student work or students can upload assignments using mobile phones.
3. Grade and return
Leave rich feedback with flexible grading tools and share frequently-used comments with your team.
Grades can be returned to students online, instantly.
*3-4 days notice is required to use the printing and scanning services provided by W Print. A Unit4 account number is required.
Access Crowdmark
Sign in to Crowdmark to begin.
Crowdmark training
- Schedule a 30 minute information session via phone call with Crowdmark staff
- Contact Crowdmark to book a 30 minute or 60 minute 1:1 or group training session
- View webinars hosted by Crowdmark
- Browse information videos and articles
- View recorded training sessions hosted by Centre for Teaching Excellence
- Crowdmark and Odyssey training video from training session held July 2022 (includes information on administered exams and using Odyssey)
Crowdmark support
Browse support articles
View Crowdmark help articles and videos or review IST's how-to articles and FAQs
Get scanning and printing support
Visit the WPrint website, email wprint@lists.uwaterloo.ca, or call 519-888-4567 ext. 33083
Related links
Odyssey
Odyssey is used for scheduling exam rooms and has an option to use Crowdmark for grading.
If you wish to use Odyssey and Crowdmark together, then you will need to set up a Crowdmark account (using your UW Quest/LEARN email address) before the final stage of submitting your exam to Odyssey.
Akindi
Akindi is a web-based assessment system that automates the creation and grading of multiple-choice exams.