NCEA Level 1-3: Creating a Derived Grade Exam, Practice Exam or Internal Assessment on EP

This guide walks you through every step of setting up your exams. Whether you’re crafting a Derived Grade Exam, an Internal Assessment, or a Practice Exam, we’re here to help you at every step. Along with the comprehensive guide, we have included some important videos, and webinars to guide you along the way.

1.3 Webinar (August 2024)

Steps

Step 1: Creating Your Exam Paper

Before you begin on EP you should have your Exam pre-prepared with Questions and Assessment Schedule ready to go - including all resources, images and audio/video files needed

Then use your My Content or My Schools Content space in the Library to create your own Exam

Video - Create an Assessment

Full Webinar 

Guides

Step 2: Assigning your Exam to class/es

When your exam is created and tested use Assessments to Assign to the cohort or class/es that will be sitting it. Use options and Time to craft the exact exam parameters needed over the entire exam week. Consider all SACs required.

Add any invigilators to EP with accounts 

Video - Setting Assessments

Full webinar

Guides

Step 3: Monitoring the Exam

Add any invigilators to EP with accounts and show them + teachers how to find the class in Assessments. Use Monitor tab alongside normal school invigilation procedures, and any other monitoring software.

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Step 4: Marking and Exporting

Exams can be marked within EP or exported and marked externally. All student responses and data can also be exported.

To mark or export students answers; go into the Assessment and select the Responses tab, then you can use Begin Marking to mark within EP (guide below), or you can use the "Export as pdf" to get a zip file of each students response emailed to you for marking outside of EP or submitting as an external

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Step 5: Data and Insights

Data reports are available and data can be exported as excel spreadsheets for uploading into school report systems and for post-processing. 

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