Saras eMarking

A comprehensive on-screen marking solution for secure, scalable, and quality-driven assessment workflows

Saras eMarking supports end-to-end digital marking processes, from project setup and standardization to live marking, quality management, response processing, appeal handling, and reporting.

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Built for complete marking lifecycle management

Saras eMarking is designed to manage the full on-screen marking journey. It supports marking project setup, pre-standardization and standardization, live marking, quality checks, automatic and semi-automatic marking, and result publishing workflows. The platform also supports role-specific dashboards and functional access for teams such as Principal Examiners, Team Leaders, Examiners, and Assistant Examiners.

Configurable setup

Create and manage marking projects with timelines, QIGs, team hierarchies, marking schemes, tolerances, and workflow controls.

Controlled marking operations

Support live marking, script allocation, re-marking, escalation, and progress tracking through structured workflows.

Reliable quality assurance

Enable random checks, spot checks, seed marking, multiple marking, cross-team review, and analytics-driven oversight.

Core
Capabilities

Comprehensive tools designed to streamline the entire marking process while maintaining the highest quality standards.

Marking project setup

Configure marking projects for subjects or papers with timelines, working schedules, Question Item Groups (QIGs), team allocation, hierarchy definition, annotation controls, tolerance limits, and marking schemes. The platform also supports detailed project configuration for standardization, live marking limits, quality settings, marking types…

Standardization

Support pre-standardization and standardization activities through key personnel workflows, script recommendation and categorization, trail marking, benchmark and qualifying exams, approval controls, and automatic allocation of additional standardization scripts for unqualified markers.

Script allocation and live marking

Enable markers to work on allocated scripts through a structured digital workspace. Saras eMarking supports question-wise and candidate-wise marking, response review within a grace period, re-marking based on feedback, progress tracking, timing at question and script level, response…

Quality management

Maintain marking consistency through random checks, ad hoc checks, team-level quality statistics, script approval workflows, borderline double marking, seed marking, multiple marking, and cross-team review. These controls support stronger oversight across the marking lifecycle.

Response processing

Process scanned and digital responses using automatic and semi-automatic workflows. The platform supports scanned script uploads, structured and unstructured scripts, auto-marking for multiple-choice questions, and semi-automatic marking for fill-in-the-blank responses.

Appeals and review

Support appeal request workflows with multiple marking and configurable display of previous marks and annotations, helping institutions manage review and EAR-related processes with better transparency and control.

Reports and analytics

Generate operational and outcome-focused reports including student result reports, audit trail reports, outbound reports, marking consistency reports, marker performance reports, standardization summary reports, and live marking dashboards.

How the Solution Works

A scalable, AI-ready platform that lets examiners train, view, annotate, score and provide feedback all in one secure ecosystem.

Project Setup

Define papers, timelines, QIGs, teams, hierarchies, schemes, and tolerances.

Standardization

Prepare benchmark and qualifying workflows to align marking quality.

Script Allocation

Distribute scripts based on teams, role mapping, and subject expertise.

Live Marking

Enable markers to evaluate responses, annotate, communicate within the team, comment, and submit.

Quality Checks

Run random, ad hoc, and multiple-marking workflows for oversight.

Reporting and Results

Review analytics, track consistency, and publish outputs to downstream systems.

Designed for every role in the marking ecosystem

Principal Examiner / Chief Marker

Access project oversight, standardization controls, approvals, and quality statistics.

Examiner / Marker

Mark scripts efficiently through an intuitive workspace with navigation, comments, progress visibility, and controlled edit windows.

Team Lead / Supervisor

Monitor team-level quality, review scripts, and manage feedback and escalations.

Assistant Examiner

Participate in assigned workflows with role-specific access and task-oriented dashboards.

Support for Digital, Scanned, And Assisted Marking Workflows

Saras eMarking supports OCR-based conversion of paper scripts into digital format and AI-assisted marking for subjective responses, with marker review and confirmation. It also supports essay, short description, fill-in-the-blank, video, and audio response marking, helping assessment teams manage varied response formats in one workflow.

OCR support for paper-based scripts
Video and audio response marking

AI-assisted marking for subjective questions
Structured and unstructured scanned script support

Insights that support operational control

Track assessment quality and performance with built-in reporting across student results, audit trails, standardization summaries, marker performance, marking consistency, outbound reporting, and live marking dashboards. These reports help teams monitor progress, maintain transparency, and support decision-making across the marking cycle.