Service overview
Crowdmark is an online collaborative grading and analytics platform, integrated with McGill’s myCourses Learning Management System, that helps educators, working alone or in teams, to more effectively evaluate student work.
The platform allows for easy distribution and collection of student work, offers tools for the assembly and management of grading teams, and provides an online workflow that streamlines grading and the delivery of rich feedback to students.
Instructors may choose two types of assessments:
- The Administered assessment allows an instructor to create paper exams or assignments that are written by students and then scanned into Crowdmark for evaluation.
- The Assigned assessment allows the instructor to deliver homework or assignments to students with a due date and also provides students with methods to upload their completed work for evaluation on Crowdmark.
Who can use it
- Instructors use Crowdmark to create assessments for their students and distribute grading of assessment questions to their TAs.
- Teaching Assistants (TAs) use Crowdmark to grade specific questions of an assignment and provide feedback to students.
- Students access Crowdmark to submit their quizzes, exams and other assessment answers.
How to request & access the service
Instructors and TAs
To use Crowdmark from myCourses:
- Add the Crowdmark link to your course in myCourses. See Creating custom links and link groups for your navigation bar.
- From Crowdmark, you will import your course, students, and define the roles for your team of co-instructors and TAs. Find links to Crowdmark documentation and resources in Collaborate on Grading with Crowdmark in the Teaching and Learning Knowledge Base.
Students
Once the instructor distributes an assessment to the class, each student will receive an email containing their own Crowdmark assignment link.
First time sign in (instructors and students)
The first time you access Crowdmark from within myCourses, you will be asked to verify your email address. Enter your McGill email address; you will then receive a confirmation email message, to which you must reply.
After the first time, you will not be prompted to sign into Crowdmark when you access it from myCourses.
Cost
There is no cost associated with this service.
Availability
This service is available 24 X 7, except during scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. Check the Crowdmark website and the System Status page on the IT Support site for announcements regarding service interruptions.
Frequently asked questions
How can I make sure my assignment was submitted?
See Verify that your assignment was submitted
Best practices & policies
None available at this time.
Training & documentation
Collaborate on Grading with Crowdmark - Crowdmark documentation, organized by topic.
Support
Instructors: If you’re getting started with Crowdmark and want help with the design of your assessments, submit a request for a consultation with Teaching & Learning Services.
Students and instructors: If you are having problems accessing your assessments in Crowdmark contact the IT Service Desk