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Guides for running exams end to end.
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Getting started
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Six steps take you from an empty school to a live exam. Each step has its own page — the sidebar groups them under Schoo…
How an exam flows end-to-end
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Everything in YouGrade follows one pipeline: {{img:shot-plans}} Plan — a named exam period (e.g. "First Term Exams") wit…
Importing students
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Each plan has its own roster — upload a CSV on the plan's Students page with the columns: Student ID, Name, Class, Mobil…
Teacher guide — papers & marking
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As a teacher you have two jobs in YouGrade: {{img:shot-marking}} Author papers — when an admin assigns you a paper you g…
Exam workflow
The schedule grid
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The grid is your date sheet in the making: dates down the left, classes across the top. Click an empty cell to place an…
Paper templates & question types
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A template defines a paper's skeleton: ordered sections, each with one question type, a question count and marks per que…
Assigning papers to teachers
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Click a scheduled cell's assign action to hand its paper to a teacher: {{img:shot-papers}} Pick a template (offers only…
Reviewing & approving papers
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Every submitted paper waits for its approver's verdict: {{img:shot-papers}} Open it from Papers (or the approver's own r…
Authoring a question paper
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Teachers receive an email when a paper is assigned. Open My papers, fill each section, then Submit. Sections and per-que…
Marking answers
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Objective questions are marked automatically on submit. The marking queue holds what needs a human: {{img:shot-marking}}…
Publishing & sharing the exam link
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Publishing a plan activates its public exam link — copy it from the plan header and share via WhatsApp, email or the sch…
Availability windows
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Controls a per-cell choice on the schedule grid. When ON, each exam cell gets a window mode; when OFF the control is hid…
Model answers & rubrics
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When ON, paper authors get a model-answer / rubric field on teacher-marked questions, and markers see that guide while a…
Publish results to students
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When ON, students can view their final marks on the public exam link after their paper is marked — the same link they us…
Hide approved papers
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When ON, once a paper is approved its contents are hidden from the setter (author) and the approver — they see it in the…
Off-days & holidays
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Two ways to block dates from scheduling, per plan: Weekly off-days — weekdays (Fri + Sat by default) that show as blocke…
Advanced anti-cheat options
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Optional per-plan defenses — all OFF by default. Enable only what your exam needs: Shuffle — randomizes question and opt…
Reference
How students take exams (no accounts)
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YouGrade has no student accounts — here's the flow: {{img:shot-verify}} Open the plan's exam link (shared by the school)…
Anti-cheat options
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⚙ Plan settings → Advanced anti-cheat. All six are OFF by default — enable per plan as needed: {{img:shot-acsettings}} S…
The integrity report
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Reports → Integrity lists every attempt carrying a signal tag, filterable by plan, class, or student code/name. Tab swit…
Marks grid, absences & export
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The marks grid (plan → Marks) shows every roster student × subject: {{img:shot-marks}} Final score once marked; submitte…
Why Schools Are Moving Exams Online
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Printing papers for every class, every subject and every grade is an exam-office project on its own — then come the cour…
Secure Online Exams Without Student Accounts
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The hidden cost of most exam platforms is not the subscription — it is issuing, managing and resetting a thousand studen…
Auto-Marking: What It Saves and Where Teachers Still Win
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Ask a teacher what exam week costs and the answer is rarely proctoring — it is marking. Seven of YouGrade's eleven quest…