What are 'partial mark' questions? When are they used?
'Partial Mark' questions in Akindi award students partial credit for each correct response up to the full weight of the question.
Partial Mark questions are commonly used in 'Select All that Apply' style-questions.
How are 'partial mark' questions graded?
For 'Partial Mark' questions, Akindi will award a partial mark for each correct response up to the full-weight of the question.
Each correct response is equally weighted to make up the total number of possible marks for that question.
If 'deduct incorrect answers' is unchecked and the student selects more responses than the answer key contains, the student will receive a score of '0' for the question.
If 'deduct incorrect answers' is checked and the student selects more responses than the answer key contains, Akindi will deduct a partial mark for each incorrect response. Akindi will not allow the student's mark to go below '0'.
What if the student selects an incorrect response?
If 'deduct incorrect answers' is unchecked and the student selects an incorrect response, they will be awarded partial marks for the correct responses and not be penalized for incorrect responses.
If 'deduct incorrect answers' is checked and the student selects an incorrect response, they will be awarded credit for the correct responses and will be deducted partial credit for incorrect responses.
What if the student selects more responses than the answer key contains?
If 'deduct incorrect answers' is unchecked and the student selects more responses than the answer key contains, the student will receive a score of '0' for the question.
If 'deduct incorrect answers' is checked and the student selects more responses than the answer key contains, Akindi will deduct a partial mark for each incorrect response. Akindi will not allow the student's mark to go below '0'.
How are 'partial mark' questions displayed in Akindi?
Akindi colour-codes the answer breakdown, and Responses tab to highlight correct, partially correct, and incorrect responses.
Answer Breakdown
On the Answer Breakdown, Akindi will display the number of students that answered each question correctly, incorrectly, or partially correct.
Correct responses are highlighted in green
Incorrect responses are highlighted in red
Partially correct responses are highlighted in light-red
Blank responses are highlighted in orange
For multi-select questions, Akindi will display the number of students that selected each answer option in the Question Breakdown with the same colour-coding.
Responses
On the Responses table, Akindi will highlight each student's response and whether they answered each question correctly, incorrectly, or partially correct.
Correct responses are highlighted in white cells
Incorrect responses are highlighted in red
Partially correct responses are highlighted in light-red
Blank responses are highlighted in orange
Examples of Akindi's Partial Mark Grading
Example 1: Answer key is 'AB'
Student's Response | Mark Earned if 'deduct incorrect' is unchecked  | Mark Earned if 'deduct incorrect' is checked  |
A | 0.5 (+0.5) | 0.5 (+0.5) |
AB | 1 (+ 0.5 + 0.5) | 1 (+ 0.5 + 0.5) |
AC | 0.5 (+ 0.5 - 0) | 0 (+ 0.5 - 0.5) |
ABC | 0 | 0.5 (+ 0.5 + 0.5 - 0.5) |
Example 2: Answer Key is 'ABC'
Student's Response | Mark Earned if 'deduct incorrect' is unchecked  | Mark Earned if 'deduct incorrect' is checked  |
AB | 0.67 (+ 0.33 + 0.33) | 0.67 (+ 0.33 + 0.33) |
ABC | 1 (+ 0.33 + 0.33 + 0.33) | 1 (+ 0.33 + 0.33 + 0.33) |
ABD | 0.67 (+ 0.33 + 0.33 - 0) | 0.33 (+ 0.33 + 0.33 - 0.33) |
ABCD | 0 | 0.67 (+ 0.33 + 0.33 + 0.33 - 0.33) |