Once your students have written the test, you can scan and upload the sheets!
Scan the Bubble Sheets
Once the students have completed the assessment, collect the completed bubble sheets (response sheets) and scan them using any scanner with a document feeder.
How to scan the test sheets
Because each scanner is slightly different, we recommend contacting your school's IT team for specific instructions on how to use your scanner.
Here are general instructions on how to use a scanner.
Put the stack of completed test sheets on the document feeder of the scanner.
Click the ‘Scan’ option on the scanner’s display screen.
The scanner will walk you through a few steps including entering an email address to which the PDF will be sent.
Click the ‘Scan’ button.
Within a few minutes, you will receive an email with a PDF of the scanned test sheets attach. You will upload this PDF to Akindi.
Scanning recommendations
We recommend following the following scanning settings. Likely, the default settings of your scanner will work perfectly.
Scan in batches of ~100 test sheets
Scan in 150 DPI resolution
💡 You do not need to sort the test sheets. Akindi will automatically sort test sheets by version, by student name and ID, and even rotate test sheets if they are scanned in upside down.
Upload the Bubble Sheets
Upload Bubble Sheets through Akindi Dashboard
The most commonly used method to upload completed bubble sheets to Akindi is through the Akindi dashboard.
From within your Akindi account:
1. Click the 'Upload Response Sheets' button on the desired assessment.
2. Select the PDF file containing the completed test sheets.
3. Click 'Upload'.
Akindi will begin to upload and process your test sheets.
Emailing Scanned Sheets
Alternatively, you can email test sheets directly to Akindi.
This is used if/when your scanner has email capabilities.
1. Locate your unique uploads email address.
This is found above the 'Upload Response Sheets' button on your course dashboard.
This uploads email address is unique to you, and should not be shared.
2. Email the PDF of the completed bubble sheets to the @uploads.akindi.com email.
Once Akindi receives the email, your test sheets will be sorted into the proper assessment for grading.
It will typically take 5-15 minutes for the email to be received and sheets to be processed by Akindi.