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Whiteboard marking guide

Marking on a whiteboard is opt-in and off by default. Turn it on from the Presentation menu → Marking. Turning it off later hides marks without deleting them.

What a mark scheme is

An exam question and a rubric criterion are the same thing: a label with a maximum (for example Q1 /25 or AO2 Analysis /15). Optional notes remind you what full marks look like — they are not a levels-and-descriptors grid.

Paste shorthand

Q1 /25
Q1a /10
Q1b /15
Section B: best 2 of 4
Q5 /25
Effort | Working towards, Expected, Greater depth

How totals are computed

  1. Part awards sum into the question.
  2. The question is capped at its maximum.
  3. Group rules (for example best 2 of 4) run on those capped totals.
  4. Ungrouped items and group subtotals add to the scheme total.

You never retype a final score — the total is always derived. Marks stay on this board; nothing is sent to a gradebook or an LMS.

Document boards

Create a Portrait board for A4-style documents. Use Document view to scroll pages continuously, drop rich comment pins (each comment opens a full whiteboard page), and export a marked PDF.

PDF import is raster-based: annotation is spatial ink over page images. Text selection and searchable export are not available in this version.