Exam script viewing

You can view all of your marked School of Mathematics exam scripts. Viewing your marked exam script is a valuable feedback opportunity to improve your learning.

Exam script viewing arrangements

As all exams were submitted online during the 2020/21 examination diets, we will offer you the opportunity to view your marked script in Gradescope after the Board of Examiners has met and confirmed marks. 

Why should you view your marked exam scripts?

Viewing your scripts can be an important feedback opportunity to help you reflect on your exam performance and to assist you in your further learning. You might find that you didn’t understand a concept as well as you thought you did, so it would be helpful to go back and try to understand it better, particularly if you are taking follow-up courses. Or you might find that you made arithmetic errors – in which case that could inform how you approach all exams in future (working more slowly and carefully or leaving more time for checking).

What if I find an error in the marking of my exam?

If you find any errors with the totalling of the marks, or a page which has not been marked, or some similar error then you should raise this with the Course Organiser in order for it to be rectified.

The University appeals policy states that you cannot challenge the “academic judgement” of the marker. This means that you cannot request a re-mark of your exam, or argue that you should have received a higher mark. You can request to meet with the Course Organiser to discuss your exam, but you should view this as an opportunity to improve in your future studies, rather than an opportunity to try to change your mark. 

University of Edinburgh Appeals Policy

Scaling

It is not always easy to predict in advance how hard or easy an exam or other assessment will turn out to be.  For that reason, to ensure the outcome of assessment is fair and reasonable, exams and other substantial assessments are “moderated”.   This means that the marks received on the common marking scheme may differ from the “raw” mark on the script that was originally generated by the marker(s) of the assessment.  

In performing this scaling, we pay attention to a number of sources of information such as: whether it is apparent from student attempts that parts of the assessment were easier or harder than expected; whether the distribution of class marks is in accordance with norms for pass rates, proportion of A grades, etc. In response to this information it may be decided to scale marks up or down.

The final marks for components of assessment are decided by the Board of Examiners.  They may, after discussion, decide to adjust the moderated marks, by changing or introducing a scaling.   In particular, moderated marks for coursework may on occasion be adjusted by the Board of Examiners.