Several School Certificate and HSC examinations will be marked using the Board’s onscreen marking system in 2010.

Scanning captures everything on the page

The onscreen marking process requires the scanning of the writing booklets or question-and-answer booklets that students have submitted.

Both sides of every piece of paper are scanned from edge to edge, top to bottom and from left to right. Everything on the student writing booklets and/or question-and-answer booklets is captured as a scanned image, whether it is in the lined part, the blank part underneath, above or to the side or even if it is on a completely blank page. It is all scanned and ready to be marked.

However, students should try not to write outside the area that is designated for responding to the question. The amount of space that is provided to answer a question gives students an indication of the expected length of the response, and should usually be sufficient.