OpScan Test Scanning & Scoring

Log into the instructor tools portal using your NetID and password, then complete the following steps:

1. Click Reports on the left hand menu
2. Once in Reports scroll down and select the exam from the drop down box
3. Check the exam box in the center of the page
4. Select Custom under Report Options
5. Click Run next to the DesireToLearn Api Report
   1. A box will pop up telling you "Your custom Brightspace report has been generated. It will be processed soon. Please check Brightspace grades to verify that the grades have been posted." Select OK, and then visit your grade center in Brightspace to confirm a column with your grades has been added.
6. Make your grades visible in Brightspace: By default the new grade column in Brightspace is hidden, and must be made visible to users in order to share with students. To do so, follow these steps in Brightspace:
   1. From the course navigation bar, click Grades.
   2. Click Manage Grades.
   3. Click the arrow next to the item created for the exam.
   4. Select Make Visible to Users from the drop-down.

To view these instructions with screenshots, please access our Digital Desk Brightspace API Guidance document.

Log into Instructor Tools using your NetID and password, then complete the following steps:

1. Click on Settings on the bottom left-hand corner
2. Choose the applicable course from the drop-down. Your course will be populated.
3. Under the course information, search for your TA by username, email address, or ID. 
4. Click the ADD TA button.

Once you add a TA, you will see them under your course information and can click the REMOVE button if you want to remove them.

You can get your Scantrons graded at the OpScan office located on the first floor of the Melville Main Library room S1461A in the Library's main SINC Site.

Our normal open hours are from 8:30am - 4:30pm, Monday - Friday. If the office is not open, use the secure after-hours drop box any time the main library SINC site is open.

We offer a secure after-hours drop box any time the main library SINC site is open. 

You must submit the following materials for all exam grading requests:

• OpScan Test Scanning Request Form

• Completed Answer key(s).  Answers must be bubbled on scantron forms.

• Write 'ANSWER KEY' in the Last Name field of the Scantron.

• Student forms to be graded, all facing in the same direction.

• All student Scantrons must have the students' first name, last name, ID number, and version # written and bubbled in. 

Please remind students of proper methods for bubbling in their answers with a #2 pencil. Since we use machines to scan the exams, any answers filled in improperly will risk being marked incorrectly. 

Departments should order forms from Mail Services (Main Campus) by contacting Kristine Kondrick at kristine.kondrick@stonybrook.edu or (631) 632-2799. The Opscan Office DOES NOT supply forms.

No.  This service, previously provided by the computing center, has been discontinued.

The turn-around time is usually 48 hours (Monday to Friday). However, it may vary depending on the number of forms, co-operation of the testing hardware and software, complexity of the requests, condition of the forms, and the timing during the semester.  Expect delays during mid-terms and finals.

There is no in-person pick up.  Exams will be mailed back to the instructor. Instructors will be notified by email when the exam has been processed. Your email will include grade and exam reports, and results can be viewed on the Instructor Tools Portal.