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Glossary of words you'll see in ren.

Words and labels you meet in ren., A to Z. Each entry links to the full explanation.

Accept all: A marking screen toolbar button that accepts every AI suggestion on a script at once. You can still change them afterwards. See Check and change marks.

AI mark / AI suggestion: ren.'s suggested mark or comment, shown as a dashed box. Click it to accept it as a mark you can edit; your own marks are solid boxes. See Check and change marks.

Answer key: The upload box for your marking scheme file when you create an assignment. ren. reads this file to build the answer scheme. See Create an assignment.

Answer scheme: The questions, marks and expected answers ren. marks against. ren. reads it from your file; you check and approve it before marking starts. Also called a rubric, mark scheme or marking scheme. See Check the answer scheme.

Assignment report / class report: A summary of one assignment across the class: class average, score range and Question performance (the class average on each question, lowest first). Build it with Build class report on the assignment page. See Read the class report for an assignment.

Awaiting calibration: A label on scripts waiting while you mark a few sample scripts yourself. See Mark a few first.

Batch upload: Uploading many students' scripts at once, e.g. one scanned PDF of the whole class. ren. splits it into scripts and matches each to a student. See Upload students' scripts.

Bloom's level: A tag for the kind of thinking an answer shows (Bloom's taxonomy). Add it under Topics & Bloom in the snippet panel. See Check and change marks.

Calibration: See Mark a few first.

Check marks: A label on a finished script that the answer scheme changed after it was marked. Open it, click Unfinalise, then choose Keep this mark or Re-mark for each changed question. You cannot release results until these are checked. See If you change it after marking has started.

Class code: A short code students type to join your class, no email needed. Find it under Class Code on the Students page or in the class menu. See Invite students.

Component: In the toolbar, Component places ticks and crosses on the script. On essays, a component is one part of the score, such as Content or Language. See The marking screen.

Content and Language: The two scores an essay is usually marked on, e.g. Content /30 and Language /20. See Check and change marks.

Cover page: The student ID page with shaded bubbles at the start of each script. ren. uses it to split a batch scan and match scripts to students. See Upload students' scripts.

Custom grading instructions / Your own instructions: Instructions you write for the AI, such as "award ECF marks". Save them on the How AI marks page and attach them to an assignment. See Your marking style.

Draft: An answer scheme you have not approved yet. See Check the answer scheme.

ECF (error carried forward): Giving marks for correct working even when it uses a wrong value from an earlier part. State it in your answer scheme where it applies. See H2 Physics.

Feedback style guide: How you like feedback written, built by ren. from your past marking. Edit it on the How AI marks page. See Your marking style.

Feedback tags: Labels ren. gives your comments, such as Clarity. Reports use them to show the class's strong and weak spots. See Your marking style.

Finalise / Finalised: Marking a script complete. A finalised script shows the Finalised label until results are released; then the label says Released. See Mark as Complete.

Hide results: A button on the assignment page that takes released results back from students, for the whole assignment. They see their work as still being marked until you release again. See Release results to students.

HOD (Head of Department): Your department head. You can export reports as PDF for them. See Read the class report for an assignment.

Mark a few first: Choosing Let me mark a few myself first when you start marking. You mark up to three scripts, then ren. suggests answer scheme fixes before marking the rest. Sometimes called calibration. See Mark a few first.

Keep this mark: When the answer scheme changed after marking, keeps the mark a question already has. See Check marks.

Mark as Complete: The button at the top right of the marking screen that finishes one script and moves it to the Marked group. Before your first release, students do not see it. After the first release, it reaches the student straight away. See Release results to students.

Mark scheme: See Answer scheme.

Marked: The group on the assignment page for scripts you have finished marking. See Start marking.

Marking chat: A chat panel in the marking screen, titled Marking copilot, where you can ask about a script. It can suggest marks or feedback for you to approve. See Use the marking chat.

Marking copilot: See Marking chat.

Marking scheme: See Answer scheme.

Not graded yet: A script uploaded but not marked yet, because you have not clicked Start grading. Uploading and approving the answer scheme do not start marking. See Start marking.

Not handed in: Students who have not handed anything in yet. Upload a script for one of them with the upload icon on their row. See Upload students' scripts.

Not released: A tag on the assignment page next to Release results, shown while students cannot see the marked scripts yet. See Release results to students.

Organisation code: A school code that approves your teacher account straight away. The screen calls it an "organization code". See Create your account.

Outdated AI mark: An AI suggestion made before the answer scheme changed. It is for reference only and cannot be accepted. See Check and change marks.

Overall feedback: The summary comment the student sees for the whole script. See Check and change marks.

Paper type: The paper you choose when you create an assignment. The list depends on your class's subject. Each paper is marked as Structured (question by question) or Essay (one whole piece of writing marked on criteria). Custom... is for anything not on the list. See Choose a paper type.

Re-mark: When the answer scheme changed after marking, asks ren. to mark that question again with the new version. Marks you changed yourself stay as they are. See Check marks.

Release results: Letting students see their marks and feedback. Click Release results on the assignment page, then Release to n students. Until then, they see their work as still being marked. Whether they get an email depends on Email my students when their results are released in Settings. After the first release, each script you mark complete reaches the student straight away. See Release results to students.

Release updates: A button on the assignment page that sends finished scripts ren. could not send by itself after the first release. See Release results to students.

Released: The label a finished script shows once its student can see the results. See Release results to students.

Report bands: The score groups used in reports. Most charts use three: Weak (under 40%), Developing (40% to 54%) and Secure (55% and above). Only the How the class scored chart in the class report adds a fourth: there, Secure is 55% to 69% and Strong is 70% and above. See Read the class report for an assignment.

Results held: A label with a lock on the class's assignment list. It shows on every assignment whose results students cannot see yet: not released, or hidden again. See Release results to students.

Roster: The list of students in your class. See Add students.

Rubric: See Answer scheme.

Show scores to students: An assignment setting. Untick it to give feedback without showing marks. See Create an assignment.

Snippet: A box you draw with the toolbar's Snippet tool around part of an answer, to give it a mark or comment. See Check and change marks.

Student progress report: A report on one student across all their marked papers in the class. See Read a student's progress report.

To review: Scripts uploaded but not yet finished: waiting, being marked by ren., or ready for you to check. See Start marking.

Unfinalise: A button at the top of a finished script that reopens it to change its marks. The student stops seeing it until you click Mark as Complete again. See Release results to students.

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