Keyboard shortcuts for marking
You can mark a whole script without the mouse. To see this list inside ren., press ? anywhere on the marking screen, or click Press ? to see keyboard shortcuts under the selected mark when you mark by student. The list only shows the keys that work on the screen you are on.
Shortcuts pause while you type in a text box, such as a comment, and while a menu or pop-up is open. Click outside the box to use them again.
On a Mac, use ⌘ (Command) wherever this page says Ctrl.
The quickest way to mark a script
- Press
↓to move to the first mark or suggestion. - Press
Enterto accept the suggestion. To change a score, press+or-. - Press
↓again to move to the next one. - Keep going. When you pass the last mark on a page, ren. opens the next page. After the last page, it opens the student's next uploaded file, if there is one.
Where each suggestion has its own Accept and Dismiss buttons, Enter accepts the suggestion and jumps straight to the next one you have not decided yet, and X dismisses it. To change the score of a mark you just accepted, press ↑ to go back to it, then press + or -.
Marks and suggestions
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
↓, → or J | Next mark or suggestion |
↑, ← or K | Previous mark or suggestion |
Enter | Accept the suggestion you are on |
X | Dismiss the suggestion you are on (only where each suggestion has its own Accept and Dismiss buttons) |
1 to 9 | Select a mark on this page by its number, counting from the top |
Home / End | First / last mark or suggestion on this page |
+ (or =) / - | Raise or lower the score of the selected mark by 1 |
F | Give full marks to the selected mark |
Backspace or Delete | Delete the selected mark |
C | Add the selected mark to the marking chat |
Esc | Deselect |
- The arrow keys only stop on ren.'s suggestions while ren.'s tags are showing. Press
Hto show them again. +,-andFonly work when the selected mark has its own score box. They do nothing on essay questions, or on a box whose mark is carried by another box for the same question.Falso needs the question's full mark to be set.
Moving around
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
[ / ] (or Page Up / Page Down) | Previous / next page. Past the first or last page, they open the previous or next uploaded file. |
Tools
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
Tab | Switch between Move and the last tool you used |
Ctrl + Z | Undo the last pen stroke |
Backspace or Delete | Delete the selected tick or cross (when Component is the tool in use) |
H | Show or hide ren.'s tags on the script |
General
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
Ctrl + S | Save now (your work also saves by itself) |
? | Show all keyboard shortcuts |
These keys work while you are typing, but they are not in the ? list:
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
Ctrl + Enter | Send your message in the marking chat |
Ctrl + Shift + M | Start or stop speaking your comment (while the mark is selected or its comment box is in use) |
Esc | Finish the text you are typing on the script with the Text tool |
On a script you can only view, such as a finished one, the keys that move around still work, but the keys that change marks do nothing.
When you mark one question for the whole class
If you chose By question on the assignment page, some keys work differently:
| Key | What it does |
|---|---|
[ / ] | Previous / next question. On the last question, ] opens Overall feedback, and [ takes you back. |
↓ / ↑ and the other arrow keys | Move between marks and suggestions in this answer only. They skip pages with nothing to mark, and they never open another student. |
Enter | Accept the suggestion you are on. If you are not on a suggestion, save and go to the next student. |
X | Dismiss the suggestion you are on (only where each suggestion has its own Accept and Dismiss buttons) |
1 to 9, Home / End, Esc, Ctrl + S, ? and the keys under Tools work the same as above.
These keys do not work in this view: Page Up / Page Down, +, -, F, C, and Backspace or Delete on a mark. To change a score here, type it in the score box.