You print a test from its Print tab. There, you turn your test into a PDF with answer boxes, points and a field for your students' names. On the same tab, you can also make a grading matrix for yourself, with the points and the correct answer or rubric for each question.
Afterwards, you can scan the completed tests and use AI grading on paper too. Scanning paper tests in Examplary explains how.
Opening the print view
Open your test and click Print on the left, or press Ctrl+P (Cmd+P on a Mac). The preview of the pages is on the left, the Page settings on the right. Examplary remembers your settings for each test, so next time you pick up where you left off.
Choosing what to print
At the top, choose what goes into the PDF:
- Questions: the test for your students.
- Grading matrix: the answer key for you, with the points, the correct answer or rubric, and the model answer for each question.
- Combined: both, with the grading matrix starting on a new page.
Setting up the page
| Setting | What it does |
|---|---|
| Page size | A4 or Letter |
| Font | Standard, Arial or Times New Roman |
| Font size | Small (10pt), Medium (12pt) or Large (14pt) |
| Show answer boxes | Adds a box to write in under each open question. Off by default. |
| Show points | Shows the points next to each question. |
| Include AI questions | Includes questions that are really meant for online use, such as Persona chat. Off by default. |
| Keep questions on one page | Stops a question from being split across two pages. |
| Compact mode | Leaves out the question titles and puts the questions closer together. The points disappear too. |
For students who benefit from larger print, choose Arial at Large (14pt), for example. An admin can set the default font for the whole school, and you can always change it for a single test.
Adding answer boxes and a name field
Turn on Show answer boxes. Every open question then gets a box to write in. If a box is too small for the answer you expect, hover over it in the preview and drag its bottom edge down. Examplary saves that height with the question, so it carries over to the next printout and to colleagues who print the test.
With answer boxes on, Fields appears too: the lines at the top of the first page where students fill something in. There's one field by default, Your name. Use Add field to add more, such as Class or Date.
If you're going to scan the test and grade it with AI later, keep the Your name field. Examplary reads the name on the first page to match the answers to the right student.
Making the PDF
Click Print PDF. Examplary creates the PDF, which takes a few seconds. The top of the first page shows your school's logo in grayscale, or your school's name if there's no logo, with the test's title below it. The bottom of every page shows the test's name and the page number.
The introduction, outro and text blocks don't get a question number. The questions on paper and in the grading matrix always have the same numbers.
What doesn't make it onto paper
- Videos and other embedded content.
- Images that weren't uploaded to Examplary but linked from another website, for example. Upload them in the question itself.
- Questions that only work online, such as Voice recorder or Upload file. They only get an empty answer box, if Show answer boxes is on.
Charts are printed in black and white.
Troubleshooting
It says "First add some questions". The test has no questions yet. Add them in Edit test first.
There's no room to write. Turn on Show answer boxes.
My fields aren't in the PDF. Fields are only printed when answer boxes are turned on.
An image is missing from the PDF. The image is probably hosted on another website. Upload it in the question.
Can I download the test as a Word file? No, only as a PDF. You can export a single rubric as a Word file, though.