Online Marking Training
Welcome to the Online Marking training page. Here you will find various supports to help you with the online marking system. The following short video gives an overview of a typical online marking process and environment.
Training Videos
You can view the training videos below. You can find the videos that will be relevant to you listed under the subject that you are marking.
Geography | Home Economics | LCVP Link Modules | German | Agricultural Science | Business | Economics | Technology | JC Science
Playlist
1 - Getting Started
2 - Managing your marking
4a - Completion booklets
5 - Overlay Tools
6a - Your worklist
6b - Your monitored marking
7 - Exceptions
9 - The Irish Bonus
Mathematics | French | Biology | Gaeilge | Spanish | Music | Physical Education | Politics and Society | JC English
Playlist
1 - Getting Started
09 - The Irish Bonus.mp4
3b - Marking by keyboard
4a - Completion booklets
5 - Overlay Tools
6a - Your worklist
6b - Your monitored marking
7 - Exceptions
9 - The Irish Bonus
History | Physics | Chemistry | Applied Mathematics | Accounting
Playlist
1 - Getting Started
2 - Managing your marking
4b - Generic answerbooks
5 - Overlay Tools
6a - Your worklist
6b - Your monitored marking
7 - Exceptions
9 - The Irish Bonus
English | Art History and Appreciation | Engineering | Religious Education
Playlist
1 - Getting Started
2 - Managing your marking
3b - Marking by keyboard
4b - Generic answerbooks
6a - Your worklist
6b - Your monitored marking
7 - Exceptions
Senior Examining Team only
Playlist
8 - Monitoring and Team Management
Training Guides
You can download the ‘Getting Started’ Booklet for you subject below. These booklets will be printed and posted out to you in advance of the conference.
| Subjects | Booklet |
| Geography, Home Economics, LCVP Link Modules, German, Agricultural Science, Business, Economics, Technology, JC Science | Cur chun Siúil |
| Mathematics, French, Gaeilge, Biology, Spanish, Music, Physical Education, Politics and Society, JC English | Cur chun Siúil |
| History, Physics, Chemistry, Applied Mathematics, Accounting | Cur chun Siúil |
| English, Art History and Appreciation, Engineering, Religious Education, | Cur chun Siúil |
There is also a ‘Team Management’ Booklet for the Senior Examining Team below.
| Subjects | Booklet |
| Senior Examining Team | Team Management |
Ceisteanna Coitianta
You can download the ‘FAQ’ document here
In advance of the conference, you will receive an activation email from RM. Once you have activated your online marking account, you will be able to log into the Familiarisation mode in the online marking system, at https://sec.assessor.rm.com See page two of the Cur chun Siúil booklet for reference.
- Logging in and access issues.
- Candidate number not matching, examples:
- in the worklist in Assessor and on the script
- on the written paper and the aural paper in French, German and Spanish
- on the written paper and any supplementary paper
- If you are emailing screenshots containing any identifiable information (for example, examination number, response ID, names), you will need to send it in an encrypted format. Please use the encrypted Word document supplied for this purpose. Please do not change the password on the document, as this will mean that the Online Marking Section will be unable to open it.
- Please include in the Word document the time and date that the issue occurred, and advise what browser (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Safari, etc.) you are working in.
SEC staff are available to assist examiners throughout the marking to provide technical support for Examiners using the online marking system. The SEC can be contacted by email or phone:
- onlinemark@examinations.ie
- 090 644 2768
- 090 644 2867
- 090 644 2476
During the month of July, additional support hours at the weekends are as follows:
