Create & Auto-Grade Paper Exams in 15 Minutes
The secure online Scantron alternative that saves university instructors hours of grading.
50+ universities use our tools to create & auto-grade exams
Unlimited
Unique Exam Versions
0
Seconds to Grade
$0
Cost to Instructors
0%
Accuracy Rate*
*For printed multiple-choice exams on a standard scanner. Handwritten responses may require manual review.
Drop In Your Questions, Print On Regular Paper, Scan On A Regular Scanner, Export To Your LMS
Build your exam once, create infinite versions
- Upload your questions (Word, PDF, JPG, Connect QTI, etc.) and use our question generator to add more.
- Choose randomization: shuffle question order, shuffle answer order, or generate different numbers for quantitative problems. Or, keep them all the same.
- Press "generate" to create a printable PDF exam pack.
Print and administer the exam
- Print the exams on regular paper to administer in class.
- Collect the exams. Scan and upload them using any scanner (no Scantron or special equipment needed).
- Our platform auto-grades the exams in under 2 minutes (total), and highlights ambiguous answers for you to review.
Review, export and share
- Review analytics to identify challenging concepts. Auto-generate quizzes and slides to review challenging concepts.
- Update your gradebook instantly via our integration, or export to Excel and upload.
- Share individualized feedback instantly. You decide how much detail to provide.
“This tool is a game changer! It eliminates Scantrons, reduces grading errors, and significantly improves assessment integrity.”
Dr. James Young
University of Oklahoma
Say Goodbye to Updating Exams
Get Your Free Example Exam Paper
Every Student Gets a Different Version
Choose one or combine randomization methods.
Randomize questions
Build a question bank and the system randomly selects which questions each student sees. Student A gets 10 questions from your 20-question bank. Student B gets a different 10. Copying answers becomes useless.
Randomize math numbers
For quantitative questions, each student gets different numbers. You write the problem once using variables (e.g., "Calculate NPV if initial investment = $X"). The system generates unique values for every exam.
Shuffle questions & answers
Keep the same questions but randomize the question and answer order. Student A sees the same questions as Student B, but in a different order and with different ordering of answer options. Stops students from copying answer patterns.
How Does It Compare?
There are 4 common platforms for auto-grading exams: Blended Teaching, Scantron, Akindi and Gradescope. Which one is right for you?
Question Types
Blended Teaching and Gradescope are the most versatile, allowing for MCQ, written answers and partial grading. The rest do MCQ only.
Price
Blended Teaching is free for instructors. Gradescope, Akindi and Scantron are paid for by departments.
Unique Features
Gradescope, Akindi and Scantron focus on institutional adoption with departmental features such as collaborative grading. Blended Teaching focuses on individual instructors, allowing for unique exams for each student using randomized numbers in questions.
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| Quiz Design | ||||
| Question types | MCQWritten Answers | MCQ | MCQWritten Answers | MCQ |
| Question upload formats | JPGPDFWordManualQTI | ManualPDF | ManualWord | Manual |
| Question generator | Yes | No | No | No |
| Number of quiz versions | Unlimited (auto-generated) | 4 (manually written) | 5 (manually written) | 6 (auto-generated) |
| Platform randomization abilities | Numbers in questionsQuestion selectionAnswer optionsQuestion order | No | Answer optionsQuestion order | Question selectionAnswer optionsQuestion order |
| Exams & Grading | ||||
| Paper | Regular paper | Special paper | Regular paper | Regular paper |
| Answer format | Bubble sheets (MCQ)Written answer blocks | Bubble sheets (MCQ) | Bubble sheets (MCQ)Written answer blocks | Bubble sheets (MCQ) |
| Partial credit for workings | Yes | No | Yes | No |
| Written answers | YesInstructor sets rubric | No | YesInstructor sets rubric | No |
| Results & Feedback | ||||
| Exam analytics | Detailed statistics | Basic printed report | Detailed statistics | Detailed statistics |
| Individual student analysis | Correct / IncorrectAuto-identify challenging concepts | No | Correct / Incorrect | Correct / Incorrect |
| Feedback for students | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
| Supporting teaching materials | Yes | No | No | No |
| Grade export | LMS integrationExcel download | Excel download | LMS integrationExcel download | LMS integrationExcel download |
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
Switching to Paper Exams to Stop Cheating?
Get the academic integrity of paper exams without drowning in manual grading. Import your existing questions, print randomized versions, and auto-grade everything.
Still not sure? Email us at help@blended-teaching.com — we'll answer any questions, no sales pitch required.