Exam management for higher education

Multiple-choice exams on paper, marked and analysed for you.

Print&Scan is an independent service for professors and exam coordinators. Send us your questions and a student list; we return graded results within 24–48 hours of receiving the scanned papers. No technical knowledge needed.

Submit an Exam How it works
Experience
Nearly a decade
Cohort size
50 to 800+ students
Languages
English, French and more
Why institutions use it

Efficient for the professor, reliable for the results, secure for the exam.

Efficiency

No technical burden on the professor

Your involvement is limited to sending a Word document of questions and a student list, then receiving results. There is no manual marking. The workflow is the same for a small seminar and for a cohort of 800 or more.

Exam integrity

A unique paper for every student

Question order is randomised, answer choices are shuffled independently, and each paper carries the student’s name or ID. Even two students sitting side by side hold different papers, so copying from a neighbour becomes practically impossible.

Reliability

Checked before printing, transparent after marking

Every exam is reviewed for formatting problems, ambiguities and answer-key errors before anything is printed. Unclear marks are flagged for a person to review, never guessed. Each student receives an annotated copy, which reduces grade disputes.

Exam integrity

Why the person next to you cannot copy.

On a conventional paper exam, everyone in a row holds the same paper. Here, each student’s paper has its own question order and its own arrangement of answer choices, with the student’s name or ID printed on it.

For large question banks, each student can also be given a different random selection of questions. The exam itself still runs under normal supervised, closed-book conditions.

Two neighbouring papers with different question order and answer order Two sheets side by side, for Student A and Student B. Each shows three questions. On Student B’s sheet the questions appear in a different order, and the four answer choices, drawn as a circle, square, triangle and diamond, appear in a different order under every question. Student A Student B Question 1 Question 2 Question 3 Question 3 Question 1 Question 2 abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd abcd
Illustration, not a real exam: the same three questions and the same four answer choices (shown as shapes) appear in a different order on each neighbour’s paper.
How it works

Eight steps, from your Word document to your results.

Each step shows who does it: the instructor, Print&Scan or the institution.

  1. Question submission

    Instructor

    Send your questions in a standard Word document: questions numbered 1, 2, 3, answer choices lettered a, b, c, d, and an asterisk (*) before the correct answer. Add a student list with names, ID numbers or both. Send it ideally one month before the exam, and at least two weeks before.

  2. Preparation

    Print&Scan

    We turn the document into a professional, print-ready exam. Questions and choices are structured, French and international typographic conventions are applied, and the scoring scheme is set up: positive marking, negative marking or partial credit. A quality-control review catches formatting problems, ambiguities and answer-key errors before anything is printed.

  3. Unique exam generation

    Print&Scan

    A unique paper is generated for every student, with randomised question order, independently shuffled answer choices and the student’s name or ID. For large question banks, each student can receive a different random subset of questions. The answer key, meaning the list of correct answers, is produced for every version, so nobody enters answers by hand.

  4. Printing and distribution

    Institution

    Your institution prints the files and distributes the papers to the exam rooms. Each student receives their own paper.

  5. Exam administration

    Institution

    The exam runs under standard supervised, closed-book conditions. Students must use black pens only: blue pens, pencils, coloured pens and highlighters cannot be read reliably.

  6. Scanning

    Institution or Print&Scan

    Completed papers are scanned and uploaded through a secure file-sharing link that we supply. Scan in black-and-white mode, not colour or grey-scale (shades of grey), remove all staples and clips first, and deliver a PDF.

  7. Marking and analysis

    Print&Scan

    Each student’s marked answers are read and matched to their own answer key. Unclear marks are flagged for a person to review rather than guessed. The scoring scheme is applied and a full statistical analysis is produced.

  8. Results delivery

    Print&Scan

    Within 24–48 hours of receiving the scans, you receive an Excel gradebook, an annotated copy for every student and a statistical report.

Before you submit

  • Black pen only. No blue, pencil, coloured pens or highlighters.
  • Scan in black and white only, with staples and clips removed.
  • Send questions one month ahead if possible; two weeks at the latest.

All practical requirements

What you receive

Three deliverables, within 24–48 hours of receiving the scans.

Excel gradebook

  • Individual scores for every student
  • Class statistics and percentile rankings (where each student stands within the cohort)
  • Ready for import into institutional systems

Annotated individual copies

  • Each student’s paper as a PDF
  • Correct answers in green, incorrect answers in red
  • The correct answer shown for every missed question
  • Transparent, auditable marking

Statistical report

  • For each question: difficulty (the share of students who answered correctly) and how well it separates stronger from weaker students
  • How many students chose each wrong answer
  • Flags for questions that did not work, including probable answer-key errors
  • Whole-exam figures, such as mean, median and distribution of scores
Next step

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Use the exam request form when you are ready. If you have questions first, write to us.

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