OMR Output Files

You will receive multiple files from your scored OMR exams via Secure File Transfer once the exams are processed. There will be a file used to upload the results into Blackboard (use Question #6 on the INFO sheet for the type of exam). There will be an .rtf file (and PDF if you choose) with the Generated OMR Reports for you to review the exam results and statistics. There will also be a comma-separated text file that you can use for import into a spreadsheet or word processing document if you choose. 

Blackboard Out File:

• You will use the Blackboard Out file to upload grades into Blackboard
• The file name will be as follows:
  • _BBout_ticket#.txt - If the INFO Sheet has a description after INFO, that will be the placed before the first underscore in the file name (i.e. Final_BBout_ticket#.txt)
• The fields generated in the BBout text file are: "Username", "Score_Ticket#", and "ID" (Student ID)
• The score is the weighted score from the results
• Instructions to upload the file to Blackboard can be found at Importing OMR Grades to Blackboard Ultra Course

Generated OMR Reports RTF file:

• The RTF file and the PDF file (if you indicated you wanted the RTF file in PDF form) will contain the exam reports
• The file name will be as follows:
  • The generated text file name is a combination of the type of Scantron form used (i.e. 5-choice, 10-choice), single answer or multiple answer (S or M), and the generated Ticket Number (ex. Exam5_S_300000.rtf)
  • ex: exam5_S_ticket#.rtf

Scores Text File

• A comma-separated scores text file which can be imported into most spreadsheet and/or word processing applications (but not into the Blackboard Grade Center):
• The generated text file name is a combination of the first word of the exam name the instructor entered into the NAME grid on the INFO sheet, the word 'scores', and the generated Incident Number (ex. INSTSVCS_scores_300000.txt)
  • ex: ECON1234_scores_ticket#.txt
• The fields generated in the scores text file are: (A) ID Number, (B) Name, (C) Exam score expressed as a percent, (D) Total points obtained (objective + subjective), (E) Total points possible (objective + subjective), (F) Objective points obtained, (G) Objective points wrong, (H) Objective points omitted, (I) Subjective points obtained