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Comprehensive technical guides to help you navigate handwriting extractions and semantic grading workloads.

1. Getting Started

To begin utilizing the EvalAI platform:

  • • Register for an account at dashboard.html.
  • • Complete your profile and specify your institution.
  • • Claim your 6 free trial tokens to execute a test grading job.

2. Uploading Question Papers

Every evaluation job requires a model key/question paper structure. Upload a PDF of the question paper detailing question indexes and maximum marks per question. Specify rubrics and sub-questions (e.g. Q1.a, Q1.b) clearly in the form settings.

3. Uploading Answer Sheets

Ensure scanned answer sheets comply with these standards to optimize OCR precision:

  • Resolution: Scan sheets at a minimum of 300 DPI.
  • Format: Upload files as single PDFs or combined ZIP directories containing JPEG/PNG scans.
  • Orientation: Maintain uniform vertical page alignments. Crop margins if necessary.

4. Bulk Evaluation

For class-wide evaluations, navigate to the upload section and choose the "Bulk ZIP" option. You can upload up to 500 sheets in a single job. The system processes pages concurrently, updating the queue log in real-time.

5. Token Usage

Prepaid token credits are consumed on a page-by-page basis: 1 token for character extraction (OCR) + 1 token for AI semantic comparison against your model answers. Total is 2 tokens per scan page.

6. OCR Workflow

Once files are uploaded, our spatial layout OCR analyzes margins, segmenting handwriting sections. It filters noise (like eraser marks or ink blotches) and translates handwriting into clean ASCII digital text transcripts.

7. AI Evaluation Workflow

EvalAI feeds digital text transcripts and question rubrics to our semantic model parser (such as Google Gemini). The model evaluates contextual correctness, awards partial credit, adds descriptive comments, and sums up scores.

8. Exporting Results

Once grading completes, audit scores on the job dashboard. Perform manual marks overrides if needed. Click the "Export Excel" action button to download complete marksheets (XLSX) with student names, roll numbers, question scores, and totals.

9. Frequently Asked Questions

For billing queries, subscription details, and team management resources, consult our Help Center portal.

10. Troubleshooting

  • Issue: Missing questions in output. Verify if the question number format on the sheet matches the rubric list tags (e.g. Q1 vs Question 1).
  • Issue: OCR reading error. Ensure handwriting scans are high contrast and not blurry.
  • Issue: Out of tokens. Purchase additional token credit packs at token-store.html.