This is available for Planners and Graders.

This workspace is where you write and send explanations to candidates, and where Planners can administer the process. Below is a detailed overview of the the workspace.

In the workspace panel you will find two workspaces that give you both an overview of the explanations, and the possibility to administrate the explanations if this is activated on the test.

• Explanations overview (only available for planner)
• Explanations (available to both the Planner and the Grader)

The Explanations workspace content

This workspace contains the following sections:  

1. The candidate list
2. The question view
3. The explanation panel

1. The candidate list

   The candidate list shows an overview of final grades for candidates and whether they have requested an explanation or not.

   The candidates can be filtered by: All candidates, Explanation requested, Ready and Sent.

   Every list contains the columns: Candidate, final grade and explanation.

   These columns can be edited from the menu Edit columns. It is also possible to make your own filters by choosing the menu Show filters and search.

2. The question view

   The question view window gives you the opportunity to browse the questions from the specified candidate. You can also view and write highlights, annotations and page notes. 

3. The explanation panel

   When you select a candidate in the candidate list you will be able to see who can edit the explanation, when it can be sent, and the request status of the explanation. If there is a written explanation, you will be able to read it in the field below. 

Graders - Write and send explanations 

Graders write and send explanations in the explanation panel on the right. Read more about writing, recording and sending explanations in the guide Grader - Write and send explanations. 

Administrated explanations: How it affect the workspace for Planners

In Inspera, we distinguish between administrated explanations and non-administrated explanations. This distinction is critical because it dictates how the Planner will interact with the Explanations workspaces described in this article.

The core functionality for explanations (writing and viewing) is available to everyone. However, administrated explanations is an additional, optional feature set up in the test settings. When activated, the Planner can centrally manage the process by requesting explanations on behalf of candidates, seeing explanation statuses, and sending them out.

The availability and function of the Explanations workspaces below will change based on whether this administrative feature is enabled for the test.

Administration of explanations is set up in the test settings. 

Planners - Administration of explanations

In the explanation panel, the Planner can request explanations on behalf of the candidate, or cancel a request if needed.  

In addition the Planner can send the explanation from the same place, the send button will be activated when all prerequisites to send an explanation have been met. 

For more information, see the guide for Planners.