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# Attempts, marking and results

An exam does not end when a student submits it. Their attempt may still need manual marking, moderation, proctoring review, finalisation and result release.

This group brings together the pages used after attempts have been generated, as well as the controls used during a live sitting.

### What is an attempt?

An attempt is one student’s instance of an exam. It records the exam version, access dates, time allowed, responses, marks, grade, proctoring state and whether the result has been released.

One student can have more than one attempt when resits are enabled. Always check the attempt number and exam version before changing it.

### Pages in this group

| Page                             | Use it to                                                                                                                        |
| -------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Attempt management               | Register students, monitor statuses and apply actions such as locking, extra time, revoking, finalising, releasing and exporting |
| Marking                          | Configure the marker roles and workflow used by this exam                                                                        |
| Marker’s Inbox                   | Work through marking that has been assigned to the signed-in marker                                                              |
| Results, resits and certificates | Decide what students see after submission and what happens next                                                                  |
| Statistics                       | Review performance patterns across attempts, questions, sections and tags                                                        |

{% hint style="info" %}
Attempt status, marking status and result status are separate. A submitted attempt can still be unmarked; a finalised result can still be unreleased.
{% endhint %}


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