Teacher story

“Automatic grading saves a lot of time”

Anthal Smits, teacher

“I first heard about Cirrus at a department meeting. Marking exams is a huge amount of work, so I realized the potential immediately. I am creating a questions database that I can draw from whenever I teach this course. Creating the questions takes some time, but is easy to do. It is interesting to find a use for the various question formats.”

“At first, it was a bit strange to my students, but they had no complaints afterwards. I’m experimenting with open questions next. Just imagine, no more horrible handwriting to decipher.”

Tips and tricks

“Just get started! Cirrus is so useful, I already requested it for another one of my courses. Teacher Support is very helpful in letting you know who to contact to set up the exam itself, with a room and IT support.”