The pipeline
- 01MaskFictitious number. Flap torn off.
- 02ScanOverhead or high-speed. Books may be opened.
- 03CloudPrivate server. Copy, pages, quality.
- 04AgencyEvery copy reviewed page by page.
- 05PacketsApproved books assigned to examiners.
- 06RevalUnmarked original. Marks stored separately.
Direct answer
Digital evaluation security is mostly identity masking, access control and audit: fictitious numbering and flap tear-off before scan; images on a secure private cloud; only the right roles see the right copies; sessions authenticated; mark layers reconstructible. Encryption in transit and at rest matters, but it does not replace those process steps.
How it works
Examiners, university operators, and scanning agencies need different permissions. Agencies review scan completeness; they should not award academic marks. Examiners receive packets of anonymised books. Revaluation must open the unmarked original, not leak the first examiner’s free-hand layer as if it were the student’s writing. A shared “admin password for the season” is a process incident waiting to happen. Exports to result systems should be limited and logged.
Key considerations
- Ask where the private cloud sits and who can download a full exam set.
- Physical answer books had custody rules; digital copies need equivalent policy, including keeping marked layers vs unmarked originals.
- AI suggestion logs are part of the evidence pack if AI is enabled.
Avid’s approach
Avid OSM is built around examiner sessions, university/agency roles and evaluation audit trails. Specific hosting is scoped per institution — we do not list unnamed government security stamps here.