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Every test in CamGrader starts the same way: give it a name, choose how many questions it has, and set up its answer key. Here's how.

1. Choose how you'll set up the key

From the Tests tab, tap + NEW. You'll immediately be asked to choose between two ways to set up the answer key:

Scan Answer Key - you scan a bubble sheet that already has the correct answers marked, and CamGrader reads them off automatically. This is the fastest option if you're already printing bubble sheets for your class.

Manual Entry - you tap in the correct answer for each question yourself, right on your device. This is the better option if you don't have a physical key sheet handy, or you're building the key from a textbook or answer document.

The New Test modal asking whether to Scan Answer Key or use Manual Entry

2. If you're scanning a key: paper or Key Generator

There are two ways to get a scannable key sheet:

Paper - print a blank bubble sheet, hand-bubble in the correct answers yourself, then scan it just like you would a student's sheet.

Key Generator - go to camgrader.com/keygen, type or paste in your answers, and it generates an on-screen sheet with the correct bubbles already filled in. You can scan that directly from your screen or a printout - no hand-bubbling needed. See How to Use the Online Key Generator for the full walkthrough.

Either way, you'll first be asked which sheet format the key uses (25, 50, or 100 questions), then the camera opens to scan it.

The Sheet Format picker, choosing between 25-Q, 50-Q, and 100-Q Scanning a key sheet with the camera, corner markers detected

3. Name your test

Next, give your test a name and, optionally, a course - this is just for your own organization and shows up when you're browsing your test list later.

The New Test review screen with the scanned key, before entering a test name The same screen with Test Name and Course filled in, Save button active

4. Sheet size doesn't have to match your question count exactly

If your test has fewer questions than the bubble sheet has rows, that's fine - leave the extra rows blank when you bubble or scan the key, and CamGrader will detect where your answers stop and save the key at the right length automatically. You'll see a quick confirmation before it saves:

Confirmation dialog: Create 20-Q Key? Questions 21-25 are blank.

5. If you're entering manually

Tap through each question number and select the correct answer choice. You can leave trailing questions blank the same way as above if your sheet format has more rows than you need.

The manual key entry grid, tapping A, B, C, or D for each question

Once your key is saved, your test is ready.


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