Exam evaluation automation for anadolu university examination services

Anadolu University, performing examination services perfectly for years, is a reliable, worldwide institution in open and distance education. It has been servicing millions of students in domestic and foreign exam organizations. The increasing number of exam organizations and student capacity, and the advanced print options has raised the need for improvements and updates in evaluation of examinations. An alternative, reliable, complete automation is needed as well as the existing systems. The present thesis covers the development of an evaluation system, which planned to be used in exam organizations of Anadolu University. The primary concentration of the study is to cover the requirements of evaluation stages in a reliable, error-free, and efficient way. While evaluating the performance and success of the system, previous examinations data were collected and used as test collection. The official student grades and the results produced by the system were compared. The improvements introduced by the use of the system were analyzed, and the performance effects during the whole process were investigated. In the light of the findings, a roadmap to deployment to the live system was obtained.