February 16, 2024

Remark Test Grading Has a New Update!

Greetings to our Remark-able Community! We’re back with another quick Remark Test Grading update, and this time we’re excited to introduce some fantastic features that will enhance your test-building experience. Let’s dive right in! Test Designer Preview Update Building tests […]

February 1, 2024

Visit us in Hershey at PETE & C Booth 334 (and win!)

If you’re coming to Hershey, Pennsylvania to attend PETE & C, stop by Booth 334 to visit with the Remark Team! While hanging with our staff, enter for a chance to win a Keurig coffee maker or a portable Anker […]

January 12, 2024

Remark Test Grading 2.7: Unveiling New Features and Enhancements

As we step into the new year, the Remark Team is proud to unveil Remark Test Grading version 2.7, with new exciting features and enhancements based on your valuable feedback! We believe this update continues to demonstrate how committed we […]

October 30, 2023

Come See us at the 2023 Assessment Institute!

The Assessment Institute in Indianapolis proudly holds the distinction of being the nation’s oldest and largest event dedicated to the assessment and improvement of higher education. Organized by the IUPUI team, this premier higher education assembly is designed to establish […]

October 17, 2023

Attention Teachers: Simplify Your School Day With These 4 Test Grading Tips!

Teachers! We understand you have a lot on your plate. When you have a thousand moving parts on any given school day, grading tests can be a time-consuming and cumbersome process for you to deal with long after the school […]

October 6, 2023

Remark Test Grading Update!

We’re excited to let you know that we’ve launched a new update for Remark Test Grading! With the ability to administer paper and online tests, coupled with powerful reports, it’s no wonder that Remark Test Grading is a fan favorite […]

September 18, 2023

Take Back Your Time: How Remark Test Grading Can Save Teachers Time from Homework

Teaching is a demanding profession that often requires educators to bring work home, eating into their personal time. In fact, a recent survey found that teachers report working on average 54 hours a week. Grading tests and other assignments are a […]

August 25, 2023

An Open Letter to Teachers:

We at Remark feel so lucky to work with teachers year after year. Through our collaborations, we get the chance to talk with educators from a broad range of backgrounds and experiences. Some have been running their classroom for decades. […]

July 28, 2023

4 Reasons Why Educators Should Use Paper Exams

Though online testing can be a useful tool to aid learning both in and out of the physical classroom, there are a number of considerations to keep in mind when relying exclusively on one method of testing your students. Any […]

May 22, 2023

Free Downloadable OMR Fonts

Customization has become a necessity in 21st-century culture, with almost every form of expression becoming personalized in some fashion. One of the main features of Remark Office OMR is the ability to create and customize your own surveys, tests, and […]

February 10, 2023

Don’t Just Take It From Us; Featuring Real Rap With Reynolds

Philadelphia teaching savant, CJ Reynolds (aka Real Rap With Reynolds), recently featured our award-winning Remark Test Grading application on his popular YouTube series. The video showcases how the application saves him and other educators countless hours and dollars in their […]

January 9, 2023

Making Students Inactive in Remark Test Grading

A student can be made inactive, which means that he or she can no longer be added to class rosters. Any tests that the student has already taken are not deleted from the account. Note: This is an administrative function […]

December 15, 2022

Remark Test Grading Overview

If you follow our blog or social media channels, you know the Remark Team has been constantly upgrading our Remark Test Grading product. That’s why we felt it was important to create a new overview video of one of the […]

November 7, 2022

Importing a Class Roster in Remark Test Grading

Your account administrator can import all of your instructors, classes and students, but sometimes it’s more convenient to import a single class roster. This can be done at the Instructor Level. Rosters can be imported from Excel XLS/XLSX files and […]

October 5, 2022

World Teachers' Day

Every year on October 5th, World Teachers’ Day is celebrated in honor of educators all over the globe. The holiday was founded by UNESCO in 1994, with the vision that it should “celebrate how teachers are transforming education but also […]

September 12, 2022

Deleting Tests in Remark Test Grading

Need to delete a test? Within Remark Test Grading, you may delete a test at any time, but note that this action is permanent and all data is lost. Start out on the page of the class that has the […]

August 18, 2022

Remark Test Grading's Exciting New Update: A New Interface and More!

We know instructors love to use Remark Test Grading to streamline the testing process. With its ability to administer paper and online tests, coupled with powerful reports, it’s a fan favorite in schools and universities around the world. With just […]

July 14, 2022

Tackle Learning Loss Using Funds From The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021

Begin Preparation for the 2022-2023 School Year For the past two and a half years, students at schools and universities across the world have struggled to meet proficiency standards due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As preparation for the 2022-2023 school […]

July 11, 2022

Deleting Classes in Remark Test Grading

Do you need to delete an existing class in order to make room to create a new class? You may delete a class in Remark Test Grading Cloud Edition, but note that you can not get it back once deleted, […]

May 9, 2022

Copying Tests in Remark Test Grading Cloud

Have you created tests that you would like to re-use in the future? Within Remark Test Grading Cloud, you can copy a test to another class in just five simple steps! Any data collected is not copied to the new […]

April 4, 2022

Copying Classes in Remark Test Grading Cloud

Why re-invent the wheel? Within Remark Test Grading Cloud, you can copy a class to yourself or another teacher to save time. Note: To copy a class to another teacher you must be granted elevated account permissions by the Account […]

March 24, 2022

Addressing COVID-19 Related Learning Loss

The realities of the pandemic on students Remark Test Grading and addressing learning loss One of the first things that educators need to do in order to address student learning loss is to determine where their students are deficient in […]

February 18, 2022

The Remark Team wants to hear from you!

Here at Gravic, we value our customers’ feedback — we show it by consistently implementing customer ideas and recommendations into each update for our product lines. For example, our sales and support teams hear from customers every day who have […]

January 19, 2022

31 Years and Counting

On January 15th, the Remark products transitioned from our 30th to 31st year anniversary. During our 30th anniversary year, we attempted to dive into our past and pull out interesting items from our history. Hopefully, for those long-time users, you […]

January 6, 2022

Happy retirement to our friends at Tekognition!

It is with sadness that we bid a fond farewell to our long-time partners at Tekognition who officially closed up shop and retired on January 1, 2022. We first met Bob Snowball at a COMDEX show in Las Vegas.  We […]

September 23, 2021

The Internet is 30 years old, so is Remark Software!

Social media, search engines, cyber encyclopedias, and forums with cat memes. It’s hard to imagine we ever got on with our lives before the Internet. Why all the nostalgia? As some sources have noted, the Internet has turned 30 years […]

August 26, 2021

A BIG new Remark Test Grading Cloud update has arrived!

Just in time for the new school year, we are happy to announce that a major update for Remark Test Grading Cloud has been released! The next time you log in you will see all of the changes available to […]

July 1, 2021

What are OMR, OCR, and ICR? A Helpful Guide.

When it comes to the vast world of data collection, there are several important acronyms you need to know. Over the past thirty years we have explained these acronyms to thousands of customers. Three of the most important acronyms you […]

May 18, 2021

Top 5 Test Cheating Myths, Debunked

Remark Software has been in the OMR business for over thirty years. In that time, we have seen every test cheating myth under the sun from chapstick smears to writing all over the margins. With finals right around the corner, […]

May 10, 2021

Changing Report Properties in Remark Test Grading Cloud

Each report in Remark Test Grading Cloud has a set of properties that can be modified to enable some customization. On the “Test” page, open the “Reports” page by clicking on the “Reports” button. You will be directed to the […]

May 4, 2021

Remark Software Celebrates Teacher Appreciation Week 2021!

May 4th is Teacher Appreciation Day, the most important day of Teacher Appreciation Week. Over the past 365 days, parents and students the world over have discovered a deeper appreciation for the teachers in their lives. In that spirit, we […]

April 26, 2021

Traditional Test Design Creation in Remark Test Grading Cloud

The Traditional View option in Remark Test Grading Cloud puts the question test, followed by the bubbles, one question after another, down the test page. This option allows you to have the question text and the answer choices together on […]

April 6, 2021

Remark Test Grading Cloud is a 2021 EdTech Digest Cool Tool Award Finalist

Gravic, Inc is proud to announce that Remark Test Grading Cloud was a finalist for the 2021 EdTech Digest Awards under the category “Testing & Assessment Solution.” The EdTech Digest is a publication focused on highlighting the innovators, leaders, and […]

March 24, 2021

Grading Tests with HP MFPs and Remark Test Grading Cloud just got easier

The Remark Team is always looking for ways to make our intuitive solutions as easy as possible for customers to use. When our friends at In Time Tec showed us their suite of HP Workpath apps for HP Multifunction Printers […]

March 17, 2021

The American Rescue Plan Act and Remark Test Grading Cloud

What is H.R. 1319? On March 11, 2021, The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (H.R. 1319) was signed into law. The rescue plan will deliver aid to hundreds of millions of Americans, and inject new life across the economy […]

March 17, 2021

Setting Up Grouped Question Test Regions in Remark Test Grading Cloud

The Table View option in Remark Test Grading Cloud puts your OMR bubbles into a table, with the custom question text in the first column (on the left side) and custom answer labels in the subsequent columns (on the right […]

March 1, 2021

Contacting Remark Product Support

Remark Product Support is available Monday – Friday, 9am – 6pm ET, to provide technical support to our customers. Customers can always email us at [email protected] or call us at 610-647-8595. Customers can also contact Remark Product Support from the […]

February 26, 2021

Remark Test Grading Cloud Now Supports Timed Tests!

Remark Test Grading Cloud‘s most recent update brings you a brand new feature we are very excited about: the option for instructors to distribute timed tests to their students. Timed tests allow teachers to create an environment where students must […]

February 2, 2021

Remark Test Grading Cloud makes it possible for 3,700 students to compete in the Financial Education Olympics

Recently, a major Brazilian university held its “Financial Education Olympics,” a competition to help promote knowledge of finances and public policies for thousands of students. Originally started in 2017 with about 800 students, the Olympics has ballooned to 3,700 tough […]

January 21, 2021

Using Remark Test Grading Cloud for Elementary School Classes

Multiple choice testing is often associated with a test question sheet and a separate, standardized answer sheet for students to bubble in their answers. While that option is available in Remark Test Grading Cloud, we understand multiple test documents do […]

January 15, 2021

Gravic's Remark Team Celebrates its 30th Anniversary

On January 15, 2021, Gravic’s Remark Team celebrates the 30th anniversary of the very first sale of Remark Office OMR and the beginning of our Remark Products group way back in January 1991. Back then we weren’t Gravic but went […]

December 30, 2020

Pairing Zoom with Remark Test Grading Cloud

Like a fine wine and cheese (after work of course), Zoom and Remark Test Grading Cloud can be paired together for nearly any remote learning occasion. The combo works best for teachers trying to construct high-quality lessons while doing their […]

December 23, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud with Fujitsu: A Dynamic Team

Gravic’s Remark Products Group and Fujitsu have worked together for many years to provide powerful data collection solutions to schools and organizations worldwide. Millions of forms, including multiple-choice tests, have been scanned with Fujitsu scanners into the Remark Products. With […]

December 14, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud Captures Coveted THE Journal Award

Launched in 1972, THE Journal was the first magazine to cover education technology. Dedicated to improving and advancing the learning process through the use of technology, THE Journal focuses on educating K-12 senior-level district personnel. This includes, but is not […]

December 4, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud Wins Big with Campus Technology Award

Since their launch in 2004, Campus Technology became one of higher education’s top information resources. Campus Technology serves academic and administrative IT leaders by delivering valuable information via their robust website, monthly digital magazine, newsletters, webinars, and more. In 2020, […]

November 25, 2020

Grading Semester Exams Using Remark Test Grading Cloud

Our latest case study article profiles the Episcopal School of Jacksonville, who significantly improved their test grading process by switching to Remark Test Grading Cloud. See how they were able to get away from their reliance on specialized forms and […]

October 14, 2020

How to use YouTube with Remark Test Grading Cloud

The following is a guest blog post from Alan P., a public school teacher in a large city school district. Everyone remembers the palpable excitement when the AV cart was rolled into their classroom. How suspenseful it was to see […]

October 5, 2020

World Teachers’ Day Shopping List

During this pandemic, parents and students worldwide have gained a brand new understanding of how vital teachers are. So what better time to show your favorite teachers that you appreciate them than World Teachers’ Day? The following is a list […]

September 29, 2020

How to Make the Perfect WebQuest with Remark Test Grading Cloud

The following is a blog post from Alan P., a public school teacher in a large city school district. If your lesson plan includes any higher-order thinking terms, then WebQuests are a particularly perfect assessment for the moment we find […]

September 22, 2020

Using Remark Test Grading Cloud for Blended Learning

We’ve been talking about the struggles for educators all year. Educators all over the United States are facing very tough challenges in terms of reopening their schools. In some states, educators are in school or already know that the expectation […]

September 18, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud Update: Email Student Response Reports!

Remark Text Grading Cloud‘s new update brings you two new features! The first vastly increases the number of students who can take your tests at the same time. The second allows instructors to email students a report that shows them […]

September 10, 2020

Best Ways to Engage Students from Home

Take it from a teacher who lived through the Spring 2020 semester, engaging students out of the classroom is harder than it sounds. Often it hinges on how well the teacher can transfer their enthusiasm through a computer screen. In […]

July 28, 2020

The CARES Act and You

This piece is a part of a larger series of posts we’ve written about educators around the world working from home. To read more articles like this, check out our blog archive. Educators and administrators across the United States are […]

July 27, 2020

Prepping for the 2021 School Year

We are in a time of unprecedented uncertainty. With uncertainty comes new hurdles that require innovative solutions. During this pandemic this is truer in education than anywhere else in the country. Each school district is currently hard at work drafting […]

July 23, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud Update! BIG New Feature!

Remark Text Grading Cloud‘s new update brings you one big new feature and two others. Features Delivery of Questions One at a Time With Randomization of Questions: You asked, and we heard you! When delivering online tests, you can now […]

June 23, 2020

The School Year Is Ending, But It Ended Months Ago

The following is a guest blog post from Alan P., a public-school teacher in a large city school district who has written for us previously. I miss my morning routine. Up at 5:30. Speed to work. Chug caffeine and inhale […]

June 15, 2020

FAQ: Will My Scanner Work?

One of the questions we are asked often in Remark Sales and Support is whether a particular scanner model will work with the Remark products. Our popular Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading applications are designed to work with […]

June 5, 2020

More Than Just Multiple Choice - Remark Test Grading Cloud

The following is a guest blog post from Alan P., a public-school teacher in a large city school district who has written for us previously. What makes Remark Test Grading Cloud so useful to me isn’t just the number of […]

June 3, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud Integration with Blackboard LMS

We are excited to announce that Remark Test Grading Cloud now has a Connector to the Blackboard learning management system. Use the connector to pull your student rosters into Remark Test Grading Cloud without importing first. Additionally, you can sync Remark tests […]

May 27, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud is an EdTech 2020 Awards Finalist

Gravic, Inc is proud to announce that Remark Test Grading Cloud was a finalist for the 2020 EdTech Digest Awards under the category “Testing & Assessment Solutions.” The EdTech Digest is a publication focused on highlighting the innovators, leaders, and […]

May 18, 2020

New Student Feedback Report Now Available in Remark Test Grading Cloud

We realize the importance of providing students prompt, useful feedback regarding their assessments. Students cannot be expected to improve without knowing the areas that need improvement. This is why we are constantly searching for ways to provide and deliver this […]

April 28, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud Integration with D2L Brightspace LMS

We are excited to announce that Remark Test Grading Cloud now has a Connector to Desire2Learn (D2L) Brightspace learning management system. Use the connector to pull your student rosters into Remark Test Grading Cloud without importing first. In addition, you […]

April 24, 2020

Using Remark Test Grading Cloud in the Age of Emergency Remote Teaching

The following is a guest blog post from Alan P., a public school teacher in a large city school district. No one becomes a teacher thinking the job will be easy, but right now it sure does seem harder than […]

April 17, 2020

Canadian Hosting Now Available for Remark Test Grading Cloud

Security and the residency of data is a constant concern for anyone using a Cloud-based service. “Where is our data stored?” is probably the most common question our sales and support teams receive from prospective customers of our Remark Test […]

April 2, 2020

Online Testing Now Available in Remark Test Grading Cloud

We are proud to announce support for a new online testing component in Remark Test Grading Cloud! Over the last several weeks the Remark Team has been hard at work to make Remark Test Grading Cloud an application you can […]

March 19, 2020

Grading Remark Electronic Bubble Sheet Forms with Remark Test Grading Cloud

As most educational institutions are forced to move to online classes to stop the spread of COVID-19, the Remark Team would like to assist educators during this difficult transition. Our Remark Test Grading Cloud solution has the ability to create […]

March 17, 2020

Remark Software Availability

Gravic’s Remark Software team is here for you during this trying time. Our sales and support staff are available during normal business hours, Monday through Friday from 9am-6pm EDT, to assist with your needs. We wish everyone well during this […]

February 20, 2020

Remark Test Grading Cloud Integration With Canvas LMS

We have big news! With our latest update to Remark Test Grading Cloud, we have added a Connector with Canvas LMS by Instructure. Now you can pull your student rosters into Remark Test Grading Cloud without importing first. When you […]

December 19, 2019

Why You Need Remark Test Grading Cloud

When grading tests, teachers often encounter two main sources of frustration: limited information is returned and the process is time-consuming. A quick overall score doesn’t tell you what areas the students understand, and grading well-constructed tests by hand is an […]

August 12, 2019

Remark Test Grading Cloud Update

We are pleased to announce that the latest update of Remark Test Grading Cloud is now available! The updated version includes the ability to grade student test forms without first having to specify a class roster. In this mode, Remark […]

January 23, 2019

Remark Support Videos Have a New Home!

For many years, we have produced support videos for our Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading Cloud products. These videos highlight a mix of step-by-step tutorials on specific features as well as general product overviews. Recently we moved from […]

December 5, 2018

New Remark Test Grading Cloud Feature - Question and Answer Text

With the release of Remark Test Grading Cloud 2.1, we introduced question and answer text when designing test answer sheets. These features allow your tests to be more customized by giving you more options than just straight bubbles. Now you […]

November 8, 2018

Remark Test Grading Cloud 2.1 Released!

We have been working very hard at a new Remark Test Grading Cloud release and are excited to announce that it is now live! There are so many awesome new features that we don’t know where to begin! Some of […]

July 9, 2018

New Remark Test Grading Cloud Account Import

Did you know that the Account Import feature in Remark Test Grading Cloud has been updated in order to bring it up to speed with the rest of the application? We designed it to work similarly to the previous version […]

July 3, 2018

A High School Science Teachers Thoughts on Remark Test Grading Cloud after One Year of Use

In our latest article, a high school science teacher and current user of Remark Test Grading Cloud provides his thoughts about the product after using it for one year. See how he believes the switch to Remark Test Grading Cloud has […]

March 29, 2018

Using Mobile Devices to Create Images for Remark Products

Being away from your scanner doesn’t mean you can’t grade your tests or tabulate your surveys. Several companies have developed mobile scanning apps that can be used with Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading. These applications capture images of […]

March 28, 2018

Using the Canon DR-M160 II with Remark Software

We are periodically asked about the compatibility of various image scanners with our Remark Solutions: Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading. These products can work with image scanners directly, through an image scanner’s TWAIN driver or can read image files […]

December 13, 2017

Multiple Test Versions in Remark Test Grading Cloud

Calling all Remark Test Grading Cloud users! You already know you can create flexible answer sheets with the application. But did you know that Remark Test Grading Cloud allows you to work with multiple versions of a test? If you […]

November 17, 2017

Using the Adobe Mobile Scanning Apps and Remark Test Grading Cloud to Grade Multiple Choice Tests

We are periodically asked about using mobile phones as scanners for our Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading solutions. Because these solutions read image files to automate your data collection process from your paper forms, you can use anything […]

July 21, 2017

Scoring Test Bubble Sheets with Remark Test Grading for Windows and a #Panasonic KV-S2087

See how to grade a multiple choice test with Remark Test Grading for Windows. Teachers can create their own custom test bubble sheets and print them on regular paper, saving time and money over traditional OMR scanning systems. Completed tests […]

May 31, 2017

Simplify your test grading process with Remark Test Grading Cloud #edtech

Tired of waiting in line to use the school’s test grading machine? Good news! You no longer have to! With Remark Test Grading Cloud you can grade tests with any image scanner or multi-function printer. Remark Test Grading Cloud can be used […]

March 23, 2017

Using the Epson DS-320 with Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading Solutions

We are constantly investigating new image scanners and multifunction printers (MFPs) to see how they will work with our Remark Office OMR and Remark Test Grading solutions. We recently got a chance to try out a new compact scanner from Epson. We’re happy to report that […]

January 11, 2017

Remark Test Grading Cloud Version 2 Now Available!

We are pleased to announce that the second iteration of Remark Test Grading Cloud is now available! Version 2 is a complete rewrite of the product, where we focused on making the interface easier to use while adding some enhancements, […]

September 28, 2016

Working with #GoogleDrive and Remark Test Grading Cloud

Here is a quick support tip on using Google Drive to store your completed test answer sheets for Remark Test Grading Cloud. Google Drive is one of the most popular applications used in K-12 schools. Many scanners already have functionality […]

September 15, 2016

Create and Print Custom Test Answer Sheets in Remark Test Grading for Windows #edtech #k12 #testgrading #bubblesheets

We are pleased to share a five part video series reviewing the custom answer sheet designer available in Remark Test Grading for Windows. You can create your own custom test answer sheets by selecting the number of questions, types of questions, […]

September 13, 2016

Remark Test Grading Edition for Windows - Active Directory Installs FAQ (Fonts)

If you are a customer who pushes out the Remark Test Grading Edition for Windows installation via Active Directory, you may find the following FAQ helpful. In some instances, you may notice a subtle issue with the application fonts after […]

August 25, 2016

Announcing Remark Test Grading Cloud

We are pleased to announce Remark Test Grading Cloud. Built on our industry leading optical mark recognition (OMR) technology, schools and teachers can easily grade test answer sheets you create and print anywhere. The solution can be accessed from any web browser, including […]

May 4, 2016

Creating Custom Answer Sheets with Remark Test Grading

You talked, we listened. Did you know that with Remark Test Grading for Windows V2 you can now create your own test answer sheets? The new answer sheet designer lets you choose the number of multiple choice questions and answer choices. For […]